New Vampire Just Dropped! This One Is Tall, Dark And Handsome, I'm Afraid, Because He Stars In A Romance

Guilty as charged, your honour.

(I'm already swamped in unfinished sketches, so I got to ask: How much, exactly, do you people want to see Kitty Cherik powdering his fluffy snoot?)

Cherik + Famous Last Words.

I'm okay, I'm okay. Trust me. *Kicks the wall*

To make up for it, have something silly too. (Kudos to @blackghostm2o in the tags of my last Emo Cherik!)

This is not an imposter.

I'm well aware of how ridiculous this sounds, hopefully your recognise me from my way with words.

I'll be commenting and messaging on this account and possibly moving my stuff over here because my old account @purrlockholmesbooks is being given the silent treatment for reasons unknown (I can't comment).

I'll reblogging my old posts to @purrlockholmesbooksblog in case of further disasters to my old account.

Yes, this actually happened. Weeeell, first part did. But Kerik was hardly going to admit he got kicked out of bed by Ayesha, so my point still stands.

The most hinged unhinged thing to happen in the last section of Kay's Phantom. I rambled about Kay's Phantom here, but I had beef with it so fans, skip it and have a gander at Phantom cat comics instead.

I love Gerik the Cat and cat vampires that you have drawn! Could you draw Gerik as 12 — a supernatural being? He must be so cute with vampire fangs 💗

He's here! The vampurr of the opurra!

Gerik ticks all the vampire essentials except for the FANGS. He even has a Byronic shirt, and we all know Byron was the first model pretty vampire.

From this prompt list! Send in which items (and cats) you want to see! I already have two cat kisses in the wings... 👀

All POTO cats here!

Erik live reaction:

(This happens every week. Erik should not be allowed near good WiFi reception.) Vlad, it's beautiful. The little hairs on his wrinkly forehead are vital. And you used one of my favourite Raoul kooky quotes! My first little bald cat Erik has come so far *teary sigh*

"With Erik, you never know. Is it Erik? Is it the cat? Is it the ghost? No, with Erik, you can't tell!"

@purrlockswatson has this fantastic version of Erik who is a Sphynx cat. So I thought I'd do a portrait of him because I really enjoy drawing cats. And Eriks.

A Christmas Carol, but Scrooge is dead (Pt 2, 3 & footnotes)

@blackforrestpunk Gruel is served! (Pt. 1 here)

Doomed by the narrative.

They doomed themselves and each other. They treated each other like monsters and believed themselves to be monsters.

The "monster or human" narrative is one of the central conflicts of the story. Were we made wrong, or did we lose our souls somewhere along the way? What happens when you believe you are a monster?

Before I worry anyone unduly, my well-being is, well, quite well. A reason I hesitate to post my writing is that I'm worried I'll make people concerned - yes, a lot of it is based on experience, but it's gothic fiction and I paint it darker than it is. Also, I have a gremlin in my brain that screams, "MAKE IT WEIRDER!" A weird imagination is the side effect of growing up feeding on novels, don't read too much into it.

Welp, I suppose we'll soon know just how weird it is, if I don't chicken out and actaully release the creepy lil creature into the internet.

How's the writing going, you say?

I was typing out my novel on my phone, looked up, and saw this. To clarify, I meant satin-LINED cavity, describing a casket.

Well, I hit my head on a toilet water tank today, so I can't expect myself to act rationally.

The story is about a vampire opera house. I played with the idea of adding Erik into it, but I didn't expect him to pop up out of nowhere to give one of my characters a house tour.

I think he wants to kill the vampires now, and I don't know what to do. How little control I actually have over my writing never fails to surprise me.

(More gremlin sphynx cat Erik here, fancy hat cowboy Phantom here)

Susan Kay's Phantom // L'Opéra des Vampires by me. (Full except and context below cut)

I haven't yet uploaded this part of Gothic Tales because this "tale" is undergoing severe redrafting, but this scene stands thus:

(Anyway, chapter one of Gothic Tales is up on AO3!)

My Erik is very talkative. I also had to take care to make him more gremlin, since he's often too wise and sad.

I think a lot about how Madeline swore to change when it's too late. Maybe it wouldn't have been different anyway. Maybe it would have been too late even if Erik didn't leave that night.