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Welcome to Carter's Crypt! |
Welcome to Carter's Crypt, the homepage of the horror, fantasy, and paranormal romance novelist Margaret L. Carter. In these pages, you can find information about her published works, the discontinued fanzine THE VAMPIRE'S CRYPT (all issues still available), and also links to other horror and fantasy literature.
Margaret L. Carter is a proud member of EPIC, the Electronically Published Internet Connection. Visit them at www.epicauthors.com. |
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The Unvanished Hitchhiker |
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"The Unvanished Hitchhiker" appears in the collection SHADOWS OF THE HEART
In a twist on the Vanishing Hitchhiker urban legend, in which an unsuspecting driver picks up a hitchhiker and
discovers the passenger is a ghost, a bereaved mother waits every Halloween night in anticipation of the knock
on the door, bringing her lost daughter home yet again.
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When mortal and immortal meet at the boundary of land and water:
As a boy, Adam had a sensual encounter with the elemental spirit of his
family's lake. Or did he dream it? Now, in middle age, he retreats to
this refuge to reassess his life after a heart attack.
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When horror actor Claude Darvell agrees to produce and star in novelist Eloise Kern's vampire movie script, they feel a powerful attraction upon their first meeting. Eloise doesn't suspect that Claude is a real vampire, using his film roles as "hide in plain sight" camouflage...until the ecstatic "dreams" she enjoys under his roof become too vivid to ignore.
This story was previously released as part of the Things That Go Bump In the Night II anthology.
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Prince of the Hollow Hills |
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When her sister mysteriously dies, Fern takes over the care of her baby nephew. She has no idea that his missing father wasn't human or that baby Baird is heir to the throne of Elfland.
A pair of rival elvish princes invade Fern's life—one threatening, the other ravishing. One wants to kill the child, the other to protect him.
But both intend to take him away from her.
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