Crimson is the Night:
A Vampire Novelette

Beverley and Nicole’s writing style is so graceful, it is the climbing into a cool bed with silk sheets on a warm summer night with nothing between you and your sheets except your cravings. Even in the violent scenes, the writing is nothing short of elegant.

PAUL PRESTON

“A melding of two beautiful minds weaving their darkness together out of a passion for their characters and gratitude to their loyal readers and newcomers both.”

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Vampires are, by nature, mainly solitary creatures. Master vampires even more so.

Vauquelin and Clove have never met, though they have orbited each other for centuries. Together with Clove’s Bloody Little Prophets, who are already spinning their own dark narrative, this night will see their perception of each other change.

Because even those whose existence is legendary, desire to know the truth.

This novelette is part of a vampire multiverse, joining the Beguiled By Night series from Nicole Eigener and the Gabriel Davenport series from Beverley Lee.

Nicoverley in Cimitière Père Lachaise, Pairs, 2025.

Beverley Lee and Nicole Eigener are authors of dark fiction, gothic horror, literary vampire fiction, and queer horror romance. Our close friendship resulted in merging our vampire worlds into one explosive multiverse trilogy, set in Paris: A Conclave of Crimson. We are devoted to telling the stories of our queer immortals, and we invite you to join us in our dark, velvety world of Gothic Horror Romance.

We write on opposite sides of the continent (Nicole in California and Beverley in the United Kingdom), but we’re never far apart.

Beverley Lee is a bestselling dark fiction author who lives close to the dreaming spires of Oxford, England. Her work specialises in atmospheric horror, creeping dread, and broken boys - sometimes altogether - but are always filled with heart and the tenuous threads of relationships pushed to the brink. All the Feels all the time. Vampires are her first love and occasionally they stop whispering long enough for her to write other books. When she's not writing you'll find her rambling through the countryside, dreaming about male vampires kissing, and exploring time-worn graveyards.

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