“Vampires, like virgins or priests, are things that women believe in. We must never fail to humor them in such matters.”

—  Brian McNaughton

"Child of the Night" in 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories (1995) edited by Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz, and Martin H. Greenberg

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