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- by Darren Pillsbury
PETER AND THE VAMPIRES is a horror/comedy web novel (and a free podcast!)about a normal, 10-year-old kid who moves into a sinister town filled with supernatural horribleness. The series is composed of different "monster of the week" stories - kind of like THE X-FILES crossed with THE SIMPSONS (if Mr. Burns were a ghoul and something terrifying lived in the town dump). "Peter And The Dead Men" is the first story in the collection. A new page is posted every day.
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7 comments:
This has gone from deliciously spooky to outright terrifying. If this weren't book eight in a series, I'd expect the end any time now.
I hope Chubbs is as dimwitted a werewolf as he is a human being.
*Sigh* Alright. Who knew that was going to happen? *Raises hand*
Poor boys. At least they have the phone. And right about now I'd be looking for a window. Jon and Chubbs shouldn't be in wolf form yet; Kyle told them to lay low. So they may be able to get a few blocks away before the pack comes full tilt at them. Maybe by then they'd get to someone else?
Or maybe staying there is the best option. Or "near" there to say the least. After all Grandfather has the address. At least I hoped he remembered the address...
v word: gulter; the red headed step child of the gutter family?
Scary!
There are two important observations:
werewolves are big, strong and scary (it is quite impressive, that they grow by approximately 1.5-2x their former size, which is similar to some horror movies), second, they act more like wolves or dogs than humans. They rely on their senses and instincts and less on their human knowledge. This served Kyle well so far as Charlie's lies had no more effect, but instead of going around the banister he tried to get directly to them and he didn't try if the door was locked, so a lot of the classic trap/distraction strategies to lose a pursuer should work. They might even underestimate the danger of most weapons (especially the classic - let them run into the sharpened pole). I wouldn't be surprised if the weaker eye sight of canines is a issue too. A typical flaw of problem solving of various animals is the inability to suppress an instinct (this is part of the reason for some differences in the dog races used in hunting). A classic example is the fetch game with dogs too.
I think this are the only advantages Peter and Dill have besides climbing on the werewolves, they will need them as I don't think Peter's grandfather can arrive in the next minute. The roof would be a great refuge as the wolves shouldn't be able to climb and even unable to use any normal access routes (both by complexity and their size).
This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving (Monday actually).
I wish all the Canadian readers of Peter out there a better Thanksgiving than Charlie.
Todd -
Wow! ALL RIGHT! I was aiming for terrifying, so I'm glad you thought of it that way!
Rai -
It's true, it's not the most unexpected plot turn ever.
As for the rest: hmmmm...
Eldoran -
Cool! Glad you think so!
I'd agree with most of what you said, but as we'll see soon, Kyle still has a LOT of human cognition going on. Although I'd agree, once the animal side has asserted itself, it not only impairs some judgment, but also strengthens some of the worst qualities Kyle has.
As for the rest: hmmm...
Fiona -
Hahaha! Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all my northern neighbors out there!
Todd -
PS - what song and group is that from, the "Johnny Football Hero" lyric?
"Popular" by Nada Surf.
And if you see Johnny football hero in the hall, tell him he played a great game! Tell him you liked his article in the newspaper!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNc45FTenhg
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