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"So stranger, you come over to my corner of the bar...well I guess you expect to hear a tale of some form. Well fine, just don't go expecting no happy endings or something stupid like that, and give me one of those beers while your at it."--"Thank you stranger now..oh? You want a name? Just call me what I call you, hell..everyone else does."
My story begins as most do, someplace calm and quiet. For me..it was a posting over at some godforsaken planet at some godforsaken section of our sector. I am..or rather was, one of the SCV pilots sent with a command center to expand the Dominion's mineral wealth. It was all easy at first, the center landed, we got off, and right infront of us was our goal. Enough minerals to fund the war effort for a solid month. So we began mining, or rather most of us. You see, overwatch decided it would be a good idea to send one of my buddies off to scout around. So off he went..the last thing I ever saw of him was his signature going off line in the minimap. No one really wanted to think about what happened to him besides, More scrubs were being sent into the suits along with us. Shortly after, Overwatch tasked me with building more supply depots. Being a loyal scrub I did as I was told. I finished this just in time for Overwatch to order the construction of a barracks. Seems like Overwatch is expecting problems, I thought. I started building it anyways though, seeing as it was better than constructing the geisers. I have never liked Vespine duty you see..anyways! The barracks comes up and I'm sent back to mining duties. Another scrub takes over what I was doing and layed down the structure for a factory while the barracks was flashing with lights.
"I'm boring you aren't I? Here, get me another drink and I'll speed this along."--"Thank you now.."
..several marines had been sent out to recon the areaand defenses had been laid down. I was personally charged with the construction of an expansion, and still had no idea who it was we were fighting. That is..until they came to the bunker doors. I must admit I wasn't able to see much, just some flashes of shields and bodies flying into the air. It became quiet once more, but now at least we knew who killed our poker buddy. From what I saw they were just a couple of zealots. They managed to catch two of the marines out of the bunker, but the other six marines gunned them down quickly soon after. But that didn't matter because the command center was ready. In I went, along with two other scrubs, out to the closest mineral node to our base. It was a smart location; high ground, single ramp up, and a great spot to place defenses. Or it would've been if the damn command center wasn't shot down first. Overwatch..when I find him, I'm going to wring his damn NECK for such stupid planning. The center errupted into flames and crashed into the jungle below. We all managed to escape; however, I was the only one with a functioning suit. Heh..from where I was, you could hear Overwatch's ship evacuate into hyperspace as well as the screams from our original base. So here we were, stuck on some godforsaken rock in the middle of godforsaken nowhere.
"Ah..I must stop this tale here for now. No no! It's not because I'm parched, it's only that I feel we need a break from this." "I hope to share more of my tale with you stranger."
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"Ah stranger you've returned to hear an old man's story. Well..no sense putting it off then for you."
It was a miracle us three had survived the explosion. I looked to see if any of them were part of the original team. They were all scrubs, probably from just before the original Command Center exploded. "Alright," I said to them, "Seeing as how we're trapped here until some other team comes along, I'll be taking charge." One of the scrubs tried to raise their suit's arm in protest, but the servos snapped and only caused it to explode into smaller pieces. "Good, no objections then now, we need to get moving out of this jungle before those damn telepaths start exterminating survivors." There was no point in using polite words at the time, we were stuck here on hostile territory for who knows HOW long. So making sure the emergency beacon was off(Observers can track them to the source) us three started to head on off. It was getting towards the night cycle on the planet before I decided it was safe to stop and set camp. A quick atmospheric test showed that the planet did indeed have an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere, and so it was safe for us to exit the suits. And so I got to see who the two scrubs were behind the suits. The first one was big, dark hair, green eyes, and a tatoo of what looked like a Scantid. The other one was a bit lankier, brown hair, brown eyes, glasses, and some attempt at growing a goatee. Both looked not a day over twenty and each had fear in their eyes. They were also taller than me.
"Now, I'm not saying I'm short or anything stranger, but well..here, stand up."--"There, see what I mean? Now.."
.."I need your names and your ranks." I stated directly at them.
"Private Corpland..sir." said the guy with the tatoo.
"Ah hell man, why should I tell you? It's not like we're ever going to go home ma-" I punched the guy with the glasses before he finished his sentence.
Then, picking him up by the front of his shirt I said, "If you really feel that way, I'll make sure you never DO get home. Understand?" He managed to spurt out a weak yes sir. "Good. Now, your name and rank soldier."
