In the Deadlands
“It gave me an image and a line. Another song gave me a mood. A dream gave me an aching feeling. It all swirled together and rolled out of the typewriter one hot summer evening.
In those days, the night was always a separate world, a time of lovers and vampires. The city was deserted and the dark light made glimmering shadows. It poured out the doorways of empty buildings.
You entered through the back door and found yourself in a long red room where people stared into other people’s faces, looki...ng for something they’d never known. The music was loud and hollow, hammering away to hide the desperation and anxiety and the unwillingness to be alone. The liquor flowed like blood. People either clung to each other, or wandered alone, searching for someone to cling to.
After midnight, time turned sour and bright. The anthems grew strident. The vampires looked like lizards now, their tongues flickering nervously as they searched for partners to take back to their shaded coffins. With dawn came death and day people.MoreLess
In those days, the night was always a separate world, a time of lovers and vampires. The city was deserted and the dark light made glimmering shadows. It poured out the doorways of empty buildings.
You entered through the back door and found yourself in a long red room where people stared into other people’s faces, looki...ng for something they’d never known. The music was loud and hollow, hammering away to hide the desperation and anxiety and the unwillingness to be alone. The liquor flowed like blood. People either clung to each other, or wandered alone, searching for someone to cling to.
After midnight, time turned sour and bright. The anthems grew strident. The vampires looked like lizards now, their tongues flickering nervously as they searched for partners to take back to their shaded coffins. With dawn came death and day people.MoreLess
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