Title: Sonata Vampirica (The Semaphore Collection)
Author: Samuel Peralta (Windrift Books)
Price: FREE
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars (9)
Sonata Vampirica traces the final days in a vampiric liaison – from desire to perdition. A novella-in-verse, each chapter alternates perspective between the fiend and his victim, and marks a return to the essential horror at the heart of vampire lore.

Evoking equal parts Anne Rice, Dante Alighieri, Stephen King, and Gerard Manley Hopkins, the narrative finds in the allure of the vampire a metaphor for the reality of violent relationships, and within that framework explodes the myth in…