"P..priv..vate Staten." I released my grip on his shirt and he fell to the ground. The air was quiet and the scent of piss hung lazily in the air.
"Alright, Corpland, Staten, I am Stranger to you, Lieutenant Stranger, and," I leaned in my face towards them, "I welcome you to this godforsaken corner of the planet." Things progressed quickly after that, we began rationing so we could survive for at least a few weeks, We scrounged up some scrap minerals to power the fusion cutter on my SCV to repair both of theirs to half strength, and we kept our eyes peeled for any signs of the Protoss. For a time, we thought ourselves safe, entirely unaware of others watching our actions. That is, until Staten decided to toss a rock into the air and it bounced off the observer.
"I tire now stranger, please...come back another time and I shall share more of the story to you." "But for now..yes..another drink will do."
Edited by evilpenguin on 5/13/2011 11:33 AM PDT
"I'm sorry stranger, I had thought I told you this part so my mind began to wander. You still wish me to tell you my story?" "Very well..but first, another drink for me."--Thank you. Now.."
..The Observer was a big call for alarm. So it was decided to pack up our makeshift camp and head to someplace safer. So we did. Got it all done in less than half an hour no less. But just as we were finishing up, they came out of the jungle. Zealots only, from what little I've read on their armor it seemed that speed boost wasn't installed into their armor. So we fled, lost track of them as well. But that didn't mean anything to us, we kept moving. They..kept following us. Those tenacious bastards would keep following us until, days later, they finally stopped chasing us, and we got a chance to rest for a while. After awaking we had decided to keep moving and hope we'd eventually be rescued. Of course..we knew that there was no chance in being rescued at anytime. Hell, I had even tried to use the emergency beacon but the damn thing decided to catch fire and explode.
"Hmm? It sounded like you had a question stranger. No? Hmm..almost thought I heard you say something. Anyways.."
..The night cycle was falling once more when our pursuers finally caught up to us. We had just set up a makeshift camp when they emerged from the bushes. There were only two of them, yet the looks they gave us sent shivers down my spine. I felt..wierd, like..something was crawling inside my mind, snatching up crtain things and smushing other ones together. The looks on Statens and Corpland's faces seemed to suggest that they also felt this..strangeness. Then, the feeling stopped and I looked around. They were standing over Staten, some liquid oozing from his body. It took a second for me to register that Staten was dead and the liquid was his blood flowing out onto the jungle floor. Damn fool, all his talk about how we weren't going to make it and all...he must've jinxed himself or something because thats exactly what happened to hisself. Any sense of vengeance was quickly doused as one of them jerked, then vanished in a puff of smoke. The other looked around, then jerked and vanished as well. Feeling returned to my body, and I rushed over to Staten, no thoughts on anything else. Of course it was too late for him, the lucky bastard. His whole chest was carved open like a..well like how a man with his chest carved open would look. "Most people would have the sensibility not to cry over a dead man." Came a voice from the jungle.
"Who the hell said that?" I half yelled back, ignoring the fact that I indeed WAS crying.
She seemed to materialize from the shadows, her cannister rifle aimed at the ground. "Me?" she asked, "Why, I'm only a ghost, and you are?"
"I am.." I began but she cut me off.
"Lieuteneant Stranger," She offered her hand, "Pleasure meeting another terran on this planet."
I took her offered hand and shook it, "I'm glad myself, seeing someone with an actual gun and all. But I'd like a name to please."
She glanced slightly away, "The gun...it..doesn't have anymore ammo...heh.." I glanced at the gun, then at her, then back at the gun. She quickly interjected before I could say anything "B..but you can call me Knell! It's much easier than remembering my number!"
I was about to say something nasty when Corpland interupted, "Ma'am, I am Joseph Corpland, and I greet you with hopes that you join us," He took her hand, "I do however, wish to know how it is that you came to find us and so quickly, take out those two fiends who dared to kill one of us."
"Err..I'll tell you soon...yea.." she removed her hand, "But right now we should probably be moving."
I looked at Staten's body, "We need to bury him, least I could do for the jackass.." Knell looked at me with a slight tinge of frustration, but she didn't say anything. The sun was just rising when we were standing over his makeshift grave, his glasses lying atop the mound. No words were spoken, but a sense of sadness was shared among us. Then, with no words spoken, we took to preparing for our departure.
"I feel my throat sore stranger. No no! I don't wish for another drink, just..I wish to break away for now. Come again another time and I shall perhaps tell you more."
