Vickie Van Helsing
The First Bite
4th Edition
Published on 2. December 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
234 pages
978-1-968152-09-3 (ISBN)
Description
Quiet Vickie Jenkins prefers to move invisibly among the student body of Rutgers High School along with her horror fanatic friend Kyle Cooper. Her only weakness is Rod Rainfeld, the handsome football captain who seems to have it all, except loyalty from his friends and acknowledgment from his father, Xavier, the self-proclaimed town benefactor.
Xavier has added a monster to his collection of antiquities. It is known by many names, but its most infamous title is DRACULA. Unfortunately for Vickie, he's neither sexy nor suave. In fact, he's pretty darn ugly!
Drawn by fate, the bloodlines are reuniting. Renfield, Murray---they are the ones who saved humanity, the ones whose diaries were purchased at auction in 1895 by a humble author in search of inspiration for what would be his ultimate masterpiece. Vickie can run but can't hide from her unreal reality. This truth will lead her to abilities she never knew she possessed, parents she never knew existed, and a battle to save humanity---and all before graduation! Who is she? The answers to the questions flow in the veins of VICKIE VAN HELSING!
The children of the night; what sweet music they make...when they're in tune!
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Person
A.J. Grea is an author and screenwriter living in East Tennessee with his husband of twenty years, three snarky cats, and a meddlesome squirrel who will not stay away from the windows. A lover of 80s horror, he began writing short stories at the age of nine. One of his first stories, "The Monster Who Ate My Brother," resulted in a parent-teacher conference, during which his mother had to assure the concerned faculty that his siblings were fine. When not spinning hair-raising yarns, A.J. spends time as most middle-aged comic book fans do--playing video games and collecting childhood toys that remind him of when his only responsibility was being home before streetlights began to glow.