title: Blood Muse: Timeless Tales of Vampires in the Arts
author: Martin H. Greenberg
description: The undead are undone by lifeless interpretations of their potential role in the creative arts in this compilation of 32 original stories. Most of the selections, which are grouped according to the artistic medium they cover ("The Screening Room," "The Sculpture Garden," etc.), restrict themselves to one of the three approaches to the vampire theme outlined in Friesner's introduction: art's power to confer immortality; its demand for self-consuming passion in the artist; its dependence on life for sustenance. Susan L. Williams's poignant "Blind Faith," in which a vampire artisan stains glass for a cathedral he can never enter, and Tim Waggoner's crafty "Preserver," about the unforeseen intent behind a vampire patron's deal with a collagist, are among the handful of tales that transcend this formula. In "Sing Heavenly Muse," Meg Turville-Heitz adroitly suggests that Milton was in thrall to a vampire muse when he created the self-tortured Lucifer of Paradise Lost. Generally, however, despite the editors' praise of the creative imagination, there are few truly novel representations of vampires here. Overstocked with angst-ridden artistes who suffer the torments of hell for their art, this anthology would have benefited from some of the comic relief to be found in the editors' previous anthology, Alien Pregnant by Elvis. <br />Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: Blood
  Sacrifice
   
   
   
   
  Vampires of Blood and Bones
  Vol. 7
   
   
  By. B.A. Stretke
  
   
  Copyright © 2020 by B.A. Stretke
  Published by Superiorland Publishing
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any
  form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods,
  without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied
  in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.
  This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person (living or dead), place, or event is purely
  coincidence.
  
   
  PROLOGUE
   
  “I found a replacement for Sheriff Korbin,” Ismael interjected off subject. “He’s a former
  military man, special forces, and comes with impressive recommendations.”
  “Vampire or shifter?”
  “Hellhound.”
  Louis set his glass aside and gave Ismael his full attention. “That is marvelous. I haven’t come
  across a hellhound in centuries