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Microfiction: The Vampires of New Orleans

100 Word Story 

New Orleans was bombarded daily with ships looking to invade the Mississippi River. Sailors came from across the globe to access the port as well as enjoy the entertainment. Yet the city had a dark secret. Vampires scoured the docks looking for sailors' blood. One night a crew brought forth a shipment of garlic. As the first few soldiers jumped onto land, they quickly vanished. The vampires were out hunting. However, the captain was cunning. Having knowledge of vampire's, he quickly gathered the garlic and wooden stakes. Slowly, the crew battled the vampires until there were no more.

Hint Fiction (25 words)

Vampires roamed New Orleans hiding and waiting for sailor blood. A cunning crew arrives to port and defeats the darkness haunting the city.  


Author's Note: For my micro fiction, I based it off on one of the short stories I read for Week 2: Goblin City. However, I decided to complete change the location and antagonists of the story. Rather it being in Sri Lanka and having goblins, I chose New Orleans and vampires. I thought New Orleans would work because it is a big shipping city and has some mystery surrounding the city with voodoo and other influences. I highly recommend reading the original story through the link above in order to understand the micro fiction. 

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  1. Laura GibbsAugust 17, 2020 at 5:06 PM

    OH MY GOSH, Neal: thank you!!!!!! I was basically having a terrible day, but this story is just what I needed. The first microfiction of the semester, and it's fantastic: such a cool topic, an adaptation of a traditional story in a totally new way, absolutely wonderful. Tomorrow I'm going to plan out a process for how we could do a book of microfiction 100-word-stories together as a class, and I'm also going to try to write up a kind of guide-to-revising microfiction with tips specifically for things people can do to work on microfiction stories, kind of like the revision process for the Storybooks/Portfolios but focused on the weird opportunities/limitations of microfiction. This is exactly the boost I needed to work on more microfiction materials for the semester to come. Along with garlic and wooden stakes for fighting off the COVID ha ha. THANK YOU!

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