And One for the Devil

The Morganville Vampires: Extras #22

by Rachel Caine

We end the collection with another brand-new look at Morganville, courtesy of Martha Jo, who wanted a story from Claire’s point of view … and I just happened to have one lurking in the back of my mind. Claire and Myrnin (with bonus Eve) are always a dynamic combination for me; I love that his sometimes rash ideas balance out with her native caution. Mostly. This time, it isn’t Myrnin putting Claire in danger so much as Claire being forced to figure out a puzzle he’s put into motion, then been caught within.
If we’ve learnt anything from our time in Morganville, it should definitely be Don’t go in the creepy building, but then again, in Morganville … they’re all creepy, to some extent. When you mix in Myrnin’s proto-time-travel technology, anything is possible.
Fun factoid: I got the idea for this story because weird things sometimes happen when you’re on book tour. You get tired. You come in late at night. Often, there’s no thirteenth floor in a hotel, but sometimes there is; sometimes there’s a thirteenth floor, but no ‘room thirteen’ on that floor.
I had room number 1313 one evening, and then the next day at a new hotel, when I was also given a room on the thirteenth floor, my brain told me to look for 1313. It didn’t exist. I was convinced that the room had disappeared, until I reasoned it out, but I didn’t forget that out-of-body weirdness of looking for something that no longer existed.

Genres: Vampires, Short Stories, Paranormal Romance, Young Adult, Novella

23 pages, ebook

About the author

Rachel Caine was a pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad.

She has also published as:
Roxanne Longstreet
Roxanne Conrad
Julie Fortune
Ian Hammell

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Reviews

[Jassicca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Claire's POV - Myrnin had something in mind when he took Claire to room number 13 in an abandoned hotel. He ended up trapped in the room by some force, and Eve and Claire have to rescue him the next day when the room reappeared again. A creepy short story, and I'm not quite sure why at first Myrnin took Claire to that place, probably as a backup, in case if he's trapped, Claire will know where to find and rescue him.

[Brandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well that was friggin creepy. Myrnin and Claire run off to an old ass hotel that’s been closed for decades, in the middle of the night, enter room 13, and Myrnin throws Claire out the window. And then the entire building folds in on itself to make room 13 disappear too.
Claire enlists Eve, they go back and rescue Myrnin.
Obviously there’s some more to it, and we almost see something Myrnin would’ve turned into if Claire hadn’t been clever enough to get room 13 to reappear.

[Darinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in Midnight Bites.

Told from Claire's point of view. Myrnin is trapped in a hotel room. Claire and Eve must rescue him

An interesting read. I always enjoy Myrnin and Claire together.

[Starlin Reynolds-Couch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Myrnin, what more needs to be said?

[Louisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love that the last story of this series is Claire, and Myrnin, and Eve, and it was a great and creepy read, and a great final note to the series!

[Bailey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was ready to gush over Myrnin and Claire moments but I was disappointed.

[Corn Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

More time travel and myrnin ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Kristen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I honestly don't know how I feel about this one. I do however wish it was a full on novel so that more of it could be explained. It's nice to read more about these three characters while they get in and out of trouble again.

[jessica ☾ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so interesting!! I’ll admit I’m not the biggest fan of Claire or Eve, but I’m such a sucker for anything involving Myrnin!