Vampire Vocab

It’s been one of those days.

Today’s word is: Grume (noun) A thick coating, esp. a blood clot. And the sentence! The fang marks from the previous week were aching and covered by a thick, hard grume.

I would write a poem for New Orleans. But I’d feel like that would be selling out. Letting details slip away as words do.   I would write a poem for New Orleans. A poem of destruction and rebirth but I can’t find words.   I would write a poem for New Orleans. Of drunken [...]

So, this is kind of an old story. I wrote it a little while ago, but it’s ok. So, here it is! Oh, and it’s kind of long. But oh, well. “Candy”   Grotesque. Lyra’s deadened mind could conjure no other word for the vision before her. Frank, the head mortician, was whistling a cheery [...]

Today’s word is: Inanition (n) Emptiness, the state of being empty When all his Dolce & Gabbana clothes were destroyed, the vampire felt as though there would never be anything again but inanition.

Here’s a word that I love: Meable (adj.) Easily penetrable. The vampire’s defenses were meable. He had, after all, spent all his money on clothes.

And today’s word is: Invidious: (adj.) Provoking envy or ill will. The vampire’s snazzy, invidious clothes were the primary reason the villagers had decided to come stake him.

Today’s word is: Cyrenaic (adj.) Hedonistic, pertaining to hedonism. Sentence: Despite the reputation vampire’s have for being either moody or cyrenaic, the vampire who worked at the grocery store was neither. He was just…normal.

Hello, all! We are here with a very special guest, Vincent the Calculator! Yes, it’s the very same lucky calculator that has helped me through so many otherwise impossible math tests! Let’s begin the interview! Me: Hello, Vincent, we’re happy to have you! Vincent: I’m pleased to be here. (Well, he’s awfully friendly, isn’t he? [...]

Today’s word is Eremitic (adj). Reclusive And the sentence: The eremitic vampire lurked in his den, while his mother fussed at him to get out of the house, get a life, or something.