A Vampire Walks Through Loom Street

Sylvia McDonald lived on Loom Street, which is still there though the house itself was torn down long ago and there's just a bit of scrub land now where it used to be. I sometimes go there to pay my respect since my brother has no burial or grave I can visit. The house was old even when I went there in 1959 and entering it I was hit by a stale coppery smell that I did not recognise as old blood at the time because I was barely 16. None of the furniture looked used and when I picked up a book from one of the shelves the pages were solid with damp and mould. We both resolved that another night on the cold streets was better

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