Published: March 02, 2012
Words: 6,684 (approximate)
Language: English

Short description

(Short story) When Deidre finds herself unemployed, she eagerly accepts an interview for a housekeeping position. She’s in for a surprise. Not only is her prospective boss a vampire, but he's also cranky, still ardently votes for Eisenhower and gets dangerous when his prune juice runs low. Can Deidre make it as a vampire's housekeeper? First, she’ll have to survive the interview!

Extended description

And you thought your boss was cold!

At the age of 24, Deidre finds herself unemployed with few job skills and a growing pile of overdue bills. When a perky career counselor suggests an open housekeeping position, Deidre knows this could be her only chance for a decent job.

She doesn't bother asking many questions...like what the career counselor meant when she said the employer had certain "peculiarities". (Read more) And you thought your boss was cold!

At the age of 24, Deidre finds herself unemployed with few job skills and a growing pile of overdue bills. When a perky career counselor suggests an open housekeeping position, Deidre knows this could be her only chance for a decent job.

She doesn't bother asking many questions...like what the career counselor meant when she said the employer had certain "peculiarities".

Deidre is in for a very unpleasant surprise. Not only is her prospective boss a vampire, but he's also cranky, adamantly prefers the telegraph over the telephone and gets dangerous when his prune juice isn't delivered on time.

Oh, and he also has a strong fondness for another kind of liquid refreshment, one that he prefers warm and fresh.

In this hilarious and satirical short story (approx. 4,300 words), author J. Bennett takes on the wildly popular vampire mythology and gives it a certain grizzled spin.

As Deidre will discover, not all vampires are eternally-young , virile romantics who effortlessly keep up with the times. Some of them delight in wearing bow-ties, continue to enthusiastically vote for Eisenhower in each election, and consider the television to be witch magic.

Can Deidre make it as a vampire's housekeeper? To find out, she'll first have to survive the job interview!
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vampire, urban fantasy, comedy, humor, paranormal, short story, satire, parody, vampire comedy, vampire humor, vampire short story, humor short story, paranormal humor, vampire paranormal, urban fantasy humor, vampire satire, vampire parody, paranormal comedy, urban fantasy comedy, paranormal satire

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Review by: Margaret (Literary Chanteuse) on Dec. 30, 2012 :
A very funny short story that gives reading about vampires a delightful and refreshing twist. An excellent start to this series. Definitely quenches the appetite to read the rest.
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