"Again you return stranger. What is it about my tale that interests you? My tale is not a strange one, many have dealt with situations like my own."--"Your still here then? Fine..purchase me another drink and I shall continue then."
By the time the sun was fully up we were on the move. Knell had no problems figuring out how to run the SCV suit stating that, "You have to learn how to use things in our job." Neither Corpland or I asked anymore than that, we were just thankful that she wouldn't slow us down none. So we sped on through the jungle, keeping our eyes open for any pursuers or the shimmer of observers. We did keep a constant stream of chatter over the suit comms to help try and keep the tension of what was going on around us. "So Knell..how did you find us anyways?" I asked, breaking off Corpland's one sided conversation.
She sighed with relief, "I was put here as part of the reconnaissance team that first found this planet, and no you can't use the ship before you ask." I opened my mouth to object this but she spoke first, "The ship was destroyed. All left on it were killed and survivors were hunted down by groups like the ones you met."
I closed my mouth and looked down at my console. "Sorry for your loss."
To my surprise she laughed, "Ohh don't be like that, the idiots were completely lousy at their jobs. Had all the information in the world that the Protoss were set up as they were and did nothing about it." Her voice changed slightly, a hint of sadness creeping in, "Though if they'd have relayed the message, your team wouldn't have went down unprepared-"
"But thats the thing Knell," I interrupted, "why would we get sent down even though the recon team went out of contact?" I paused for a moment thinking it over, "And why would they send a ghost along, aren't you all, like, special, or something?" She started to say something, stopped, then just remained quiet. I decided not to press on the issue
"Your asking why I didn't press on the matter? It's because I'm not one to press on people's pasts stranger. Besides, she told us later, but right now...get me another drink stranger, I need to be alone for a few moments."--"Thank you stranger for at least being polite about that. Here is more of my tale.."
..Corpland broke the silence first, "Where are we headed anyways? Theres nothing around that CAN get us off planet and I doubt very much any rescue vessels would come for us anytime soon."
Knell sighed with, annoyance? Relief? I wasn't really sure. "While with..my original team, I managed to spot a bunch of ships in a huge clearing just sitting there. At the head of the clearing was a gigantic warpgate. I'm thinking that'll be our ticket off this rock."
Corpland was silent for a moment then, "Oh..but what about defenses? You know, guards, turrets, all that stuff!" He did have a point, something that big would certainly be heavily guarded. But Knell interrupted my thoughts, "It doesn't matter, we're already here." We emerged from the jungle into a clearing. In front of us was well...lots of ships for lack of a better term. "How..the..hell?" I looked around me at the vast numbers of ships.
"I reprogrammed the SCVs guidance systems of course." Knell stated, "They're pretty lax on security aren't they.." Eight stalkers warped into view infront of us, with four zealots warping infront of them. I managed to let out a chuckle, "You should probably never say such things, life has a way of screwing you over when you do." The Stalker's weapons began to glow with a cool blue light.
"I'm sorry stranger, I'm afraid my voice is giving out on me. I've been through too much in my life, please, be here again, I now realize I must get this out to you."
"Hello again stranger, take your seat. Hmm..no no, something different to drink this time."--"Thank you stranger, It is good to try new things. Now could you remind me of what was going on? Nevermind stranger, I remember now..
"Split up!" I yelled, thrusting my SCV to the right. Knell juked left and Corpland followed suit. I moved as fast as the SCV let me, dodging disrupter fire and scattered ships. The comm system crackled to life with the voice of Corpland, "So Stranger, hows it going on your end?"
"Not too well," I replied back, "I was hoping to not die first then see what would happen next." Iheard him chuckling over the comm. "What?! It's a legitimate-" I looked up to see a Stalker directly in front of me, "Hold on a second, got something here." I turned towards a gap in the ship line, only for the Stalker to blink there, blocking the path, weapons glowing with the same cool blue light from before. There was no time to turn so I did the next best thing. I shifted the engines towards the grounds and jumped onto the sucker's back. I heard the SCV legs scrapping against the shielding of the Stalker. Not giving the thing a chance to toss me off, I turned the engines to full blast and literally flew through the air for a few seconds. The landing jostled me around in the harness, but that didn't stop me from speeding off down the line of ships. The comm crackled to life again, "You alive there Stranger?"
Keeping my eyes firmly on the path this time I replied, "I'm about as alive as I could be thank you very much. Whats up with you?"
