"There was a feral light in those glorious eyes"
PLACIDE'S WIFE
Cajun Vampire Horror by Kirk Mashburn
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There was a positively feral light in those glorious eyes, now; and that seductive mouth had ceased to be such. With lips drawn back from her teeth (queer that I had not before noticed how sharp and cruelly pointed they seemed—like fangs!
A shuddery story of Louisiana Cajuns, of corpses that screamed in their graves, and a woman who would not stay dead.
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From: Weird Tales Magazine - November 1931
Author: Kirk Mashburn
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anachronistic attitudes, classic horror, domestic violence
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