http://slow.writerscafe.org/MrBillyD The original writings of author MrBillyD en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775957715 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Chapter 9That evening, Gwen lay alone in her bed, wondering. The world, she thought, was not turned upside down, during this morning’s worship service. Tomorrow, most things are gonna be just the way they were before, except for the condition of the Church. The steeple is gone. That heret.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2037268/ Chapter 8On Sunday morning, Mrs. Sandrell drove the family car to Church. Gwen sat beside her in the front seat. Sarah sat in the back with Pete to her left and Jimmy on her right. The radio was on, broadcasting the weather report.The weatherman said, “…heavy storms, possibly with .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2036987/ Chapter 7The following morning Gwen stepped into the kitchen. Her mother was seated at the table, reading a local newspaper. The woman sighed and groaned, with her head in her hand.“When you’re a candidate for anything,” she said, “you have to be so careful what you say in fr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2036709/ Chapter 6Gwen’s mother remained in the All You Can Eat, greeting potential voters for another 10 minutes. Then she was gone, heading off to another local campaign stop. Gwen, Jimmy, Mark and Beth had remained seated in the booth, hardly saying a word until she and the reporter were gone.Now Be.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2036489/ Chapter 5Around 6:30 PM. on Wednesday evening, Gwen accompanied Jimmy to the All You Can Eat Burger’s and Fries, which stood beside Mitchell Road; the main thoroughfare going through Chanitok. When they entered the brightly lit, noisy dining establishment, the place was crowded wi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2036219/ Chapter 4Monday morning had come again. The yellow school buses were lined up along the curb in front of Chanitok High, under the partially cloudy sky. The students were returning to class. Saturday night was past. Normally, the beautiful girl who’d been crowned as Homecoming Queen on Sat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2035972/ 3Gwen got into the family car, along withher Mother and Sarah.  Mrs. Sandrellbacked out of the driveway, and drove off toward the Church.  As they drove through the center of Chanitok,she went past the parking lot of a local strip mall. They usually stopped hereon Sunday morning fo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2035539/ 2Sunday Morning Worship at the Chanitok Presbyterian Churchwas scheduled to begin at 10 AM.  About ahalf hour before that, Gwen’s mother Irene, and her 13 year old sister Sarah,would be driving off to attend worship without her.  If people ask why I’m not ther.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2035355/ 1The Homecoming Dance at Chanitok High hadended around 9PM, on the second Saturday night in October.  About 4 hours later a car pulled up andstopped at the curb outside a suburban home, in the Long Island community of Chanitok;about 35 miles east of New York City. The right rear do.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2035154/ Christian High School kids in a Politically Correct Community find themselves in serious trouble with the Local Powers That Be. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2035149/ Chapter 14It’snow the following evening, about a half hour after sunset. Nathan drives up tomy house in his car, with Diana beside him in the front seat. I get in the backand we drive off toward Main Street.Less than ten minutes later, I step inside the Bouncing Casket. Dian.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2033831/ Chapter 13Now I’m home. I’m back in my room. So the Grown-Ups of Sangreville are going to be the ones who’ll choose the next Enforcer of the Truce? That doesn’t mean that the Truce Commission will challenge Roxanna’s claim to be the next Vampire Staker of Sangrevil.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2033641/ Chapter 12In theearly evening, as I walk along Sangreville's Main Street, I am not "...just goingfor a walk', and I am not heading over to the High School, at least not yet. Idon't stop at the Bouncing Casket. I head further along, in the direction ofthe Dark Arts R Us. When I .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2033611/  Chapter 11Myeyes are open again. I'm not in Hell and I'm not in Heaven. I'm looking up atmy own ceiling, while lying on a comfortable mattress, in my own bed, in my ownroom. Around me are my own familiar belongings, in our apartment on Sullivan Street,just half way up the block f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2033349/ Chapter 10My eyesare open. I'm lying on my back out in the open, looking up at a brightening,partly cloudy sky, in which the sun will soon rise. Around me I hear thechirping of crickets joining with the twitter of birds. My mouth feels dry. Itake a deep breath, feel an aching throu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2033113/  Chapter 9It was nowabout ten minutes later. Cousin Paula and I stepped outside Aunt Josephine'shouse. Under the clear night sky, a few of the brightest stars twinkled aboveus. My Staker-Vampire cousin was now fully clothed, wearing a blouse above herbelt, along with .