The world has ended, and most of Earth's human population has been wiped out. Soon only vampires will be left, but that's a problem in itself. What will they eat? Who will they hunt? Nori and her new lover, Milo, are going to save the planet: so they can devour it.

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"The first day passes, and she's the only thought taking up space in my mind. I have to remind myself to keep the fury burning, to not let it cool into acceptance. It's not about her. It's not about me, either. It's about them. My family. They shouldn't have gone out like that. I've got to do something about it. If I have to choose between my faith or action, I've made my decision which side I'll come down on. My faith wasn't solid ground anyway. Years of war have worn away at it."

My Vampire Nurse is created by Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

My Vampire Nurse

He’s drinking out of a cup from ancient Sumer and doesn’t know it. The cup, which predates the Hellenic period, gleams golden in the light. It’s not gold, though. It’s electrum, a commonly smelted metal from that time. The cuneiform script on it has characters from the Epic of Gilgamesh on it, a tale about a man seeking immortality. He dies in the tale, a lesson to mankind that living on and on steals the preciousness of time. However, Gilgamesh is defied after death despite his acceptance of his own impermanence. 


Scholars have long believed that Gilgamesh is an allegory for the struggle mankind feels while facing their own mortality. It’s a decent guess. It is my kind, however, who know the poem is a tale of vampirism, told with enough vagueness to protect our occult existence. 


Chapter 22: Sumer, Egypt, and Milo