Enjoy a Three-Part Supernatural Horror Story – Exactly 100 Words Each

One: Brother’s Maker

Thick rivulets of blood moved down the wall like snakes slithering into Hell. Lucius thought going there himself would be better than mucking out this foul slaughter. Hiding his brother’s crimes from Prince Remus. Death by fire, their punishment if caught.

Linus, too far gone to understand the danger, had killed another valuable hunter. Lucius labored to obliterate the evidence while Linus crouched over an arm sucking out the blood and marrow like a human sucking meat from a crab leg.

Lucius had turned his brother. Watching him deteriorate was penance. Figuring out how to stop it, his only purpose.

Two: Brother’s Keeper

Tearing his gaze from the bloody woman, Lucius grabbed crumpled newspaper from the trash bin and covered the crime. Blood soaked through, turning print to pulp. He added more. Didn’t help. Blood spouted like a geyser from her coveted jugular.

Yanking his brother, who’d pounced on her again, away from her neck, he hissed, “You couldn’t have gone another block?” Linus whipped his head around and Lucius gasped. The nerdy, giraffe-legged brother was there… briefly, then his eyes were soulless again, reflecting the red pooling in the gutter… and Linus’s stark hunger. Pain stabbed Lucius where his heart once beat

Three: Brother’s Killer

Lucius cradled the precious head he’d been commanded to remove. Pulling his blurry gaze from the body crumpled in a muddy hole, he examined their fateful surroundings—the crumbling tombstones, the sodden grass, the ancient cypress bent sideways in the wind. Despite the stinging rain, none of it felt real. They’d been vampires for countless decades, inseparable until Linus’s control deserted him. Too many laws broken, making one brother a fugitive, one a hunter. He looked into Linus’s staring eyes, “You never believed you could be ended. Didn’t you once think it would be me they sent to destroy you?”

Had to add this. I love making book covers, even for tiny fiction.

First drafts rejected. But I Keep Trying.

I was happy with my first attempt to do a 100-word story. The publisher, not so much. But that’s okay because I learned a lot in the process. These bits about vampire brothers were inspired by a minor character in my Starlight Chronicles series. I admit, writing pure horror is a challenge for me, though I love reading and watching it, the darker the better. I read Bram Stoker in my youth, along with Mary Shelly, which means those sweeping, tantalizing, horrific impressions are there, deep down, and now that I’m writing fantasy, I’m compelled to draw from their brilliance.

Vlad the Impaler has been an endlessly fascinating figure in history and fiction for me, no matter how many ways his story has been told. And today’s supernatural fantasy authors are finding entertaining ways to retell the tales. Many of them inspired me.

Luke Evans portrayed an excellent fictional Vlad. Dracula Untold sparked my imagination and gave a feel for the period and setting. I was disappointed with its box office failure, which ended hopes of a sequel. In case you haven’t seen it, here’s the trailer.

Please take a moment to read the drabbles above and let me know if I’m on the right track for a story told in exactly 100 words. Better yet, share your own 100-word story in the comments. [Update Note: Each story gone over and amended for fun August 2026.]

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