Other Books by J.R. Rain
STANDALONE NOVELS
Winter Wind
Silent Echo
The Body Departed
The Grail Quest
Elvis Has Not Left the Building
The Lost Ark
The Accidental Superheroine
LavaBull
Jack and the Giants
Dolfin Tayle
Dragon Assassin
Lost Eden
Judas Silver
The Vampire Club
Cursed
VAMPIRE FOR HIRE SERIES
Moon Dance
Vampire Moon
American Vampire
Moon Child
Christmas Moon
Vampire Dawn
Vampire Games
Moon Island
Moon River
Vampire Sun
Moon Dragon
Moon Shadow
SAMANTHA MOON CASE FILES
Moon Bayou
Blood Moon
Moon Magic
JIM KNIGHTHORSE SERIES
Dark Horse
The Mummy Case
Hail Mary
Clean Slate
Night Run
THE WITCHES SERIES
The Witch and the Gentleman
The Witch and the Englishman
The Witch and the Huntsman
OPEN HEART SERIES
The Dead Detective
Deadbeat Dad
NICK CAINE SERIES
Temple of the Jaguar
Treasure of the Deep
Pyramid of the Gods
THE SPINOZA TRILOGY
The Vampire With the Dragon Tattoo
The Vampire Who Played Dead
The Vampire in the Iron Mask
THE ALADDIN TRILOGY
Aladdin Relighted
Aladdin Sins Bad
Aladdin and the Flying Dutchman
THE WALKING PLAGUE TRILOGY
Zombie Patrol
Zombie Rage
Zombie Mountain
THE SPIDER TRILOGY
Bad Blood
Spider Web
Spider Bite
THE PSI TRILOGY
Hear No Evil
See No Evil
Speak No Evil
Flight 12: A PSI Novella
THE GHOST FILES
Ghost College
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
Bound By Blood
THE ABNORM CHRONICLES
Glimmer
SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
Red Rain: Over 40 Bestselling Stories
Vampire for Hire: First 8 Stories
Blood Rain: 15 Dark Tales
Black Rain: 15 Dark Tales
SHORT STORY SINGLES
The Vampire on the Train
Vampire Requiem
Ghosts of Christmas Present
Easy Rider
Dark Side of the Moon
Blue Moon
Vampire Gold
Halloween Moon
Vampire Dreams
Vampire Blues
Vampire Nights
Teeth
Vampire Rain
The Santa Call
The Bleeder
YOUNG READERS
(Writing as J.K. Drew)
Little Wolf
The Secret of the Sphinx
The Emerald River
The Angel and the Gift
Forever Silent
Dare to Enter a Distant World
Dare to Rule a Distant World
Dare to Escape a Distant World
The Mystery of the Walking Statue
The Mystery of Stonehead Island
Deep Sea Danger
The Legend of Eagle Eye Mountain
Playoff Pressure
Vampire Requiem
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Dedication
To Kathleen and Elaine...the two people who inspired Samantha Moon.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vampire Requiem
Reading Sample
About the Author
Vampire Requiem
Requiem: a song, chant or poem for someone who died.
“If death is the great equalizer, then some of us are just more equal than others.”
—Diary of the Undead
She was the last person I ever thought I would be friends with.
Then again, when you’ve been through what we’ve been through together, well, maybe it’s not so surprising, after all.
But still...
We sat together on the back steps of my house, facing my expansive back yard and the Pep Boys sign that hung like a god over the far wall.
Friends , of course, might be too strong a word. And acquaintances just didn’t feel right, either. She was certainly no acquaintance, that was for sure. Not after some of the shit we’d shared.
A comrade, I thought. A comrade-in-arms.
Yeah, I liked the sound of that.
“Sounds, I dunno, a little Russian,” Nancy said, picking up on my thoughts a little too quickly for my liking.
“Well, we’re going with it,” I said.
“Suit yourself,” she said, shrugging, nonplussed. “And, for the love of God, will you blink?”
Admittedly, I didn’t blink much when I was around her, since I knew it freaked her out. There was still some sass in me. Anyway, I could go for days without blinking. Generally, I had to
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