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it for him to deal with.
    As he glanced down at the
girl’s body, he noticed the barely perceptible rise and fall of her
ribcage. He checked her pulse and lifted her left eyelid. She
wasn’t dead, but she was damn close. He contemplated draining her,
then decided against it. He could get a better meal from one of the
kittens at this point. He pulled her out of the coffin, draping her
limp form over his shoulder like a fur stole. If he broke her limbs
the right way, she’d just fit in the incinerator chute. He hoped he wouldn’t
have to dig out the butcher knife and do it the messy,
old-fashioned way.
    After all, he didn’t have
all night.

About The Author
     
    Nancy A. Collins has authored over 20 novels and novellas,
numerous short stories, and worked on several comic books,
including a two-year run on Swamp
Thing . She is a recipient of the HWA’s
Stoker Award and the British Fantasy Society Award, and has been
nominated for the Eisner, John Campbell Memorial, World Fantasy
& International Horror Guild Awards. Best known for her
ground-breaking vampire character, Sonja Blue, which heralded the
rise of the popular Urban Fantasy genre, her works include the
best-selling Sunglasses After
Dark , the Southern Gothic
collection Knuckles And
Tales , & the Vamps series for Young Adults . Her most
recent novel is Left Hand Magic, the second installment in the
critically-acclaimed Golgotham urban fantasy series. She currently
resides in Wilmington, North Carolina with her fiancé, Tommy, their
Boston terrier, Chopper, and an indeterminate number of cats, only
two of which she admits to having anything to do with.
     
     
Other Ebooks From Hopedale Press
     
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    Aphra by Nancy A. Collins
    A married man develops a
bizarre fascination for a medical skeleton he finds at a garage
sale. Award-winning horror writer Nancy A. Collins, author
of Sunglasses After Dark , tells a bone-chilling tale of sexual obsession and erotic
horror.
     
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    Calaverada by Nancy A. Collins
    Big Luther and his gang of
bounty hunters have been hired by a gold mining company to ride
into Mexico and dispose of the Wolf Pack, an outlaw band lead by
the notorious Dixie Jim. But when what was supposed to be a
shoot-out turns into a bloody massacre, Big Luther and his men
discover the hard way that its better not to insult the dead on
the Dia de los Muertos . Award-winning writer Nancy A. Collins, author of Sunglasses After Dark, presents yet another exciting tale of the Weird Weird West.
     
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    Demonlover by Nancy A. Collins
    Sina is a woman with a
history of self-destructive romantic relationships. She is drawn to
cruel, heartless men and the danger that they represent. After her
last "demon lover" puts her in the hospital, she tries to put her
past behind her and settle down with someone safe, sane, and
stable. But she soon finds herself bored and unsatisfied--and heads
out to the bars once again, in search of the excitement she craves,
only to find Feral waiting for her. But is he the man of her
dreams--or her nightmares? A tale of erotic horror.
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    Easy’s Last Stand by Nancy A. Collins
    A serial killer called
Butcher John invades the building that houses Easy’s Hot Talk, a
phone sex business that advertizes in the back of porno mags.
Butcher John is on a mission to kill sluts, and Easy is next on his
list. But he soon discovers that the Hot Talkers are anything but
easy.
     
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    Furies In Black
Leather by Nancy A. Collins
    Cissy, Meg and Mistress
Alexis are a trio of dominatrices who bill themselves as The
Sisters. They operate a S&M dungeon out of a tony brownstone in
the West Village that caters to Fortune 500 CEOs with a taste for
the extreme.One of their best clients is Rolf--a millionaire who
prefers others suffer for his sins. And while confession may be
good for the soul, Rolf soon learns it all depends on what--and
who--you're confessing to. Nancy A. Collins, author of the
award-winning Sunglasses After Dark, presents a tale of