"Laymon, Richard - The Traveling Vampire Show" - читать интересную книгу автора (Laymon Richard)

Or maybe they hadn't bothered.

Maybe they'd just shown up.

I must've let out a moan or something.

"What is it?" Slim asked, her voice little more than a whisper.

"What's a show like this doing at Janks Field?" I asked.

Looking puzzled, Rusty said, "Why do you care?"

"I just think it's weird."

"It's a great place for a vampire show," Slim said.

"That's for sure," said Rusty.

"But how did they even know about it?"

Grinning, Rusty said, "Hey, maybe Valeria's been here before. Know
what I mean?" He chuckled. "Maybe she's done some prime sucking in
these parts. Might even be the one who put some of those old stiffs in
Janks Field."

"And she likes to come back for old time's sake," Slim added.

"But don't you think it's odd?" I persisted. "Nobody just stumbles
onto a place like Janks Field."

"Well, if you trip in a snake hole "

Rusty laughed.

"I mean it," I said.

"Seriously?" Slim asked. "Somebody came out in advance to set things
up. Don't you think so? And he probably asked around in town and
found out about the place. That's all. No big mystery."

"I still think it's weird," I said.

"Weird is what you want," said Slim, "when you run a Traveling Vampire
Show."

"I guess so."

"The only thing that really counts," Rusty said, "is that they're
here." But they weren't.