Philip Hart wrote: >On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 lincicum at comcast.net wrote: > > > >>I'm not a huge fan of Vampire stories in general, but I don't think I've >>ever heard one (Brust or otherwise) with a pregnant Vampire. >> >> > >The Buffyverse comments on this in typically heart-wrenching style. > > In Glen Cook's Garrett files, in the first case (=Sweet Silver Blues=) Garrett finds a nest of vampires containing the Bloodmaster, other males, vampire "brides" & children. The "brides" haven't completed changeover yet, but are infected, contagious, & bloodthirsty, not to mention light-sensitive. Pregnancy would be an expected part of life for them. Garrett opines that nothing would be able to bring a woman back from the Undead once she had given birth to a "soulless brat." Snarkhunter