Drawing-paper was the best paper for the vampire’s purpose, because, if he should change his mind at the last moment, or, even, midway, concerning the matter which he was about to set out upon it, he need not then be hidebound by straight lines intended for writing. His own intention, in fact - one which still prevailed - was to make known his last will and testament but, having no legal background, he was quite non-plussed by his ignorance of the correct format. So - without recourse to his conscious mind - he started doodling nervously, only for him later to be astonished at the series of crosses he had inadvertently made in preparation for his signature ... and, with some of these crosses depicting a spindly human figure upon them, he shuddered, knowing that vampires always possessed an inherent hatred (or vice versa) for such symbols, the Christian iconography being anathema to Undead ones such as he ... especially to Undead ones approaching their own special brand of death.
And he drew his signature across the bottom of the paper. Now for someone to witness it, he thought, if it were not already too late. And he drew a different face.
(Published 'The Vampire's Crypt' 1995)
