Joleene Naylor is the author of the glitter-less Amaranthine vampire universe, a world where vampires aren't for children. Comprised of a main series, a standalone prequel, and several short story collections, she has plans to continue expanding with a trilogy and standalone novels. 
In her spare time, Joleene is a freelance book cover designer and for-fun photographer. She maintains several blogs, full of odd ramblings, and occasionally updates her website at JoleeneNaylor.com. In what little time is left, she watches anime, plays PokemonGo, and works on her crooked Victorian house in Villisca, Iowa. Between her husband, family, and pets, she is never lonely, in fact, quite the opposite. Should she disappear, one might look for her on a beach in Tahiti, sipping a tropical drink and wearing a disguise. 

Twenty-nine short stories of love, death, heartbreak, and blood.
Meet the Executioners, elite enforcers of the vampires’ laws. Walk with them through origin stories, follow them across the sea to the colonies, and run with them through the wilds, as they try to bring civilization to a land ruled by “day sleeper” clans. Fifteen interwoven stories tell the beginning of The Guild, set under the watchful - and sometimes malevolent - gaze of the ancient Malick, whose heavy shadow stretches even across the sea. Meet his favorite son, his willful daughter, his child-like pet, and many more whose jealousies, hatreds, and loves twist together to create consequences they can’t foresee. 


Tales of the Executioners

Milkavich half-heartedly tried to talk Cyprus into staying.  Lance didn't bother. "You'll come back to visit," he said with false brightness, though they all knew he wouldn't.


"Where are you going to go?" Milkavich helped him close his new suitcase.


"I don't know yet. Maybe to Finland, or the United States. Somewhere far away from here."


"Maybe Japan?" Lance suggested. "Though they have pretty strict immigration rules, even for our kind."


"They're an island," Milkavich pointed out. "They have limited resources. They have to control the population."


Cyprus didn't care what the Japanese did or didn't do. He let his friends prattle on while he finished packing. They offered to see him to the waiting taxi, but he declined. He had someone else he needed to see first.


Chapter 137: Cyprus - Future's Promise, Part 15