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Next Stop... Vampireville

I'm Ilia. I live in OH but I spent a summer vacation in Transylvania with grandparents. One day grandma sent me to Vampireville, next village for an errand. As in vampires, Vampireville? Grandma said: Just silly stories. When I got there it was dark and spooky and I felt turned around. I met odd people: the greeter who tried to keep me the mailman competing with a rooster the marketplace people who lived in coffins but said they were stores. I got scared and ran into the mayor who insisted I eat with him and his daughter, Rita. Mostly the red juice didn't taste like anything I had. But tasty. And everybody was ghostly white. Finally home! Grandma found Rita's phone # in my pocket. Embarrassing. Then she said I looked pale; I didn't know why

My Why:

I am originally from Transylvania, Romania a land abundant in myths, shadows, and light It has an untapped distinct culture, folklore, landscape. I'd love to share those riches. "Next Stop… Vampireville" is the first book in a series following an American tween from his first encounter with the odd Vampireville villagers and the budding of a friendship through his return to the States where everybody notices that he became… different, to the strange calling of Vampireville and a peculiar relationship Having lived in both countries, I can bring a fresh twist to vampire stories, guiding the reader on the narrow path between dark and light, preconceived ideas and reality, horror and comedy, which are the trademarks of the Vampireville series