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2032879/  Chapter 8A half hourlater, I arrived at my Aunt Josephine's place. Nathan drove me in his car,through the dark quiet residential streets, beneath a starry sky. Loretta satbeside him in the front seat, while I was in the back. When we arrived, myCousin Paula's car was pa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2032606/ Chapter 7When Igot back to the apartment that afternoon, my mother told me, "I got a callfrom your Aunt Josephine a few hours ago. Your Cousin Diana is now undead, andshe wants to talk to you." "Diana wants to talk?" Mom nodded. "Over the phone." She sighed, "Vampires can't b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2032532/ Chapter 6When I woke up the next morning, I wasstill grinning. I'd just had one terrific night, of uncommitted, recreational fkingwith Nathan! Then I'd had one hunk of a vampire guy stick his fangs in me, andthen nibble and suck me out, good and rough; or "ruff-ruff-ruff!"They were b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2032316/ Chapter 5Am I going to die tonight? I wondered, asPaula drove me and Diana through the dark early evening, away from our newapartment, headed toward Roxanna's home. Tonight, some vampire guy would be"doing whatever he wants" to my bare boobied body. He might lose selfcontrol, ignore the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2031984/ Chapter 4In the evening after my first day at Sangreville High, while my mother and I stayed at my Aunt Josephine's house, I was doing my homework in Diana's room, stretched out along the bed, while Diana sat at the desk, both of us working with our laptop computers. The door opened and her 20-.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2031732/ Chapter 3At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, I was indowntown Sangreville, along with my new classmates Diana and Roxanna, standingoutside the small shop, with its name "Dark Arts R Us" on a sign above the doorway. Wewere still carrying our books. We'd just been to a local clothing store,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2031408/ Chapter 2The Monday after we'd arrived in Sangreville, I stood waitingbeside the teacher's desk in Classroom 317. This was my first morning as a newstudent in Sangreville Senior High School. I'dspent the entire first period in the Office, getting properly enrolled. I'd been given.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2031051/ A High School Girlreluctantly moves with her desperate mother to a "Vampire Town",where the living and undead have agreed to a Truce. After she's enrolled in hernew school, she is told that she can "...get away with anything youwant."The "New Girl" tries to fit in.&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2030894/ A High School Girl reluctantly moves with her desperate mother to a "Vampire Town" where the living and undead have agreed to a truce. The "New Girl" tries to fit in. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2030891/ 28Zabelton  Today, the third Saturday in June, was Breakthrough Day;beginning the week long Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the unsealingof the City Building of Manhattan.  Today, people would be celebrating the moment when two highschool kids, named David .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2030200/ 27“The Way Things Are Done” Two hoursafter the Game ended, the Warrior Guys, Girls and Cheerleading Squad of theH.S. L-1378-55 Team had gathered for the barbecue in the downstairsrecreational hall of the Glad He Ate Her Lounge, along with a few guests.  Ch.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2029988/ 26Healthy BloodlustOn Saturday afternoon, Charlene attended the Combat Game in the Gymnasium of H.S. L-1378-55. This time the Home Team fought bare above the waist as publicized, against the fully clothed team from H.S. L-1791-22. The fighting was intense. There were a large number of fatalities on .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2029767/ 25No Longer a WussyOn Monday morning, the students at High School L-1378-55 were surprised to see their classmates Dave Krendell and Karen Bennet enter the Lobby outside the Main Offices, not killed and carrying their edu-computers. They entered accompanied by Pastor Domnick Luzak and Reverend Charl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2029460/ 24SundayThe next day was Sunday. Dave and Karen attended the 9:30 AM Worship Service, at Reverend MacDougal's Church. Today, no one was casually dressed. Dave wore a white short sleeved shirt and tie. Karen wore a short sleeved, non-revealing, light green dress. They arrived about 15 minutes early. .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2029208/ 23A Matter of ConsciencePastor Luzak and the others followed the Reverend back along the corridor, then around a corner, where they entered a small, brightly-lit windowless cubicle, containing a desk with a swivel chair, and several folding chairs stacked against the wall. Domnick, Charlene, Dave an.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2028920/ 22 Making an ImpressionDomnick and Charlene continued moving along the crowded corridors of the City Building with Dave, Karen and Louise. As they approached the "Next Elevator Going Up", a slow moving, electrically motorized open truck made its way cautiously through the mass of people, who opened.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2028715/ 21Magic CityPastor Domnick Luzak and his niece Charlene now stood beside Dave, Karen and Louise. They stood looking across the thickly packed crowd that went past them going left to right, and right to left, while moving along the 9th Avenue Corridor. On the opposite side of the Avenue, they gazed d.