The Count’s End

Art & excerpt from a longer work by Noah Green, Grade 9

It was a dark and perishable afternoon over in Germany Sunday would be the last blood moon of the year Samuel looked over at the clock It’d be a quarter before midnight It was the second to last midnight before the clock struck twelve on the eve of the new year. Samuel was soon packing his bags for his business trip over to Transylvania. He’d packed his most important part of his journey, his journal as his superior told him to jot down any suspicions he found while visiting this so-called ‘Count Dracula.’ He had a few questions for this trip but was immediately shut down by his boss as he only wanted ‘Yes’ for an answer, a simple ‘No’ would get him kicked out of the firm forever, which he wished he could have said, then he wouldn’t have ended up in this mess He headed out to the street and called for a taxi to take him to the train station so he wouldn't be late He hummed as a taxi would pull in, as the driver rolled down the window and glared at Samuel

“Where are you headed, kid? Sure got a hell lotta crap with you Heh,” the taxi driver sneered at him He had a very ugly and deformed nose, and it looked like a pig's snout

Samuel just got in and looked at him, “I’m heading to the train station a few blocks up ” Samuel brushed his combed black hair out of his face, which was blocking his eyesight as he put his beige glasses back on. “Do you mind if I have a cigar, sir?”

The taxi driver couldn’t care less about what Samuel did, as he was already having a cigar while driving.

“How unprofessional is that, I mean I’m asking to do the same thing but I’m not that idiot driving! God, he could probably hit some pedestrians, his windows are so misty you can’t see a thing!” Samuel's thoughts clouded his head like a thunderstorm. He just went on with it and lit the cigar, taking puffs out of it every so often and staring out the window looking at the pale moon in the night sky, sighing and putting his head back.

The taxi driver pulled into the driveway of the train station, glaring at Samuel and grinning at him “We’re here sir ” He eyed Samuel’s bag as he was requesting money

Samuel handed him four Euros and shivered as he grabbed his bags and ran towards the platform, seeing his train just sitting there e got on and waved to the conductor, showing him a sign of respect and love Samuel headed towards the train’s private carts He soon then sat down in his car and glared at the piercing sunset It blinded him for a quick second

Author Note: When I first read the novel Bram Stoker's Dracula, I was really astonished by the work and honestly wanted to see if I could make an excerpt of the novel as a little short creative writing project and just see how it ended up looking! So, when I started to write this novel, I was happy to see how my character layouts were gonna be played out in the story. I hope people will get a fun experience and really love my character and my short story. I am not intending to copy Bram Stoker as I think he is honestly a creative genius and has made amazing pieces of fiction and his work is genius.