What is your opinion?
I love a surprise
"I love a sneaky surprise ending and this story did not disappoint. It is well written and gets to the meat of the matter right away. It is always interesting when one is unsure whether the main character is a good guy or a bad guy, sometimes we are all a mix of both."
Short and sharp.
"This story messes with your head in the best way. Vampires = bad. Yes? Child molesters = worse. Yes? The former takes out the latter. Good? All I ask of a short story is that it makes me think " and what happened then?" or "how did we get here?" Every story - short or long - should hit you where you live. And, hopefully, take you out of the real world for a while. This story does all that. And I got a bonus. It made me forget that I woke up feeling so ill today. I am ill, for keeps. So no big surprise there. But now I feel better. And I can face the day. Yay! Thanks Todd."
Delightfully clever
"Bravo! Your sense of humor strikes a perfect chord with me. Great writing, and editing too! "Whoever said that vampires lacked a sense of humor was gravely mistaken." Love it. Thanks for sharing this story."
A funny and surprising twist on the vampire tale.
"Talking too much about the story would reveal ending details that were a treat to discover. Suffice to say, this is one of the more polished pieces that I've seen on Inkitt. The author's storytelling skills are very strong and the writing has real moments of beauty and imagination. I tend not to be into smirking self righteous vampire types but Tomas was written with plenty of humor and self awareness. In all, one of the best stories I've read on this platform."
Cool Story....Clever but not scary
"This isn't a knock on your story but Tomas seemed to be a more charming than the protagonist of a horror story should be. Louis needed the apathy of Lestat to balance his character out. 900 years is a long time to live. Maybe too long for one to maintain some sense of virtue. I like this story and if you ever write anything else about Tomas. His personal history perhaps, that'd be cool. Perhaps how he dealt with likely being ostracized for his condition. The evolution or devolution of Tomas the "mini vamp" in a novel would be cool."
Entertained "rival"
"The idea of humorous vampires with principles is very entertaining indeed and not something you stumble upon often. Throw a midget into the mix and you have an even stranger and rarer combination. Clever thinking. It works perfectly as a short story, but we got to know Tomas so well in so little time that I personally wouldn't mind following him on his adventures in a short novel too. I must admit, the summary didn't quite do it for me - until after reading the story. Then I realized just how funny and well it fit. Kind of like a blooper, an extra treat you get for finishing the story. The story had a twist, which I liked, but I think you could easily have screwed around with us a bit more to give it that extra surprise factor. So all in all, really great story. Though had I been the one to categorize it, I'd call this comedy rather than a horror story... Unless of course you're a pedophile ;) Keep up the good work and good luck with the contest :D"
