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I'm a werewolf trapped in a human body." "Well, yeah, that's kind of the definition." "No, really. I'm trapped." "Oh? When was the last time you shape-shifted?" "That's just it - I've never shape-shifted." "So you're not really a werewolf." "Not yet. But I was meant to be one, I just know it. How do I get a werewolf to attack me?" Stand in the middle of a forest under a full moon with a raw steak tied to your face, holding a sign that says,..
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stupidity
werewolves
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Carrie Vaughn |
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935f889
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Hey, Cormac. You ever have to deal with a PMSing werewolf?
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Carrie Vaughn |
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7c02b9d
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A fucked-up family's a fucked-up family, whether or not werewolves are involved.
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werewolves
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Carrie Vaughn |
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399b1c9
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You're lucky to have a friend who will kill for you." So. I once had a friend who died for me, and now one who killed for me. Why didn't I feel lucky?"
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kill
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Carrie Vaughn |
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28f21f6
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All you know is what you think you know, but that isn't always what's real.
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life-and-living
truth
truthful
truth-of-life
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Carrie Vaughn |
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d5446b5
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So, Cormac, have you ever dealt with a PMSing werewolf?' No.' Well, it's a real bitch...
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pmsing
kitty
werewolf
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Carrie Vaughn |
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8cb1ffd
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Next caller. Betty, you're on the air. What's your question ?" "Hi, Kitty. I just wanted to know, are you going out with that Cormac guy from last month?" My jaw dropped. "What?" "Are you going out with that Cormac guy?" "We are talking about the same Cormac who tried to kill me on the air, yes? the guy who hunts werewolves for a living ?" "Uh-huh." "And you want to know if I'm dating him ? Why on earth do you think that's a good idea?"
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Carrie Vaughn |
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8830d50
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I punched to line. "Yes? What?" "Norville. It's Cormac. If you don't change the subject right now, I'm going to have to go over there and have a word with you."
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Carrie Vaughn |
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a730271
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He's a bully. I love bullies. They have such big, shiny red buttons to push.
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werewolf-paranormal-romance
werewolves
bully
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Carrie Vaughn |
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d4e2124
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You know, I'm sick and tired of people pointing rifles at me.
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Carrie Vaughn |
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d258ad8
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All right. I'll bite. Here's what I think, with the caveat that I may be wrong. I think we're here to make the world a better place than we found it. I think we don't always deserve the cards we're dealt, good or bad. But we are judged by how we play the cards we're dealt. Those of us with a bum deal that makes it harder to do good -- we just have to work a little more is all. There's no destiny. There's just muddling through without doing ..
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Carrie Vaughn |
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9306f07
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cope or go crazy
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Carrie Vaughn |
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40bbed0
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I grinned at him. 'Jealous?' He grinned right back. 'That's a trick question. If I say yes you'll accuse me of being paranoid and unreasonable, and if I say no you'll make some defensive crack about how I don't think you're worth getting jealous over.' This is what I got for hooking up with a lawyer.
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Carrie Vaughn |
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9006de7
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Damn stupid vampires and their stupid sense of stupid superiority-
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Carrie Vaughn |
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44961b1
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I looked at my two wolves. When I knelt they came to me rubbed against me smelling me and I stroked them. "Thank you for believing in me " I said and maybe they understood and maybe they didn't."
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wolves
werewolves
pack
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Carrie Vaughn |
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129acfb
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I started a new page and wrote a title at the top: "Ten Ways to Defeat Macho Dickheadism." Then I realized that most of the world's problems stemmed from macho dickheadism, and if I could defeat that I could save the world."
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Carrie Vaughn |
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7060fd3
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It's only a scratch, don't cut my arm off!
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young-adult
carrie-vaughn
swashbuckling
jill
steel
wound
diana
teen
ya
pirates
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Carrie Vaughn |
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6431f2a
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Now, what does a vampire do with a computer? Keep track of investments? Send e-mail to other vampires as you all plot to take over the world?" "I spend a lot of time on Wikipedia making corrections to the entries of historical figures I've known." I blinked at him. "Really?" "No, Kitty. That was a joke."
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Carrie Vaughn |
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977bb45
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Don't underestimate her ability to talk, it's her superpower.
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talking
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Carrie Vaughn |
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e51c1b4
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We're werewolves. We don't get to judge 'crazy.
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werewolves
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Carrie Vaughn |
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887efe5
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I'd killed my self-defense instructor. Shit. I ran to where he lay and stumbled to a crouch at his side, touching his shoulder. "Craig?" His eyelids fluttered. A few panicked heartbeats later, he opened them. Then he grinned. "Yeah, that's what I'm talking about! You gotta learn to people." He was breathing hard. He had to gasp the words out. I'd probably knocked the wind out of him. "Now, never do that to me again." -Kitty and her self d..
