Little Vampire Women

Little Vampire Women
Lynn Messina

Louisa May Alcott

The classic novel of love and family in the nineteenth century has grown some fangs! An uproarious retelling of Little Women that will leave readers craving the bloodthirsty drama on every page.Readers will be agog and aghast at the hilarity of the March sisters' vampire transformation - especially now that Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy have (much) longer lives and (much) more ravenous appetites.When a classic is perfect, there is only one thing that can make it better: folding in a breed of monsters! With vampires thrown in the mix, readers will love the darkly hilarious twist on the beloved story of the March girls.

LITTLE Vampire WOMEN LOUISA MAY ALCOTT AND LYNN MESSINA

HarperCollins Children’s Books

Table of Contents

Cover (#uecb1e2e0-243b-5e42-92bc-c65bb3e5dd24)

Title Page (#ud4d7f2fa-3d52-5a08-9740-01196b1f1a36)

PART ONE (#u52623693-f6d0-5def-a1ea-92b046be0cd5)

Chapter One - PLAYING PILGRIMS (#uc170c3ad-3ea1-5077-9fd7-b75c063a7b58)

Chapter Two - A MERRY CHRISTMAS (#u72d794b5-2b25-5f01-aa1e-bcf1bcb4c4ab)

Chapter Three - THE LAURENCE BOY (#u78239763-2043-573e-ab42-80d99bec1476)

Chapter Four - BURDENS (#ucd636cc5-188d-5a16-8e7c-bf3649f02b6f)

Chapter Five - BEING NEIGHBOURLY (#u65a32a75-8a11-5a3b-97a0-bc36d510419e)

Chapter Six - BETH FINDS THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL (#udbe5907b-d9e8-5e44-916f-91cac4e88c65)

Chapter Seven - JO MEETS APOLLYON (#u739ee3bd-4219-5fbd-98b8-81ce61c23637)

Chapter Eight - MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine - CAMP LAURENCE (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten - SECRETS (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven - A TELEGRAM (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve - LETTERS (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen - LITTLE FAITHFUL (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen - DARK DAYS (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen - CONFIDENTIAL (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen - PLEASANT MEADOWS (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen - AUNT MARCH SETTLES THE QUESTION (#litres_trial_promo)

PART TWO (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen - GOSSIP (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen - THE FIRST WEDDING (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty - CALLS (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-one - TENDER TROUBLES (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-two - JO’S JOURNAL (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-three - FRIENDS (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-four - HEARTACHE (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-five - BETH’S SECRET (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-six - THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-seven - ALL ALONE (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-eight - SURPRISES (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

More Classic Mash-ups coming soon (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

PART ONE (#ulink_4e41de4f-b42b-5ff6-8694-d68f3d66db57)

Chapter One (#ulink_c7423ecd-385e-5906-8fe4-70b0a41b98ea)

PLAYING PILGRIMS (#ulink_c7423ecd-385e-5906-8fe4-70b0a41b98ea)

“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any corpses,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

“It’s so dreadful to be poor!” sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.

“I don’t think it’s fair for some vampires to have plenty of pretty squirming things, and other vampires nothing at all,” added little Amy, with an injured sniff.

Being so poor, the Marches customarily dined on quarts of pig’s blood, goat’s blood, and, on very special occasions, cow’s blood, but they rarely had the luxury of a living, breathing animal to feast on, and when they did, it was usually a small creature hardly more than a snack. Most of their meals had to be warmed over the fire to be brought up to the proper temperature, which was particularly humiliating for the young girls. Gone were the days when they could sink their fangs into a wiggling beaver, let alone a writhing cow. A human had never been on the menu, even when the family was wealthy and lived in a large, well-appointed house, for the Marches were humanitarians who believed the consumption of humans unworthy of the modern vampire. Humans were an inferior species in many ways, but they deserved to be pitied, not consumed.

“We’ve got Father and Mother, and each other,” said Beth contentedly from her corner. She was the shy, domestically inclined sister.