the festival of the undead came to a grand , elaborate close on the third night . the celebrations started several hours before sunset , and though the festival officially ended with the coming of night , a number of vampires kept the party spirit alive late into the following morning . there was no fighting during the final day of the
festival

'' guess i 'll see you tomorrow night . '' '' do n't you want to know what you owe me ? '' i braced myself for some wild proposition . '' yeah . what ? '' '' come surfing with me . '' that was n't what i expected to hear . '' surfing ? '' he nodded . '' did n't you just say i would probably
drown

she kept trying to lose me , cutting from the path into the trackless forest and back . finally the woods fell away and we broke into open bogland . i saw my chance . now she had nowhere to hide-to catch her i had only to pour on the speed-and with me in sneakers and jeans and her in a dress it would be no contest . just as i started to catch up , though , she made a sudden turn and plunged straight into the
bog