There was some chuckling from his side, " Oh nothing much, Seems the bulk went after you for whatever reason, still though..wait a second." He went silent for a few moments, "Power fluctuations around us, just where the hel-" I heard an explosion from the otherside of the field.
"Corpland? Corpland! Damnit Corpland! Answer me!" Static eminated from the radio. "Knell, you read me?" Static eminated from the radio.
"Obviously this wasn't going well for me stranger. With no response from either of them I was forced to search for any ships capable of hyper space jumps. Hand me another drink stranger, maybe the same one you gave me earlier?"--"I appreciate your generosity stranger Now.."
..I delved deeper and deeper into the fields, occasionally having to flee from groups out to kill me. Of course, the deeper in the more that tried to kill me. No thoughts of how I was going to run any of these passed through my mind, but I'd have to try one eventually. So I did, it was an old shuttle, probably from before the Brood Wars. Looking around first to make sure there were no protoss around, I headed for the shuttle ramp. Luckily, the thing was open so I was able to get inside with no problems. I shut down the SCV and climbed out, then decided to take a closer look around me. The shuttle was huge! It could've easily fit at least two siege tanks! But...there was no way I knew how to run it. So with a sigh I turned around, only to come face to face with a slugthrower.
"Yes stranger it was indeed Knell, but I..excuse me stranger, I need to leave you. Please, if anyone asks, you know nothing of me. I shall finish my tale the next time we meet stranger!"
"You alone stranger? No, don't answer me, just..need to finish this. I see you've already gotten me a drink. Thank you stranger, you've been most kind to me. Now, I had a gun pointed at my face.."
..with Knell being the one aiming it at me. Blood ran down her face. We stared at each other for a few moments, then she lowered the gun. "Sorry," she stated, "Thought you were one of them for a moment."
"It's fine," I replied back to her, "I probably would've done the same thing." We chuckled nervously and the tension eased slightly. "By any chance, do you know how to run this thing?"
She grinned, "I do now." With that, she hit a button next to the ramp. The door slowly started grinding closed behind her, "Before you ask it, I saw your SCV head into this," She kicked the wall gently, "place." The ramp closed fully as she said this last one. There was silence for a moment, then soft blue lights began coming on. Knell started feeling along the wall on the other side of the shuttle, "There should be some sort of dppr that leads to the central navigation core..ah hah!" The wall slid smoothly back, revealing a small, bright room. Knell motioned me over, then pointed at some duller blue lights. "Just hit that one, that one and that one, the shuttle will do the rest."
"Got it." I made for the console and typed those keys in. The room blackened out and tiny lights began winking on. "Ahh...what do I do now?"
She came over and looked at the lights. Then, she poked one of the lights with her finger. The ship began to rumble, and a screen appeared, showing the area around us. Nothing was waiting for us outside as the ship began to rise above the ground. In the distance, the warpgate began to activate. A question suddenly came to my mind, "Why DID you come here? You never told us before this."
She froze, for a moment, then smiled and held up a small remote, "Search and Destroy." She pressed the button.
"I'm sorry stranger, my mind goes a little fuzzy at this point, there were indeed lots of explosions. However, I can say that we made it out alive, if that matters to you anyways. Anyways, do you have a light? I could use a smoke."--"You really are a good friend stranger, I hope we will see eachother again...but I must finish this first.."
I recall a point after the explosions, we had exited onto a planet closer to terran space, and started heading for the inner planets. Knell came up while I was working on the SCV and said, "It's a shame I have to kill you now."
"Wait...KILL ME?!" I turned around and she was there, pointing the slugthrower at me.
Her voice had a hollow, echo like tone to it, "No witnesses." I dived to the side just as she fired, knicking my leg with the round. Gritting my teeth trying to keep my mind off the pain, I kept moving. Yet everytime she fired, her aim got better till it was a miracle that I wasn't hit. Eventually though, I was hit in the leg. With that hit, I tripped and fell to the ground. She walked slowly over to where I lied. "Nothing..personal. Just..orders." She raised the gun to my head. The shadows behind her shifted position. Knell didn't even seem to notice, just slowly tightened her grip on the trigger. The blade came from the shadows, thrusting through her midsection and thrusting up through her skull. The two halves crumpled silently to the ground and the shadows vanished. I tried to get a closer look, but something overpowered my senses and I went unconcious. I came to some time later when a group of salvagers managed to board the vessel. I tried to ask them if they had seen Knell's body, but they assured me that they had seen no one but me. I decided not to push on it and decided to fade back into civilian life.
