Charlaine Harris

allergic to sunlight, silver, and garlic.

“Unfortunate Incidents” from time to time. (That was the vampire euphemism for the bloody slaying of a human.)

Since vampire blood was supposed to temporarily relieve symptoms of illness and increase sexual potency,

Some buyers went crazy after drinking pure vampire blood, but that didn’t slow the market any.

So he wasn’t thrilled about being rescued by a woman. Typical guy.

Vampires often turn on those who trust them. We don’t have human values, you know.

Suddenly the blood tasted good, salty, the stuff of life.

Excuse me?”

“It’s hard for me to get used to young ladies with so few clothes on,” Bill said.

For a while I taped soap operas and watched them at night when I thought I might be forgetting what it was like to be human. After a while I stopped, because from the examples I saw on those shows, forgetting humanity was a good thing.” I laughed

When vampires live in nests,” he said suddenly, “they often become more cruel because they egg each other on. They see others like themselves constantly, and so they are reminded of how far from being human they are. They become laws unto themselves. Vampires like me, who live alone, are a little better reminded of their former humanity.”