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2028153/ 20ReunitingThe Delegation from outside the City Building, headed through the dark, shivery cold tunnel. Dave, Karen and Louise, who used the flashlights on their multi-taskers to illuminate the way, escorted the Pastor and his niece. After the airlock's outer doors had slid shut, Pastor Luzak a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2027914/ 19Historic JourneyBy 7 AM the following morning, Louise, Alyce and Sarah had boarded the express elevator on Level 1380, along with Jimmy and Larry. They'd all dressed in rugged pants and shoes, and wore their yellow and green High School L-1378-55 jackets. Following Dave's directions, they rode the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2027597/ 18“The World TurnedUpside Down?”On Wednesday morning, the headline on the H.S. L-1378-55 Student's Newsletter declared: "SECOND DEAD STUDENT RESURRECTS!"Beneath the headline two photos were printed. The one on the left showed Louise Torelli, lying lifeless on the floor the inside of.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2027297/ 17“Welcome to Paradise”Pastor Luzak had driven Dave, Karen, his brother Henry and niece Charlene to a small cove on the shore of Lake Wallenpaupack. At this point, the Lake was about a mile across. Far out on the water, several boats glided slowly with their sails hanging limp. Fishin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2027128/ 16“An ‘Unbridgeable Gap’?”Dave and Karen left the Church and got into Pastor Luzak's dark green hovercar that was parked out front. Then he drove them down the hill to the Motel, and told them to put on garments that were strong and rugged. Back in their Motel Room, Dave.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2026685/ Chapter 21 A little after 6 AM, we were allstill out on the main floor of the dimly lit, windowless Climaxes Nightclub.  I Vicky sat beside Kate, inside the booth whereshe’d been trying to sleep, when the visitors from Vidamort Corp. arrived. Our visitor,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2026378/ Chapter 20 Travel to the Demonic Dimension ofBeelzebubia, or Good Girls Hell, and never come back?  Frolicking naked; impaled on some demon’s agonizing, orgasmic fiery pitchfork?   Kate Nellington sighed.  Sounds wonderful.  She thoug.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2026068/ 15“People From Hell”Until Tuesday morning, most of Dave's and Karen's time in Zabelton had been spent in their motel room. On Sunday afternoon, they'd turned on the television, and watched a movie that had recently been produced outside the City Building. The picture titled, "And the Wor.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2026014/  19 Like I said, I Vicky the exhaustedVampire hoped that no one else would call that night, and nobody did.  My cell phone didn’t ring again.  What did happen was that somebody knocked onmy office door. I groaned.  A knock on the door i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2025799/ 14“It’s Happened Again.”On Monday morning Alyce arrived at H.S. L-1378-55, about 15 minutes early. She carried her edu-computer into the crowded Lobby. Jimmy Haskins was standing outside the door to the Principal's Office, looking nervous. Larry Landis and Sarah Denski stood beside.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2025723/ 13AccommodationsIn the warmth of the afternoon, Pastor Domnick Luzak strolled beside Dave and Karen, away from the Zabelton crossroads, along the gravel road that went through the thickly overgrown woods to the east. Louise's ghost moved beside them. They stayed on the road, hearing birds singi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2025244/ Chapter 18Kate had resumed driving throughthe middle of the night, moving with the traffic beneath the brightly shiningstreet lamps along the Sunset Strip. Pete lay in the backseat covered from head to toe, with the same blanketthat she’d had wrapped around herself, on the tri.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2024963/ Chapter 17At 1:30 in the morning, Kate was behind the wheel of the car that Pete and Jimmy had taken out toSangreville that afternoon.  She drove swiftly away from the Communitythat people called “Vampire Town”, and was now on a Freeway, swiftly approaching L.A.  She sa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2024615/ 12“Lost and Frightened” The following day, the H.S. L-1378-55 Combat Team fought with swords and shields in the Gymnasium of a Yeshiva High School on Level 723. This School's Team fought on Sundays, to avoid profaning their Sabbath. Warrior guys and girls from both teams lay dead or wou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2024558/                                                  &n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2024344/ 11Protocol ULouise had arrived at the Glad He Ate Her early in the afternoon. The hangout was not as crowded on Saturdays, as it was after school on weekdays. She joined Alyce, who sat at a table with Jimmy Haskins. Alyce asked, "So how'd the College Entrance Exam go?" Louise spoke with a .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2024240/      10Extended Stay  Outside theCity Building, on the remains of the ancient highway, an armed Patrol of a halfdozen men and women approached Dave and Karen from the west, moving through thewaist high weeds. They wore light blue shirts, black pants.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MrBillyD/2024090/