Choice of the Vampire

Nciphisa ukoma kwakho—ngaphandle kokuba isilo! Ubusiswe ngesipho esigcwele igazi sokungafi, ingabe uzokwelusa umhlambi wesintu—noma uwusonte ngokuthanda kwakho? Lapho izwe elincane eliqinile lingqubuzana ne-vampire encane enesibindi, ubani ozophuma phambili?

I-" Choice of the Vampire " iyinoveli enkulukazi esebenzisanayo kaJason Stevan Hill. Isekelwe emibhalweni ngokuphelele, amagama angu-900,000 namakhulu ezinketho, ngaphandle kwemifanekiso noma imiphumela yomsindo, futhi igqugquzelwa amandla amakhulu, angenakuvinjwa womcabango wakho.

Khetha ezizindeni zabantu ezihlukene ezingaphezu kweshumi nambili kuVolumu Wokuqala, "Impi YaseNew Orleans," eyasungulwa ngo-1815 antebellum Louisiana. Ungaba umhumushi wamaChoctaw, umnikazi wendawo ongumFulentshi, Umuntu Okhululekile Wombala, umpristi ogcotshiwe, isisebenzi sase-Ireland, usomabhizinisi waseYankee, nabanye abaningi. Uzokwazi futhi ukukhetha "umenzi" wakho, i-vampire ekuguqule, kusuka komunye wama-vampire ahlukene ayisithupha, ngalinye linesizinda salo esihlukile.

Ukukhetha kwakho isizinda kuthinta wonke umdlalo osele, njengoba uphila phakathi neminyaka eyikhulu yomlando waseMelika. Isizinda ngasinye sisebenzisana ngokuhlukile neMpi Yombango, Ukwakhiwa Kabusha, ukukhululwa kwe-Haiti, ama-Exodusters, i-Cuba, ama-lynchings, ne-vodou. I-vampire yakho ingase ifunde noma ingakwazi ukufunda, ingakhuluma noma ingakhulumi isiNgisi, isiFulentshi, isiJalimane, isiLatini, iSpanishi, noma isiChoctaw.

Lezi zinketho ziyahlangana zenze okuthi "Choice of the Vampire" enye yamanoveli asebenzisanayo angadlaleka kabusha emhlabeni. Ingabe uzonquma ukubulala umenzi wakho emizuzwini emihlanu yokuqala yomdlalo, noma ulandele ezinyathelweni zomenzi wakho amashumi eminyaka? Noma uzobaleka ngokuphelele eNew Orleans, udlale enye inguqulo yeVolume One edolobhaneni eliseduze lase-St. Charles?

Umqulu Wesibili, othi, "Siege of Vicksburg," uyaqhubeka ungene eMpini Yombango, endaweni yempi enzima kakhulu futhi ewujuqu. Lapho i-vampire eyinqaba ifuna ukuphazamisa izivikelo ze-Confederate, ingabe uzoyisiza, uyivimbele, noma uyidle? KuVolumu Yesithathu, "The Fall of Memphis" (etholakala njengokuthengwa kwangaphakathi nohlelo) uzithola use-Memphis, njengoba ama-Confederates angaphambili ephanga isikhwama somphakathi futhi ahlakaza intuthuko Yokwakha Kabusha. KuMqulu Wesine, "I-St. Louis, Idolobha Elingenangokoqobo," hlola i-World's Fair yango-1904, ethembisa ukuba yiphathi yalelikhulu leminyaka.

Njengoba umlingiswa wakho ephetha ikhulu lokuqala leminyaka yokungaphili, kufanele azulazule emanzini okuthuthuka kwezimboni kanye nokufudukela emadolobheni. Ukweqisa kwezimali kanye nokukhula ngokushesha kwezimboni kukhiqiza isigaba esisha sabasebenzi abafundile, abalwayo abakulungele futhi abazimisele ukumelana nezicukuthwane zesizwe. Ngaleso sikhathi, izinsalela ze-Confederacy zihlakaza ngokuhlelekile uKwakha Kabusha, kuyilapho ngasikhathi sinye zixabanisa abokufika baseYurophu namaShayina kanye nalabo ababegqilaziwe. Nokho, izibalo zikazwelonke ezifana no-JP Morgan kanye no-Jay Gould baphoqelela intando yabo ku-St. Louis yonke indlela ukusuka eNew York.

Noma kunjalo, ama-vampire eNhlangano kumelwe azivumelanise nezimo futhi achume, abanjwe phakathi kwamakhulu eminyaka okuhlangenwe nakho nezwe elishintsha ngokushesha eliwazungezile—izwe elaliyowabhubhisa ngokuphelele uma ayengase ambulwe. Lapho enye yenombolo yabo inikela unomphela eSilweni sabo futhi iqala ukuzingela amanye ama-vampire, iNhlangano YaseNyakatho Melika iphonswa isiphithiphithi, futhi kufanele unqume ukuthi yini okufanele uyifele.

• Dlala njengowesilisa noma owesifazane; gay, iqonde, noma pan; cis noma i-trans.
• Sebenzisa kabi izizinda zesintu: ube umvikeli wezobuciko, ummeli wenhlangano yezokuziphatha, ubasi wabangaphansi komhlaba, umtshali-zimali embonini, noma umbonisi wezinto ezingabonwayo.
• Khetha inyamazane yakho: abagembuli, abaculi, abezimali, noma abasebenzi. Phakamisa ikhanda lakho phezulu futhi uphakele ezilwaneni kuphela—noma uphuze igazi lenhliziyo lama-vampire angowakho ngokuthakasela.
• Londoloza amaqhinga ama-vampires akanye nawe, ububi babantu abafayo obenze kabi, nabazingeli abafuna ukubona uhlobo lwakho lubhujiswa.
• Yembula izimfihlakalo ze-vampirekind.
• Hlangana nabantu abadumile bomlando—futhi uphuze igazi labo.

Ingabe iRiphabhulikhi yaseMelika ingakusuthisa, noma uzoyiqeda?