The Emotional Vampires

New to The Emotional Vampires — or just ready for a refresher before the next chapter? This is the story so far: the world of the feeders, Jack and the hunger he is learning to master, Gwen who teaches him, Webb and his missing pages, Ian Blackwell and the stolen device, the Dark Council, and the Hound who now has their shape. Everything through Chapter 34, with no spoilers that matter — and Chapt...

The lesson is what you do while the hunger is rising. Above a Fulton Street laundry, Gwen begins teaching Jack the discipline she named — that his hunger can be trained, not merely survived — while Webb keeps a watch he will not explain. Across the city, the Council's Hound finds the device's trail moved, and colder, and follows it west. Two trails are bending toward the same few streets,...

The net doesn't look like anything. A locked door. Papered windows. One quiet life at a time. Jack, Gwen, and Webb reach San Francisco and find the Program's harvest already underway — and the coffee house that was once the heart of the Haight standing empty. But the Program is not the only hunter in the fog. The Dark Council's Hound has come to the city, following what Ian Blackwell l...

High in the Swiss Alps, behind more security than any bank on earth, nine old predators sit down to dinner — and argue about the one who didn't come home. Ian Blackwell has missed three reports. Eleven weeks of silence. Evelyn Moreau wants a leash; Lord Alexander Blackwood wants patience; Lucien, who has run the Dark Council since before the Second World War, wants answers. The decision they r...

Webb's handlers call with new orders. On the road north, an old saying stops Webb cold — and a page in the wrong handwriting raises a question neither Jack nor Gwen wants answered. In San Francisco, above a print shop, a machine hums in the dark — and a man watches two blue outlines burn. Chapter 32 of The Emotional Vampires.

In the aftermath of Brick's memorial, Jack, Gwen, and Webb circle the question no one wants to ask: what really killed Martin Kessler? The answer is a device built from stolen Swiss notes — a machine that drains emotional energy, built by hands that shouldn't have been able to build it. Webb already knows more than he's saying. And just as the truth starts to surface... his phone rings...

A memorial. A doctor's notebook. A question he can no longer avoid. After saying goodbye to Brick, Jack confronts Webb about Lee—and the difference between helping someone and trying to change who they are. Memories of an uneasy friendship expose an old fracture, while Gwen demands an answer of her own. Before they can face Ian, they must decide whether they can trust the man holding the evide...

A photograph. An unfinished letter. A kindness Brick can no longer bear to accept. As memories of Lee return, Brick begins to question the comfort he once found beside him. Afraid of what another step might cost someone else, he retreats into a silence that will reach Jack in an unexpected way. The Emotional Vampires is a psychological thriller spanning centuries, exploring a hidden world where em...

A roadside telephone. A name Jack has reason to distrust. And a doctor who knows more about Lee than Jack expected. As Gwen connects them with Dr. Webb, memories of an earlier encounter begin to fit an unsettling pattern. But recognizing a method is not the same as knowing who controls it—and every answer carries a cost. The Emotional Vampires is a psychological thriller spanning centuries, explor...

The nightclub is behind them. What happened inside is not. As Jack drives through the dark streets of San Francisco, Gwen tries to make sense of a room filled with dark ones — feeding together, growing stronger, and waiting for something neither of them can name. Jack wants answers. Gwen has survived centuries by avoiding other people’s wars. But the distance between them is shrinking, and neutral...

In a crowded San Francisco nightclub, Gwen does what she has done for centuries — she skims excess emotion, takes only what is wasted, and disappears before anyone notices. But tonight the room feels wrong. The energy isn’t loose or indulgent. It’s compressed. Cultivated. Predatory. And for the first time in two hundred years, Gwen realizes she is not the only one feeding. When a stranger calling...

Some people hunt openly. Others hide behind ideals. Gwen does neither. In Los Angeles, she moves through nightclubs with precision, drawing only what she needs and leaving no wreckage behind. She has no allegiance to the Light, no patience for the Dark, and no interest in the endless posturing of those who claim to keep the balance. To her, the clubs are simple — places where excess energy goes to...

A covert military debrief from decades past resurfaces — and with it, a truth the government never wanted recorded. Webb steps into the room with one purpose: to explain what emotional vampirism really is, where it began, and why the mutation has survived for thousands of years. But as he lays out the science, the history, and the threat, the lines between classified knowledge and personal obsessi...

