The Vampire of Kovácspéter in Lightspeed
Oct. 15th, 2020 02:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
p_h_leeThe village of Kovácspéter was plagued by a vampire, which was increasingly embarrassing. The year was 1873 and Hungary was on the march to modernity. They had their own prime minister, their own constitution, and their own economic development plan. Rails were being laid and industry was being developed. The future was industrial, prosperous and, most importantly, happening right now.
In the county seat—a day’s journey by carriage down the old mountain roads—they had a railway station and even a telegraph office. Yet in Kovácspéter, they still had a vampire. Every New Year’s Day before the mass, they still took a beautiful woman—one of their daughters—up to the old, decaying castle in the mountainside and left her there for the vampire, just like they always had.
In the county seat—a day’s journey by carriage down the old mountain roads—they had a railway station and even a telegraph office. Yet in Kovácspéter, they still had a vampire. Every New Year’s Day before the mass, they still took a beautiful woman—one of their daughters—up to the old, decaying castle in the mountainside and left her there for the vampire, just like they always had.
