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Point Thriller: The Bride (D.E. Athkins)

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A bride grabs an antique letter opener, holds it up to the light, and then plunges it directly into her bridesmaid's hand. Hah-ha, not really. The bridesmaid, actually Allison, doesn't laugh it off because it goes between her fingers and nicks one. The photographer and his assistant just keep snapping pictures and oohing and ahhing. We learn that the bride is Blaine Harrod, and that she's kind of a bitch. She gets her assistant to send Allison a dozen roses and claims, unconvincingly, that it was an accident. Cut to little Jamie begging her parents to let her go to her cousin Blaine's wedding. Blaine, once called Charlotte Blaine Harrodson, changed her name to something more "exotic" and left town. After struggling for a few years, she reinvented herself as Blaine Harrod. Um, does she know how this works? Anyway, she's now some huge supermodel and she invited her younger cousin to come to her wedding early, go to some huge party with her fancy f...

Point Horror 13 Tales of Horror: Blood Kiss (D.E. Athkins)

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Elizabeth and her friends Delia and Val are obsessed with the new guy Ken. He not only looks great, but he seems interesting too. For some reason a rumor spreads that he might be a real life vampire and they love him even more. He starts dating a cute cheerleader, but a few days later she comes to school with a scarf wrapped around her neck and won’t tell anyone what happened. Ken makes his way through a few different girls at school all with the same results. Then Delia stakes her claim on him, they date a few times and she comes to school with a turtleneck and refuses to discuss what happened. Val goes after him next, but things are different. She looks better than ever, while Ken constantly looks drained and out of sorts. Finally they break up and both she and Delia downplay the whole thing, saying that the stories are just rumors. Elizabeth decides to confront him and he asks her out. She wears a low cut dress and throws herself at him. She brings up the vampire rumors while th...