© majesticgoldenrose
Victoria staggered out of the front doors of the manor. Thank God it was morning. The long dark night was finally over. She sank to her knees on the wet grass and wept. She was the only one who survived. All the others had died. She had killed the last one, Barnabas, the one who started it all.
How long had it been since he first arrived? Weeks? Months? He said he was a distant cousin from England, but in fact, he was centuries old, released from his crypt by a greedy little groundskeeper who thought he’d found hidden treasure.
All he found was a man with a curse and whose insane lust for blood cursed the rest of the family. Victoria was the only one left, bitten but she did not succumb. The sun was rising. She killed the rest and now there was only one left. The sun continued to rise and its light shone upon her. It burned. She was the last vampire. And now there were none.
Written for FFfAW Challenge-Week of June 13, 2017 #2 hosted by Priceless Joy.
The idea is to use the photo above as an inspiration to write a piece of flash fiction between 100 and 175 words. My word count is 171.
The image immediately made me think of the old TV show Dark Shadows, a daytime gothic soap opera which ran Monday through Friday in the late 1960s and early 70s. I blatantly ripped off themes from the series to craft my little tale, although taking it in a direction the show never did.
To read other stories based on the prompt, go to InLinkz.com.
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Oh my gosh, what a great vampire tale! Very mysterious until the end when it was revealed she was a vampire. Great story James!
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Thank you.
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Wow. Great twist. Loved it.
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Couldn’t quite let this have a happy ending. Thanks.
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Wow, the end of vampures in 171 words. Well done, I enjoyed it a lot.
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Not all vampires everywhere, just those in the Collins manor.
Originally, the character Barnabas Collins (played by Jonathan Frid) was supposed to eventually be killed off after terrorizing the Collins family. However, he became so popular, he ended up being the show’s indispensable role.
In 1970, the original story line was turned into a film called House of Dark Shadows which ended up being quite a bloodbath. In the movie, Barnabas is indeed finally dispatched after leaving a trail of bodies and undead creatures behind him.
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I remember the Collins Clan. Well done, James! Excellent writing.
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Annie at ~McGuffy’s Reader~
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Thanks, McGuffy.
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Great story! I liked how the morning light didn’t just signal the end of a terrible night but also the end for the last vampire.
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Well, the last vampire in Collinwood. Plenty more in the world probably.
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