Tragesangre: A Short Story

Maxine has been waiting tables at Kettle's gumbo shop for thirty-five years. Suddenly she seems to be growing younger. This may save her life: there's a granny killer out there, frightening old women to death in their homes. And Maxine gradually remembers that she's been lying about herself...lying so long that she has come to believe her own lies. Will forgetfulness kill her or save her?

This story was first published in Louisiana Vampires, compiled by Lawrence Schimel and Martin H. Greenberg, Fall River Press, New York NY, 2010.