I already killed you once today, what does it take to teach some people?

The war had begun and nobody saw it. The storm was lowering and nobody knew it.

The past is always knocking at the door, trying to break through into today.

And if there's a moral there, I don't know what it is, save maybe that we should take our goodbyes whenever we can.

Kim Newman's Anno Dracula is back in print, and we must celebrate. It was the first mash-up of literature, history and vampires, and now, in a world in which vampires are everywhere, it's still the best, and its bite is just as sharp. Compulsory reading, commentary, and mindgame: glorious.

Right," said Fat Charlie conversationally. "You realize, of course, that this means war." It was the traditional war cry of a rabbit when pushed too far.

She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.