Chapter 33: I Created You

Chapter 33: I Created You

Present

Adam Streifth

Everyone gears up for the festival. Tourists take their time dressing as blood-sucking vampires or energy-stealing witches. Though the invitations sent out make it seem as though the theme of vampires and witches is new—It’s not. It’s the same every year. A sadistic act on Hanson’s part.

And nobody realizes it’s the same theme every year, because nobody ever returns from Belzaar, a clean batch of victims arrives every year. Vampires from dark corners of the world mix in with tourists. The vampires don’t care if the theme is the same each year—They just care about the buffet.

“Amazing, isn’t it? The effort we put into the festival every year. The younger ones love the production. But us originals, well, we could care less, right?”