title: The Lust for Blood: Why We Are Fascinated by Death, Murder, Horror, and Violence
author:  Jeffrey A. Kottler 
description: Jeffrey A. Kottler, PhD, is a practicing psychologist, professor of counseling at California State University, Fullerton, and the author of more than seventy-five books, including the New York Times best seller The Last Victim: A True-Life Journey into the Mind of the Serial Killer. He is also head of Empower Nepali Girls, which provides educational scholarships for at-risk, lower-caste girls.
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  Blood Lust
  
  
  A Novel by
  
  
  JE Gurley
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is dedicated to my loving wife, Kim, who understands how seriously
  deranged a writer can be and still loves me. For all those long hours you
  spend editing my manuscripts, finding the mistakes I can never spot, thank you
  my love.
  
  
  
  
  
  I also would like to thank fellow horror authors Weston Ochse and Jonathan
  Maberry for all their great advice and their friendship.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  JE Gurley
  
  
  
  
  
  12-15-11
  
  
  
  
  
  Tucson, AZ
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  As Lew drove, I hung my head, feeling the weight of the last twenty-four hours
  pulling me inexorably like gravity to the ground. We had four victims and the
  only clues as to the murderer made little or no sense. Nothing about the case
  made sense to me. A rookie could have made as much progress as I had. Bodies
  were piling up and all I could do was keep count.
  
  My luck continued in its normal vein. As we pulled up in front of the posh
  apartment building of our latest victim, the press buzzed around us 