Interview with a Vampire

Interview with a Vampire is anonymously authored book, written in Mordentish, and purporting to record the time spent by its author in the presence of a (nosferatu) vampire. The work is part of a series of interviews with intelligent undead (see Interview with a Ghoul and Interview with a Lich). The author is shown a considerable degree of respect by the undead who seem to see in him an understanding audience, a being possessed of like appetites, and a creature that can be more useful alive than dead. The veracity of the works is uncertain.

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I paused for a long moment. The three-quarters moon had attained the zenith. The sun had crept very low in the sky, its rays dancing along the storefronts. The other patrons, chased off by the autumn chill, were safely inside. I returned to my notes, reorganising my questions, devising my plan of attack. And then he appeared as from nothing, startling me, arriving well in advance of the appointed hour. The man was tall, gaunt, pale, his dress every bit that of a Dementlieuse aristocrat, but his curious accent, not quite Balok, marked him as a foreigner. I invited him to sit, poured him a glass of wine, and we exchange the requisite pleasantries, whereafter he came straight to the point. His eyes seized hold of mine and he said: "Were you a lost wanderer upon the burning sands of Har'Akir, parched beyond measure, mad with thirst, and you came upon an oasis, would you not drink?" I nodded slowly, thoughtfully. He continued, "Come with me, let me show you." He was irresistible, or nearly so, a second Dominic d'Honaire, but cut of a less urbane, tougher stuff.