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Hear! Hear! Hello my faithful readers! Thank you, as always, for your amazing support. Every word counts. Every word means a lot to me. So thank you for your input and your encouragement! “Vampires Love Garlic” is officially finished, in… Continue reading
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Vampires Love Garlic Chapter Twelve: When the Darkness Comes
© 2026 All rights reserved. 12 Heather When the Darkness Comes Grandpa died last night. His chemo, his medications, everything just broke down his poor, tired body. He went to sleep, and when Oma got into bed after watching I… Continue reading
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Vampires Love Garlic Chapter Eleven: You Don’t Know What It’s Like
11 McKenzie You Don’t Know What It’s Like “To love somebody…” The Bee Gees croon to me as I sit at my desk that night, feet propped up, shirt unbuttoned, sipping blood wine just like Narcissa accused me of doing.… Continue reading
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Vampires Love Garlic Chapter Ten: I Don’t Believe in Ghosts
©2026, Vampires Love Garlic, Ashley Chapman Notes: I encourage you to listen to Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” for this chapter. Such a pretty piece, and it fits. 🙂 10 Heather I Don’t Believe in Ghosts But I can feel them… Continue reading
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Vampires Love Garlic Chapter Nine: Hypnotic
© Vampires Love Garlic, Ashley Chapman, copyright 2026 9 McKenzie Hypnotic I don’t have to be a vampire to feel Heather’s horror. I don’t have to be a mind-reader to see every thought flickering in those pretty eyes of hers.… Continue reading
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Vampires Love Garlic Chapter Eight: Gingerbread and Goosebumps
8 Heather Gingerbread and Goosebumps I go to church with Oma and Grandpa the next morning. It’s a cute Presbyterian chapel on the outskirts of Richmond Hill. Unfortunately, I’m unable to focus on the sermon. I’m pretty sure the pastor… Continue reading
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Vampires Love Garlic Chapter Seven: Parties and Pralines
7 Heather Parties and Pralines Before I can blink, another week has nearly come and gone. I managed to write another Prohibition paper, this time putting into it all the liveliness I could muster, almost writing a short story on… Continue reading
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Vampires Love Garlic Chapter Six: We May Be Creatures of Sexual Fantasy…
©2026, Vampires Love Garlic – Ashley Chapman 6 McKenzieWe may be creatures of sexual fantasy… But this kiss proves exactly what Narcissa and I have both been thinking. The touch of her lips to mine is sweet, but there is… Continue reading
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Vampires Love Garlic Chapter Five: I Smell Like Polo and Nutmeg
©2026, Vampires Love Garlic – Ashley Chapman Cissa smells like Dior and bergamot. Vampire Rule Number 5: All vampires have an extraordinary sense of smell. Okay. Not necessarily a rule, but as a general principle, we have supernatural senses in… Continue reading
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Vampires Love Garlic Chapter Two: Not all baristas like coffee.
For those of you following this story, it will be progressing into an R-rating. Please be aware of that as we travel along! Remember, this is a first rough draft. Also, all the places in this second chapter are real… Continue reading
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