Charlotte Vorobyev, the youngest of three Romanian siblings and the only one of the family to grow up outside of Cluj-Napoca, returns to the place of their birth six centuries later with a letter and a mission: they believe their eldest sister, Maryanna Dragavei, wants Charlotte to kill her for abandoning them in Russia when they were only two years old. In order to track down Marya, Charlotte seeks help from their brother, Dmitri, an exotic dancer at a male revue, who sends them on a wild goose chase through Cluj for clues to their older sister's whereabouts.
But when violent urges run their course, in the midst of a crumbled family history renewed by proximity, Charlotte begins to have second thoughts about enacting revenge. Even if Marya wants to die.
"We Are the Vampire's Wife" offers a view into ultimate familial responsibility: when family is quite literally the only thing guaranteed to outlive the centuries, how does one learn to forgive its inevitable mistakes?
I offer this book up for free to anyone who wants it, and I hope it's an enjoyable read. For the next two years while I'm doing grad school, I'll be taking my own work very seriously--poking it, prodding it, doing a thesis, etc. I wrote this so I could have some fun before beginning the program. It's supposed to be pulpy, imperfect. Ultimately, it was an experiment in self-care and preparation for writing other, longer works, and a return to free writing. I started my own journey as an author on platforms like Fanfiction dot net and Wattpad, and I don't want to neglect the importance of free art now that I'm making a little more money doing what I love. Stories belong to everyone, no matter their financial means. I wouldn't be nearly as capable a person as I am today if not for free content creators who worked their rears off to deliver writing for diminishing, or no, returns.
I'm not ever going to charge for this piece of fiction. I'm not Romanian, and I don't want to profit off a depiction of that culture. It'll end up being falsifying in some way, no matter how much research I poured into making it as authentic as possible, so please take my perspective with a grain of salt. If you're curious about Romanian culture and fairy tales, check out Petre Ispirescu, Herta Muller, and the Romanian Cultural Foundation's "Plural" literary magazine, among other wellsprings of knowledge.
Also, the style of this book was heavily influenced by my favorite lesbian author, Jeanette Winterson, so give her some love, too.
Charlotte Vorobyev, the youngest of three Romanian siblings and the only one of the family to grow up outside of Cluj-Napoca, returns to the place of their birth six centuries later with a letter and a mission: they believe their eldest sister, Maryanna Dragavei, wants Charlotte to kill her for abandoning them in Russia when they were only two years old. In order to track down Marya, Charlotte seeks help from their brother, Dmitri, an exotic dancer at a male revue, who sends them on a wild goose chase through Cluj for clues to their older sister's whereabouts.
But when violent urges run their course, in the midst of a crumbled family history renewed by proximity, Charlotte begins to have second thoughts about enacting revenge. Even if Marya wants to die.
"We Are the Vampire's Wife" offers a view into ultimate familial responsibility: when family is quite literally the only thing guaranteed to outlive the centuries, how does one learn to forgive its inevitable mistakes?
I offer this book up for free to anyone who wants it, and I hope it's an enjoyable read. For the next two years while I'm doing grad school, I'll be taking my own work very seriously--poking it, prodding it, doing a thesis, etc. I wrote this so I could have some fun before beginning the program. It's supposed to be pulpy, imperfect. Ultimately, it was an experiment in self-care and preparation for writing other, longer works, and a return to free writing. I started my own journey as an author on platforms like Fanfiction dot net and Wattpad, and I don't want to neglect the importance of free art now that I'm making a little more money doing what I love. Stories belong to everyone, no matter their financial means. I wouldn't be nearly as capable a person as I am today if not for free content creators who worked their rears off to deliver writing for diminishing, or no, returns.
I'm not ever going to charge for this piece of fiction. I'm not Romanian, and I don't want to profit off a depiction of that culture. It'll end up being falsifying in some way, no matter how much research I poured into making it as authentic as possible, so please take my perspective with a grain of salt. If you're curious about Romanian culture and fairy tales, check out Petre Ispirescu, Herta Muller, and the Romanian Cultural Foundation's "Plural" literary magazine, among other wellsprings of knowledge.
Also, the style of this book was heavily influenced by my favorite lesbian author, Jeanette Winterson, so give her some love, too.
We Are the Vampire's Wife
We Are the Vampire's Wife
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940165007033 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | H Christopher |
| Publication date: | 08/25/2021 |
| Sold by: | Smashwords |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 226 KB |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
