The Last Vampire · A Short Story

“How can I describe the heaven that is your taste? I can’t. There aren’t enough superlatives…”

Former Soviet surgeon Roman Ivanescu honors his Hippocratic Oath never to do harm by working at a blood bank in Manhattan. Quenching his violent thirst without killing a soul, Roman resists his natural urges and dances on the edge of sanity. Entranced by his first taste of her, Roman hunts down prima ballerina Maiko Himura, who awakens in him a passion he thought long dead. But when Roman finds out his new love has just a few weeks left on earth, he must make a terrible choice. And for every gift, there is a price.

A vampire’s passionate confession to his beloved, J.T. Geissinger’s *The Last Vampire* transforms a classic predator into a man forced to make desperate choices for love.