Blood County Author:Doris Piserchia (writing as Curt Selby) A very unusual vampire book in which the word "vampire" is never used. — Newark resident Clinton Breen receives a telegram from his home in Blood County, West Virginia, announcing that his brother Jared is dead. He's so distracted he steps off a curb and is hit by a car. The gaping, mortal wound on his head barely fazes him; by the time the drive... more »r, Portia Clark, tracks him to his apartment a few hours later it's healed. Clinton tells her he's fine and doesn't need her help.
Sugarman Phelps, Clinton's alcoholic "surrogate mother and father" arrives at the apartment from Blood County. He reiterates that Jared is dead; Clinton says, "I don't see why you have to be so afraid of him."