At least one has the “comfort” of poetry.Dedman is the author of four novels, a nonfiction book, and more than one hundred and twenty published short stories (some of which are gathered on his two collections). He teaches creative writing at the University of Western Australia and is co-owner of the Fantastic Planet bookshop in Perth. His website is www.stephendedman.com.The trunk is small, but so am I, and small places have never scared me all that badly. And dark, of course, but darkness is bearable. At least it isn’t airtight. I hope. Maybe it only feels as though I can’t breathe. Rats, rats I’m scared of, but there’s no way a rat could squeeze in. My nerves are bad, but if the darkness gets too bad, there’s a light in my watch—not a bright light, but at least it lets me know what time it is. I’ve set the alarm for seven; the sun should be well and truly up by then, and I’ll be safe.I wish I knew what sort of vampires they all are. You can’t trust the movies to get these things right.
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