“Come on, Ammonia!” A pale woman gently nudges a toddler out the door, while an equally pale man waits outside with watchful eyes. They seem a poster-perfect happy family: loving parents with an adorable, adopted baby girl. Strolling in the moonlight, picnicking under the night sky, playing catch beneath the stars. They are as typical as any loving family, except for a couple minor points: they are nocturnal, and yeah - they are vampires
…“Happy Birthday, Daddy!” JACMOUSSOU MA’s cake sags under the weight of 257 dripping candles, as Ammonia helps to blow them out…
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…ANTORI MA tucks Ammonia into her coffin and reads “A Daytime Story” as the dawn approaches. Jacmoussou beams at their growing little girl – a ray of sunshine in the darkness of their endless, static lives. Quality of life is truly more meaningful than quantity.
