by Delicate skin
Pale
And crack’d
Watery eyes
Pale
And blue
Tattered lips
Taut
And chapp’d
Rotten teeth
Almost through
She posed with her alabaster smile momentarily, giving her victim one final look at her time-ravaged appearance, before piercing the jugular. She drank. She watched the victim’s skin change appearance, becoming more translucent. Too much and the victim’s life-force would slip away; just enough and she would sire another… either way, the victim: gone forever. Too little, however, would endanger her.
She pondered as she drank.
Reddened lips accentuated her deathly pale appearance. Her alabaster smile broadened. Her decision was made.
I am going to stay hidden from her. 🤣 Good write Tom.
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Thanks, Hélène.
She isn’t that bad once you get to know her… it’s just that she doesn’t give you time to get to know her! 😉
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Haha, good one Tom.
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🙂
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I can tell things are going to r e up for this week !
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Pretty much ‘business as usual’ for Hallowe’en, Raili.
‘Tis all over now though, for another year (and until Valentine’s approaches… hehehe!)
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She has got THAT LOOK!…. 🙂 well done Tom.. 🙂
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She has, Sue. I like how this turned out.
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Good one Tom! 🙂 ❤
God Bless!
Prenin.
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Thanks, Prenin.
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Flipping heck Tom! Fearsome – both the picture and the writing!
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Thanks, Cobs.
The thing is, my former favourite web-based photo-editing site has now gone pay only (it was free before but I had to take a screenshot to save my picture) so I now have to find something equally good, if not better. For free, obviously! (That or get using my free Photoshop Elements or GIMP software as they should be used!)
Until then, however, the effects on my pictures may not be as good as I would like them to be. Sigh.
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The trick is,Tom, to not be so critical of your own artwork.
Stand back from it (emotionally) and instead think that you’re looking at it on someone else’s blog altogether.
I bet when you succeed in this, you’ll see what we all see. . . a great bit of clever artwork from someone who’s very talented.
Love your art. You’re a wizard! 😀
~ Cobs. x
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Aw thanks, Cobs. You’re right… although we shall have to see what happens there! 🙂
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