The Light of Shiva

By Tami Veldura

Meriam Helsing, swordswoman, lesbian, vampire hunter. She can handle a few new fledgling vampires, but tracking down their sire takes a special touch. Meriam calls in a friend for help, but she’s not ready to meet a god.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tami Veldura
• Release date: Sep 5, 2021
• ISBN: 9781941319581

Tami Veldura

Tami Veldura is an enby/aro/ace author of queer fiction. They have published short stories in anthologies Fresh Starts, Hauntings, Love Among The Thorns, Love Is Like A Box Of Chocolates, the magazine Galaxy’s Edge, and they are a contributing member of the scifi magazine Boundary Shock Quarterly. They publish new work every month, crossing every genre, but always featuring queer characters and found families.As S.T. Lynn, they write uplifting, sweet, and tropey fantasy fiction, featuring women front and center. Including fairy tales, elves, magic, and happy endings for young adults and young-at-heart.

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The Light Of Shiva

By Tami Veldura

Meriam Helsing drove her sword into the gut of a pale, hissing vampire. She ducked his claws and yanked the blade out sideways. Without any muscles intact in his abdomen, the vampire collapsed—down, but not dead. Mariam stepped away from his reach, putting the wall of the church to her back as she surveyed the battlefield.

Moonlight filtered in through the stained glass, highlighting blood and guts in silver and gold light. Three vampires lay beheaded at the entrance to the church, where Meriam had slammed the doors open and laid them to waste. The doors still stood open, though the handful of people who brought her here weren't in sight. If they were smart they'd fled the scene.

Two more vampires, newly turned fiends without any proper blood-sense, lay gutted and staked at the first row of pews. They were fresh enough from their humanity that Meriam hoped they could be turned to thralls or something more useful. Whoever had turned them clearly didn't