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A Beautiful Death
Will Flanners has a problem. As director of the most prestigious hospice in Southern California, he has to deal with the unexpected and surprising complications of success—people are just dying to get in, and he’s running out of beds! But when he discovers that one of his staff is a vampire, Flanners realizes his problems are just beginning. Especially since the undead fiend may be the reason Uplands Hospice is so damned popular…
31 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 14, 2013
About the author
Lokke Heiss
1 book2 followersLokke Heiss was born in a small town in Illinois. He lived in Los Angeles for eighteen years and is currently practicing medicine in New York city.
Dr. Heiss has a medical degree and an MFA in film studies from USC. His published work includes fiction and nonfiction in journals and newspapers including the New York Post, South Carolina Review, Cinefantastique, and the University of Illinois Medical Journal. Awards include a James Joyce Institute prize for the short story “Will Gray” and the Nassau Review’s award for best nonfiction essay for “The Man Who Would Be Disney,” about L. Frank Baum’s Hollywood career.
Heiss has just published a short story, 'A Beautiful Death, available as a download through Amazon.com.
Dr. Heiss has a medical degree and an MFA in film studies from USC. His published work includes fiction and nonfiction in journals and newspapers including the New York Post, South Carolina Review, Cinefantastique, and the University of Illinois Medical Journal. Awards include a James Joyce Institute prize for the short story “Will Gray” and the Nassau Review’s award for best nonfiction essay for “The Man Who Would Be Disney,” about L. Frank Baum’s Hollywood career.
Heiss has just published a short story, 'A Beautiful Death, available as a download through Amazon.com.
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October 16, 2013
I became curious about this story after seeing an email from the author on a speculative fiction email list, which read in part:
People have been asking me for years why I didn't write a vampire story, so I finally did--and since stories about doctors and vampires go together like peanut butter and jelly, I combined them, along with my interest in Southern California.That was enough to spark my interest, and should spark others as well, as it really is a fine modern vampire story -- and with no sparkling vampires, thank you very much.
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