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    The Vampire in the Church Choir
    The Vampire in the Church Choir
    The Vampire in the Church Choir
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    The Vampire in the Church Choir

    By Matt Mikalatos

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    Lara, the newest alto in the struggling church choir Sonshine Singers, has a secret. She’s a vampire. Keeping a secret like that – being (sort of) dead – isn’t easy, which is why she came to a Big Box Mega Church in the first place. But now the pastor is preaching on “Monsters In Our Midst” and the congregation is out with pitchforks and torches. Plus, Lara is starting to suspect that the pastor himself is not all he seems, despite the long list of accolades, accomplishments and his slavishly devoted fans. To top it all off, Lara is getting “thirsty” and that long-necked tenor is starting to look like a great big juice box... even worse, the choir's next performance is only three weeks away, and Lara has been “promoted” to soprano. Sounds like a disaster, one way or another, a disaster that Lara is determined to avoid, resist and out-sing. The stakes are high, and the notes are higher, but for the first time in years Lara feels like she has a challenge she can really sink her teeth into.

    This story is a sequel to the book "Night of the Living Dead Christian."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMatt Mikalatos
    Release dateOct 2, 2012
    ISBN9781301018598
    The Vampire in the Church Choir
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    Matt Mikalatos

    Matt Mikalatos works for a non-profit dedicated to helping people live better, fuller lives. He has done non-profit work all over the world, and he and his family lived in Asia for several years. He currently lives in the Portland, Oregon area with his wife and three daughters.

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      The Vampire in the Church Choir - Matt Mikalatos

      A Vampire in the Church Choir

      By Matt Mikalatos

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 Matt Mikalatos

      Discover other titles by Matt Mikalatos at http://matt.mikalatos.com/books.

      Cover art and interior art copyright 2012 by M.S. Corley. http://mscorley.blogspot.com. Used by permission.

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. Thank you for your support.

      Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual people living, dead or undead, business establishments, events, locales or churches is entirely coincidental.

      As a vampire, I tend to stick out, especially at church. So I decided to try a Big Box Mega Churchtm in an attempt to blend in. I became a vampire years ago at the hands of my husband at the time, and since then I had been through a lot. I’d been learning how to live a normal life, and most of the time no one would know the difference. I could go out in sunlight, even though it hurt, and since I was a Christian, the cross hardly bothered me at all. I struggled with blood sucking but I still loved Jesus. The one thing I couldn’t get rid of was the need: the hunger to take vitality from others and make it my own. I couldn’t get rid of that hunger. Which brought me to the parking lot of the semi-local mega church.

      I stared at the warehouse with the cross on top, letting thousands of identical churchgoers flow around me like soldiers headed to a mess hall. All the men were wearing button down shirts and slacks, the women were in their floral dresses, and I didn’t see anything as informal as a t-shirt on the kids. And here I stood in black jeans and a baby T with an Army jacket thrown on over it. I didn’t know about the dress code, but apparently it was a given because I was the only one getting looked over by the women and furtively checked out by the guys.

      I was about to get back in my car and leave, when a chubby young woman came sprinting across the parking lot, a laminated nametag flapping on her chest. She wore khaki pants and a blue polo shirt with the church’s logo on it, and a complicated walkie-talkie rig that connected to her shoulder like a police officer. Her smile was so bright I had to shield my eyes and she clapped his hands over mine and shouted, Welcome to Big Box Mega Churchtm! A friendly, non-judgmental place where you can be yourself!

      I shook her clammy hand, intending to head for my car as soon as she let go. But she didn’t let go. I’m Caroline, she said. First time?

      Yeah, I said, and then added, It’s not my first time to church, just my first time here. I mean, I’m a Christian.

      Her grin widened. Of course you are!

      She was still shaking my hand, so I pried it loose. Anyway, I think I’ll come back next week. I didn’t know about the dress code.

      Caroline smiled. There’s no dress code it’s just that we all want to be modest and show our respect for Jesus when we come to Sunday services. I frowned and she added, Not that you’re being disrespectful by showing up in jeans and a faded Army jacket. Or that the Lord is any way offended by your tight, form-revealing shirt.

      I think I’ll be going.

      Panicked, she grabbed my hand again and said, Miss, don’t let this chance to meet with the Lord pass you by.

      I sighed. You can’t blend in right away. You have to learn the church, you have to figure it out. I tried to think of something to say in Caroline’s language and what came out was, The Holy Spirit is leading me to stay, Caroline. She

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