"Or..I would've, but..people seem to have other ideas. I thank you once more stranger, now that my tale is told, I can accept what may or may not happen to me. But first, a toast. To whatever may or may not happen!"--"Stranger, I can't thank you enough for the fact that you at least listened to my story. I wish you well in your future travels, wherever they take you. As for me...I need to go meet my fate."
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Yes most of my friend too. I guess I depend on being yourself and what 'crowd' your in.
In my school almost ALL of the kids that are my friends (mostly all of my grade) read and tell each other new books that we should read
@Shadow_of_the_day how are they just somewhat working, if you don't mind me asking?
@Love_Albrecht hahah cause i told her about it an she is going to read it i love the book its so far my favorite on wattpad :)
hahah sorry i was trying to get my friend Miranda to find me she just got a wattpad excuse our weirdness @Love_Albrecht
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Remember the old days of celluloid film cameras? Light leaks were actually errors caused by light literally leaking through small gaps and affecting the film. It was often frustrating, for all the effects could be quite beautiful. There could be shadows and reflections caused by the camera's parts, or just general light diffusion across the lens.
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Celebrity moms are taking a bashing from critics after going public with some less-than usual parenting practices -- like eating their own placenta.
Celebuzz parenting expert Dr. Michelle Golland (@DoctorMG) says the practice is actually beneficial! What the what?!? Read on to find out why January Jones, Mayim Bialik and Alicia Silverstone may be leading the charge to redefine baby care!
Mayim -- who currently stars on The Big Bang Theory – still breast feeds her 3-year-old.
"Different kids have different needs," Dr. Golland says. She adds that most babies should start on some kind of solid food by 9-12 months, but that it's not unusual to continue breast feeding until 24 months. Continuing to breast feed after that is up to the mother and the baby.
Alicia feeds her child out of her own mouth, rather than mashed baby food.
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January Jones consumed her own placenta.
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Skype virus is a dangerous program that is spreading around at enormous speed. This virus can also be called as Bitcoin or Bitcoin mining malware. It is used to hijack victim's computer resources and make the affected machine slow and unusable. However, there are some other versions of Skype virus that are applied for stealing users' personal information and sensitive data. The way how it gets inside the system is based on trying to convince Skype community to click on a malicious link. It seems that method has been working because in the middle of April, 2013, its distribution speed has reached 2000 clicks per hour. While it's hard not to notice that your machine's speed has dropped down dramatically and you have been infected, most of anti-virus and anti-spyware programs still fail to detect this virus. However, you should definitely try if you need to remove Skype virus from your computer.
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So hooked by audio that I have to read books aloud. *If my reviews help, please let me know.
I enjoyed every aspect of this brief, well produced audible version of I Am Legend, (and especially recommend if you can pick it up when Audible has one of its special offers). Dean's narration made the listen as animated as a Columbia Broadcasting System radio presentation ala Orson Wells doing H.G. Well's War of the Worlds.
Bless Matheson for bringing us the concept of a vampire apocalypse! Because of his imagination and talent, so many of Matheson's books and stories were translated to movies and TV. Loved, loved, reading the reviews and opinions about the book vs. the multiple movie versions of I Am Legend. Either I am not so opinionated, or just easily entertained, because I thought all the book to movie interpretations were great fun ... from the Vincent Price version (which embarrassed author/screenwriter Matheson resulting in him using a pseudo-name in the end credits aka *Logan Swanson*); especially the very campy Omega Man, the vampires replaced with the *Family* of albino mutants [so bad it was good]; and finally to Will Smith's intellectualized NY version with the *Darkseekers*. As fun or as creepy, none of those versions equal the book and it's emphasis on the psychological impact of being alone.
Why read this book when we know the story almost ad nauseam - in hundreds of incarnations? Because 'MATHESON is legend'. Give a quick look at his Wiki profile.... The Legend of Hell House, What Dreams May Come, Somewhere in Time, A Stir of Echoes, I Am Legend, Steel, Duel (yes directed by Spielberg), The Night Stalker, Twilight Zone episodes (including intro and closing every show), Star Trek episodes. If you are still unconvinced of his genius - remember the Zuni fetish doll that chased Karen Black around her NY apartment with a carving knife?....Matheson's creation! And the piece de resistance....Nightmare at 20,000 Feet -- William Shatner looking out the window from his airline seat at a gremlin tearing the steel and wire cables from a rear jet engine. I think I'd rather see vampires at my door.
