vampire

The Memory Vampire: a short story

Submitted by Kathleen on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 00:43

I’m a parasite with a human face. ‘’Ryan’’ is what I go by now. No one notices anything unusual about me unless it is my blue eyes, glimmering with an unnatural light. I always hide those, anyway. I wear dark glasses. I’m a vampire of sorts, though I don’t drink blood to survive.
I drink memories instead. I suck them out of people. Memories are what has kept me alive, through the centuries. They have to be vital ones. I steal memories through my eyes. My eyes can see memories inside people’s brains.