In this episode, a tense encounter at a San Francisco food bank turns into an unexpected conversation about truth, identity, and the things people hide to survive. Two men who have every reason to mistrust each other discover that secrets—both spoken and unspoken—can shape the world as much as the energies that bind them. Written & Produced by: Orman Beckles | Copyright 2024,2025 Orman Beckles...

Growing up in 1950s Boston, young Leigh navigates the delicate balance between family expectations, neighborhood prejudice, and the secret inheritance passed quietly through generations. In a world that rarely makes space for him, Leigh discovers early what it means to be different—long before he understands why. About the Series: The Emotional Vampires is a noir-tinged, psychologically charged sa...

Two years after Brick , the Haight-Ashbury glow has dimmed, and Brick Newton drifts between walls and souls. Once a reporter for The San Francisco Oracle —the psychedelic paper that promised a new world and collapsed under its own light—he now spends his days laying stone and his nights at the food bank beside Lee and Jack. Brick’s curse is the same paradox he’s always carried: he needs connection...

When a young reporter in 1966 Oklahoma accidentally drains the life from his coworker, his secret inheritance is exposed. Half light, half dark, Brick’s gift is a curse that can’t be hidden. Urged by his parents to flee before others learn the truth, he boards a bus west—to the city that hums with energy, and danger. The Emotional Vampires is a noir-inspired literary series about those who draw po...

In this haunting installment of The Emotional Vampires , the veil begins to lift. Ian’s origins come into focus — a legacy born in darkness, raised on despair, and perfected in manipulation. From the cold halls of the Blackwell estate to the polished corridors of influence, we finally see the making of the man who has shaped so much unseen. The Emotional Vampires is a psychological noir set betwee...

In this gripping episode, we delve into the shadowy origins of Ian Blackwell, born into a world where power comes not from love or hope, but from fear, despair, and misery. Written & Produced by: Orman Beckles | Copyright 2024 Orman Beckles aka The Hi Tech Nomad is a Boston-based/World Traveling content creator and tech enthusiast who leverages AI tools to produce a wide range of content, from...

The world plunges into mourning following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, a pivotal event that ripples through both society and the delicate balance of light and dark forces. Written & Produced by: Orman Beckles | Copyright 2024 Orman Beckles aka The Hi Tech Nomad is a Boston-based/World Traveling content creator and tech enthusiast who leverages AI tools to produce a wide range of conte...

In this gripping episode, the Shadow Council faces a pivotal moment as tensions rise within their ranks. Will this secretive council pull the strings that alter history, or unravel in their pursuit of ultimate control? Written & Produced by: Orman Beckles | Copyright 2024 Orman Beckles aka The Hi Tech Nomad is a Boston-based/World Traveling content creator and tech enthusiast who leverages AI...

In this episode, Jack confronts a growing darkness in the once vibrant Haight-Ashbury district. Written & Produced by: Orman Beckles | Copyright 2024 Orman Beckles aka The Hi Tech Nomad is a Boston-based/World Traveling content creator and tech enthusiast who leverages AI tools to produce a wide range of content, from engaging YouTube tech videos, eBooks, Apps, novels and podcasts. The Officia...

In this episode, Jack finds himself in the vibrant Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco during the 1960s counterculture movement. Written & Produced by: Orman Beckles | Copyright 2024 Orman Beckles aka The Hi Tech Nomad is a Boston-based/World Traveling content creator and tech enthusiast who leverages AI tools to produce a wide range of content, from engaging YouTube tech videos, eBooks,...

In this episode, Jack faces the tragic consequences of his inability to control his energy-draining abilities. Official Website: ⁠⁠www. TheEmotionalVampires.com⁠ Written & Produced by: Orman Beckles | Copyright 2024 Orman Beckles aka The Hi Tech Nomad is a Boston-based/World Traveling content creator and tech enthusiast who leverages AI tools to produce a wide range of content, from engaging Y...

In this episode, Jack's intense attachment to Emily grows into a dangerous dependency, leading him to realize that his powers come at a devastating cost. Official Website: ⁠⁠www. TheEmotionalVampires.com⁠ Written & Produced by: Orman Beckles | Copyright 2024 Orman Beckles aka The Hi Tech Nomad is a Boston-based/World Traveling content creator and tech enthusiast who leverages AI tools to p...