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Carrie Vaughn |
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57155ae
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Why vampires? You write centuries-long family sagas--why not write historical epics without any hint of the supernatural?" "Well, that would be boring, wouldn't it?" "Yeah, God only knows what Tolstoy was thinking."
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Carrie Vaughn |
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548f669
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One inch at a time, that was how her father had taught her. You can't do anything but worry about the few inches right in front of you.
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Carrie Vaughn |
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eea84bc
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To be a DJ was to be God. To be a DJ at an alternative public radio station ? That was being God with a mission. It was thinking you were the first person to discover The Clash and you had to spread the word.
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Carrie Vaughn |
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5ae38e6
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Cormac interrupted. 'Maybe I oughta shoot you both, put you both out of your misery.
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Carrie Vaughn |
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1c16727
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A lot of what we're doing here deals with perception rather than truth. Many would argue that reality depends more on the former than the latter.
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Carrie Vaughn |
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82004a3
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It doesn't bother you that your canine brethren are being paraded around show rings like slaves?" "My canine brethren?" I said. "I don'thave any canine brethren." "How can you say that! You're a werewolf." "That's right. I'm a werewolf, not a poodle. What makes you think I have any kinship with dogs?"
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Carrie Vaughn |
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b91a3e9
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If vampires ever spend less time playing theatrics and living down to their stereotypes, they might actually take over the world someday
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Carrie Vaughn |
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f29fc9a
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Just so you know, I'm straight. Totally straight. As an arrow." Her voice held a smile. "So am I"
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Carrie Vaughn |
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e1044a0
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Have you thought about going insane?" It would seem like a reasonable thing to do, given his circumstances. "Did once. Got boring, so I snapped out of it."
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Carrie Vaughn |
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72117ff
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So I'd been called the Barbara Walters of weird shit.There's weird shit and then there's weird shit.
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Carrie Vaughn |
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79bbad3
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Stupid, fragile mortals.
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Carrie Vaughn |
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fe74399
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You know your all fucks! why am i so dichable? now how am i supposed to kill you with out upseting that poor nice women!? God damnit alice i liked you why did you have to be such a bitch
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Carrie Vaughn |
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f5c3354
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So is he cute? Good-looking, I mean? Because I can't really tell with guys, and it looked like you two might have hit it off." I grinned at him. "Jealous?" He grinned right back. "That's a trick question. If I say yes you'll accuse me of being paranoid and unreasonable, and if I say no you'll make some defensive crack about how I don't think you're worth getting jealous over." This was what I got for hooking up with a lawyer."
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Carrie Vaughn |
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3dc1832
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It's my husband. I think-- I think he's a zombie." I smiled. "Believe it or not, I get this one a lot. Can you describe his behavior? Why do you think he's a zombie?" She huffed. "He doesn't do anything! He sits on the sofa all day watching TV and that's it."
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Carrie Vaughn |
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3bef187
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Well. Miracles never cease.' 'Amen to that.' Which, upon reflection, was a very strange thing to hear a vampire say.
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rick
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Carrie Vaughn |
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d551275
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I was under the impression that werewolf packs were not meant to be run by committee." "Yeah," I said. "But I dont want to be like all those other werewolves, you know?" "Says the werewolf named Kitty." "It's too late to change my name now," I grumbled." --
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Carrie Vaughn |
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578121d
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You only get married the first time once." There was the philosophy of a generation wrapped up in a tidy little sentence"
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kitty-and-the-dead-man-s-hand
kitty-norville
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Carrie Vaughn |
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e8b320d
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This city had been a city for two thousand years, and I could feel that with every step I took. bits of all that time were still here, alive, even if it was just in the form of collective memory.
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london
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Carrie Vaughn |
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d02ff80
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Even with the high-tech air filtration system in a modern facility, the place still smelled like archival storage: old paper, stale manila folders, cardboard, and dust. Libraries and accountants' basements all over the world smelled like this. It was the scent of information waiting to be discovered.
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Carrie Vaughn |
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8f98fb5
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People always sounded worried when I called them. Maybe because I only ever called a lot of them when I was in trouble and needed help. I needed to set up more lunch dates or have more parties, to cure people of the idea that a call from me automatically equaled danger. Then again, that was probably a lost cause.
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Carrie Vaughn |
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7f4f40e
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V.L.A.D.: Vampire League Against Discrimination.
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funny
humor
vlad
vampires
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Carrie Vaughn |
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22596c8
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Um, yeah. I mean, I think... wow." It made sense, really. All part of that vampire seduction gambit: lure the prey to you, give it a reason to open its veins. Sure cut down on that messy struggling. "Just so you know, I'm straight. Totally straight. As an arrow." Her voice held a smile. "So am I."
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Carrie Vaughn |
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14e17ad
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I've learned something: What many of us cal destiny is really our own instinct. We know what is right, but we don't want to admit it, especially if what is right will lead to our own death. We call it destiny so we don't have to accept responsibility for making those decisions. Human instinct is stronger than anyone will admit.
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Carrie Vaughn |