Gibson O'Malley

Jonathan's life hadn't exactly gone to plan. He was rejected from his college's master's program, and the summer he's spent working on it independently hasn't produced much. But one night, working late at Ghouls 'n' Brews cafe, a fateful meeting with a stranger could change everything.

Soon, Jonathan's life is plunged into the supernatural. What will it mean for Jonathan when he crosses paths with a vampire? And what will it mean when their fates become intertwined?

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“What-“ Jonathan started but stopped when he saw the look in Alphonse’s eyes. 

“And I should think…” the vampire said quietly, barely above a whisper to Jonathan. “That you wouldn’t have been thinking about whether this would happen since you saw me if you were not as interested in me as I am in you.”

The vampire leaned in, and Jonathan closed his eyes as their lips met.

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Falling for the Vampire is created by Gibson O'Malley, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Falling for the Vampire

At the end of the night, Dr. Page took Jonathan back to his room. Page was silent, and once Jonathan was inside, he closed and locked the door behind him without a word.


Jonathan was truly numb to the world now, unfeeling. The sky was beginning to lighten outside, but the sun wasn’t rising just yet. He sat on the edge of the bed, facing the room.


‘This is what I have to look forward to for what’s left of my life,’ he thought. The bare room and Page degrading and demeaning him every night until he tired of it.


‘I’m dead already. As good as, at any rate.’ He rose, shakily, from the bed. ‘So, what to do with the time left?’


He paced the room, forcing himself to keep moving despite the aching in his joints. At odd intervals, he examined different parts of the room closer, looking for anything, anything at all to do, to use, to help himself.


Chapter 42: Hopeless