BLOOD WILL FREEZE: Another View of 2012

It is July, 3012. A summer of 50-below temperatures and mile-high walls of snow and ice.

A summer exactly a thousand years after an asteroid crashes into the Earth, ironically in the same year the Mayan calendar ends…2012. Out of the ensuing chaos, there are two types of survivors: humans—not so many of them but enough—and the Undead—ejected from their coffins deep within the Earth to a world frozen and gray. A world where the sun never shines and vampires may walk during daylight hours.

The Undead reign, fighting among themselves for the continents, dividing them to the strongest. Now, only two remain, Alixandra, empress of North and South America, and Celadon, lord of Europe and Asia. Once lovers, these two are now bitter enemies, engaged in a struggle for ownership of the planet and its few surviving humans, their rapidly-dwindling food-source. Surprisingly more humane than Celadon, Alix takes her people to Mt. St. Helens, where the heat from the volcano will keep her little herd of mortals alive. With the aid of Michael, her virginal, mortal steward, she prepares for Celadon’s attack. Alix trusts Michael; she also lusts after him, but Michael ignores her enticements. He alone is immune to her mental slavery, because Michael is a Freeley, one of the rare human mutations born with Free Will.

From the seed of Michael’s freedom, rebellion has taken root. Yes, Michael is readying his people for the coming attack, but in a way neither Alix nor Celadon expects. Unfortunately for Michael, it won't end the way he expects, either.

"Blood will Freeze" is a short story by Tony-Paul de Vissage, appearing in the February, 2010, issue of Sounds of the Night Magazine. It is available at http://www.genremall.com/zinesr.htm#soundsofthenight.