Helping Vampires to Save the World
Let's face it. Vampires are sexy. Something about the undead
stirs up our juices. Perhaps it's their irresistible power. Even when we know
the danger, we're so very tempted to surrender to their all-consuming lust.
Maybe we want to comfort them, to save them a lonely, bloody eternity. Maybe we
secretly crave immortality ourselves.
Vampires are frequently portrayed as evil or at least
amoral, viewing humanity from the jaded perspective of centuries. Now, though,
vampires are doing their part to save the world.
Coming Together: In Vein is a brand new
collection of vampire-themed erotica and erotic romance edited by Lisabet
Sarai. All sales of this novel-length volume support Doctors Without Borders
(Médecins Sans Frontières). MSF works in nearly 70 countries providing medical
aid to those most in need regardless of their race, religion, or political
affiliation. Right now, despite being barred from the country, MSF doctors and
nurses are in Syria, working with patients from both sides of the civil war.
They're performing surgery in caves and sneaking into refugee camps to
distribute desperately needed medications.
You can help MSF in its life-saving mission, simply by indulging
your passion for vampires. Buy a copy of Coming Together: In Vein
in ebook,
Kindle
format, or print. Enjoy!
Then help spread the word! Every copy we sell has the potential to save
someone's life.
The list
of contributors includes many names you'll recognize. Every one of these
authors has provided his or her work free of charge, to support the charitable
aims of the project. Furthermore, the editor is giving away a free copy of her
short story collection Body Electric to everyone who buys a copy of Coming
Together: In Vein. (For details of this offer, click
here.)
You'll find an excerpt below – just to whet your appetite.
Sink your teeth into Coming Together: In Vein.
Help our vampires save the world.
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From “Willing” by Xan West
I pull out my blade and show it to him. His eyes widen and
he whispers, "My safeword is chocolate." I am surprised. Most who
frequent the fetish scene know nothing about real BDSM. That these are the
first words out of his mouth shows that there may be more to this boy than I
thought. I stand still, watching him. He is older than I had first surmised, at
least twenty four. The little leather he wears is well kept, his belt clearly
conditioned and his boots cared for by a loving hand. He is motionless, knees
slightly bent, shoulders back, offering me his chest. His pulse is not rapid,
but his eyes eat up the knife and his lips are slightly parted, as if all he
wanted was to take my blade down his throat.
His brown eyes stay fixed on the knife as I move toward him.
I tease his lip with the tip of it and then speak softly.
"How black do you flag?"
His eyes stay on the blade. He swallows.
"Very black, on the right, Sir."
"Is there anything I need to know?"
"I am healthy and strong. My limits are animals,
children, suspension and humiliation, Sir."
"And blood, hmmm?" I am teasing. I know the
answer. It is why I found him here, and not at the Lure.
"Oh please, Sir. I would gladly offer my blood."
"Why?"
He takes a deep breath, closes his eyes a moment, and then
opens them. The pulse in his throat starts racing, but his voice is calm, and
matter-of-fact. I tease my blade against his neck.
"I have been watching you a long time, Sir. I have seen
how you play. I see the beast inside you. I know what is missing. Those boys at
The Lure don't know how to give you what you really need. They don't see that
they are barely feeding your craving, and not touching your hunger. The boys
here don't see you. They just see their own fantasy. They are simply food. I am
strong, Sir. Strong enough for you. I can be yours. My blood, my flesh, my sex,
my service. Yours to take however you choose, for as long as you want. To slake
your hunger. I would be honored, Sir."
I take a deep breath, stunned, studying him. This boy who
would offer what I never really thought was possible. He has surprised me
again. That alone shows this boy is more than a meal. He just might be able to
be all that he has offered.
*****
I'm a big fan of Xan West's work, so I chose this excerpt among a few really great ones.
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