VAMPIRE BLUES
SAMANTHA MOON CASE FILES #1
Four Stories
by
J.R. RAIN
Acclaim for the novels of J.R. Rain:
“ Be prepared to lose sleep!”
— James Rollins , international bestselling author of The Devil Colony
“ I love this!”
— Piers Anthony , bestselling author of Xanth
“ J.R. Rain delivers a blend of action and wit that always entertains. Quick with the one-liners, but his characters are fully fleshed out (even the undead ones) and you'll come back again and again. ”
— Scott Nicholson , bestselling author of The Red Church
“ Dark Horse is the best book I’ve read in a long time!”
— Gemma Halliday , award-winning author of Spying in High Heels
“ Moon Dance is absolutely brilliant!”
— Lisa Tenzin-Dolma , author of Understanding the Planetary Myths
“ Powerful stuff!”
— Aiden James , bestselling author of Plague of Coins
“ Moon Dance is a must read. If you like Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter, be prepared to love J.R. Rain’s Samantha Moon, vampire private investigator.”
— Eve Paludan , author of Letters from David
“ Impossible to put down. J.R. Rain’s Moon Dance is a fabulous urban fantasy replete with multifarious and unusual characters, a perfectly synchronized plot, vibrant dialogue and sterling witticism all wrapped in a voice that is as beautiful as it is rich and vividly intense as it is relaxed.”
— April Vine , author of The Midnight Rose
OTHER BOOKS BY J.R. RAIN
The Lost Ark
The Body Departed
VAMPIRE FOR HIRE SERIES
Moon Dance
Vampire Moon
American Vampire
Moon Child
Vampire Dawn
SAMANTHA MOON NOVELLAS
Christmas Moon
SAMANTHA MOON CASE FILES
Vampire Blues: Four Stories
Vampire Games: Four Stories (coming soon)
THE JIM KNIGHTHORSE SERIES
Dark Horse
The Mummy Case
Hail Mary
ELVIS MYSTERY SERIES
Elvis Has Not Left the Building
You Ain’t Nothin’ But a Hound Dog (coming soon)
THE SPINOZA SERIES
The Vampire With the Dragon Tattoo
The Vampire Who Played Dead
The Vampire in the Iron Mask (coming soon)
THE GRAIL QUEST TRILOGY
Arthur
Merlin (coming soon)
WITH SCOTT NICHOLSON
Cursed!
Ghost College
The Vampire Club
WITH PIERS ANTHONY
Aladdin Relighted
Aladdin Sins Bad
WITH SCOTT NICHOLSON AND H.T. NIGHT
Bad Blood
SHORT STORIES
The Bleeder and Other Stories
Teeth and Other Stories
Vampire Nights and Other Stories
Vampires Rain: Four Stories
SCREENPLAYS
Judas Silver
Lost Eden
SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGIES
Vampires, Zombies and Ghosts, Oh My!
NON-FICTION
The Rain Interviews (2008-2011)
Vampire Blues: Four Stories
Published by J.R. Rain
Copyright © 2011 by J.R. Rain
All rights reserved.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vampire Blues
Nightmare
Soul Train
Dracula’s Guest
Reading Samples
About the Author
Dedication
Once again, to my sister Bekky. Thank you for all the love. You are easily in my top three sisters. Love you!
Acknowledgments
Once again, a big thank you to Eve Paludan and Sandy Johnston for all their wonderful help.
Vampire Blues
A Samantha Moon short story
Chapter One
On the way to Kingsley’s, just as I passed under a massive billboard of Judge Judy smiling down warmly—yet judgmentally—my cell phone rang. I glanced at the faceplate. Caller unknown.
I clicked
James Kakalios
Tara Fox Hall
K. Sterling
Jonathan Maberry
Mary Balogh
Elizabeth Moynihan
Jane Hunt
Rebecca Hamilton, Conner Kressley
Jacquie Rogers
Shiloh Walker