It's not so much an issue of *holding up to time* as to how many times it has been done; but read with the knowledge that this was the first...wow. What a legacy--what a legend!
Fond of keeping the blood curdling throughout the month of October, I was looking for only the best of the spine-tinglers, the elite nightmare elicitors, the ones that scare the bejesus out of you and have you even welcoming your dog onto your clean bedspread for the night. While there are some awfully good reads out there, I harkened back to one that I read in 1975 (when I was 5 yrs. old)--one of only 3 books that has truly ever creeped me out (one being The Exorcist and the other scares me too much to mention!). And, it is a pedigreed chiller, claimed by the King himself to be his favorite child...Salem's Lot. He even dedicated this one to his daughter. *Do not think of the terrible mini-series...it did not do this one justice.
Dracula, Count Orlok (Nosferatu), and Mr. Barlow...the aristocracy of vampires (Lestat was just too well behaved). There is something undeniably exclusive to Dracula - despite all the gore clever authors can think up, or all the modern diabolical twists and turns -- Count Dracula still reigns supreme as the black-hearted grandaddy of them all. King takes Stoker's lore of Dracula, revives it, and brings it out of the dank castle cellars of Transylvania to a small town in modern Maine (of course--but it could be anywhere, USA) as Mr. Barlow. There are no new evolved vampirical powers, just the original undiluted horror of the Vampire. [*Note" On this most recent recording, the author gives a brief introduction for the story, explaining how his idea evolved into the book--really fun.]
The battle is between pure good and absolute evil -- and more importantly, convincing townfolk that there is a vampire in town - an actual bloodsucking demon of the night - before they themselves are recruited to this legion of the undead. The 1970's rural town is wonderfully depicted, full of the kind of hay-seed characters, and that small town party-line feeling King is known for creating so richly. His personal bone-to-pick with small towns comes through loud and clear as he devours the residents without mercy, relishing in extinguishing the abusers, gossipers, and Salem's Lot ne'er-do-wells. The narrator enriches the story with the appropriate chills...if you pardon his un-even delivery of Mr.Barlow's dialect (3.5*).
For fans of the good-ol' garlic-hating, crucifix-fearing, coffin-dwelling, sun-dreading vampire...dig this one out and brush off the dust. It holds up perfectly and deserves to be held in equal esteem with the best of the worst vamps and their stories. You don't need my recommendation; if Stephen King -- the man who has defined what goes bump in the night -- says this is his personal favorite out of his own novels, you know it's got to be wonderfully deliciously dreadful.
[*Disclaimer: I'm not a fan of abundant gore, and haven't read much of Koontz or Barker!]
Hearing the final words, "Audible hopes you enjoyed.." it's hard to resist vigorously clapping your hands together and jumping to your feet to whoop out a "Bravo!" While it looks like some reviewers are more familiar with the particulars of each narrator, I must be less fussy; I thought it was a perfect cast that produced a dark gothic atmosphere that Stoker would call worthy of this masterpiece.
The story is longer than I thought it would be, the flowery speech style of the Victorian era no doubt adding to the length of the journals/diaries of each articulate character, that comprise the tale -- a style that, if you are unprepared for, may be too verbose to your liking (but authentic to the time--think Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Oscar Wilde, William Butler Yeats). Where one during that period might say:
"Dear Madam, by God, your neck! May perhaps I suggest more wreaths of the garlic flowers to be festooned around your lovely neck to prohibit a further attack from this most vile blood-sucking fiendish creature of the night which has befallen upon you most unfairly, dear sweet lady?"
We today, 100 years later, might say:
"Huh, vampire bite. Want some garlic (was he sparkly)?"
You can see how this could take up some pages. But the profuse Victorian vernacular combined with the fine reading puts you in the necessary frame of mind -- where a dark red-eyed character in a cape could creep around a deteriorating castle, summon wolves from the fog, and morph into a bat flapping against a pane of glass. (It was a little amusing listening to the breathy and fragile Lucy and Mina...considering the time frame in which this was written. While Stoker had them helplessly swooning away, across the pond, Susan B. Anthony was gathering her own minions.)
Bram Stoker truly affected history with this book -- Audible's production was a great homage to a literary icon as well as a fun engaging production, well worth the purchase.


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