WWDD?

by Howie Amourscow

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Sterling leaned against the coffin, staring at the print in the dust, and wondered what he should do.

He hadn’t been a vampire for long—not quite a week, actually. For the first few days, his mantra had been “WWDD?” Which hadn’t worked so well: when the woman he tried seducing as his first victim pepper-sprayed him, he attempted to turn into a bat and discovered he had no idea how to. Sterling didn’t think Dracula would run down a crowded street while some lady shrieked obscenities and threw her shoes at him, but…

Sterling was at the mall, morose after the clerk at the formal wear store laughed at him when he asked about capes, when he saw the book in the window of a Borders. He bought it and rushed home, and read the first pages before nodding off around dawn.

He didn’t have to worship Satan? He didn’t have to wear black? Not all vampires were sexual deviants? (Okay, that last one was mildly disappointing, somehow.)

But that was as far as he’d got with the book before some brat snuck in and stole it.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. WWDD?

    Fyora Cartagan's Buddy Icon Fyora Cartagan

    Posted 7 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Not all vampires were sexual deviants? (Okay, that last one was mildly disappointing, somehow)
    ~
    That line amuses me immensely. Please keep going!

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    BARomero's Buddy Icon BARomero

    Posted 7 months ago

    I sooo like how this has branched off from the original Guide. It kind of makes the whole overall storyline kind of like Hitchhiker’s Guide. Plus, now that the book’s been stolen, it gives me a chance to stall on the next section of the guide! ;-)

    P.S.: I do have a thought on the whole “bat” thing. It’s maybe two sequels away…

  3. WWDD?

    Howie Amourscow's Buddy Icon Howie Amourscow

    Posted 7 months ago

    Hopefully we don’t have a three-way Mexican standoff, since I’d love to see * THX 0477 * come back with the kids’ story and BARomero to give us more sections of the APGV , which I’ve been loving.
    I did like the idea of the parallel stories: the HG analogy is a good one.

  4. WWDD?

    RunningWithScissors' Buddy Icon RunningWithScissors

    Posted 6 months ago

    bahahaha. :]
    i love this.

  5. WWDD?

    BARomero's Buddy Icon BARomero

    Posted 5 months ago

    I do kinda want to start reading a bit more on this line…

  6. WWDD?

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Oops, did I miss a sequel opportunity? Boy, am I a dork or what? Give me some time guys, and I’ll get around to this. But be forewarned (really, ask Nouvelle Bardot), I’m horrible to do a series with.

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Sequel done, silly as it is.

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    Melia's Buddy Icon Melia

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I’m with Fyora. The sexual deviant line cracked me up!

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    Freedom's Buddy Icon Freedom

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I agree with Fyora. That one line just made me laugh out loud! Great job on this.
    LoA

  10. WWDD?

    Ridcully Calvert's Buddy Icon Ridcully Calvert

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Loved it, a very entertaining story.

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    PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)'s Buddy Icon PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Once I got WWDD , I had to laugh out loud. Brilliant addition.

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