Samuel Blondahl's Halloween Horror serial: La Saveur de la Vie.

In 2012, I started writing La Saveur de la Vie as an annual horror serial novel. In 2026, it ends. With a word count of almost 58,000, it is a light novel, and one that has wound through my life as I navigated several other novels and projects, massive upheavals, moves across the country (twice), and all manner of nonsense. Last year I moved the story off this blog to my home website, but this year I had to shut that site down, so to here it returns.      I am proud and sad to say though, that like it as not, the story has come to a natural conclusion this year. I have seen that coming for two years now, and it is no surprise. I could keep it going, but it would have to become something new in order to function. I think in truth, I would like to turn my attention away from the trials of Annette and Sebastian, but there will be a new Halloween release of some kind going forward. We will all find out what that is next year.      La Saveur de la Vie has been a...

If you've been following this blog, you might think I'm predominantly a horror writer, but the truth is, my published work is science fiction and historical fiction. My Canadian historical book series Murder on Fort Street is about to grow with the recent completion of the first sequel, Murder on the Mall. As such, I have decided to release a full prequel novelette Murder in Parliament free on my website. Please, click the parliament buildings above or this link to read now! www.blondahl.ca/murder-in-parliament   1937, V ictoria, British Columbia. A brazen murder sends a young Scots-Canadian police officer on a hunt for the killer. Premier Duff Pattullo's re-election campaign is under full swing, and directly in the path of the killer.

La Saveur de la Vie is an ongoing annual Halloween Horror special written one chapter a year, starting in 2012. Next month I begin writing 2025's chapter of this blog's ongoing Halloween special. It's always exciting to dive back into the un-life of Annette. This year, I've been revamping (pun intended) my website, and I have uploaded the entire text of  La Saveur de la Vie as a convenient .PDF, which is easier to manage for me, easier to handle for the webpage, and should be much easier to for you to read. It is and will always remain free.   Head right over to   www.blondahl.ca/saveur

 Part 13 of La Saveur de la Vie is NOW LIVE.  Yes, I'm still doing this. I honestly thought that this year would be the end of the story, but I was wrong. Some roads twist in unexpected ways. Welcome to a forgotten path in a dark wood.  Reader be warned, this story is bloody and sexual and meant for adult audiences. My vampires do not sparkle.  Click HERE to read from the beginning, or if you're a returning reader with a good memory, scroll down to part XIII  Dans Les Ténèbres de L'Enfer,  La Fin de Toutes Choses.

  HAPPY HALLOWEEN my darling strangers!  PART THIRTEEN Dans Les Ténèbres de L'Enfer.  (La Fin de Toutes Choses) It is October of 2024, and I am writing part 13, the end of all things. You may or may not have been following this story, but here we are at the end, and the time to start or start again, is now. This is due to be the end of the story, if all goes well (it won't).  La Saveur de la Vie , or The Flavour of Life , is a tale I've been spinning since 2012, every chapter written in October, and with difficulty, put down before Halloween. I allowed myself only to write one chapter a year, never more or less. It has been an exercise in patience and self exploration. Though I have written many novels (several available now on Amazon ) this is my darkest, most blood drenched, and erotic tale by FAR. I have also, strangely, made it free on my blog. This whole book exists only here. For now, once the tale is done, I have always intended to edit and compile it into a n...

La Saveur de la vie, Part XII:  V irginit é  et Innocence.  Is now live! Join me for the most sensual and bloodthirsty chapter in the eleven-year history of my ongoing experimental novel! Annette and Sebastian finally face their long-time foe Dr. Joeseph Matwau in the heart of Manhattan. The monstrous ancient Zosimus is present and empowered. All roads led here, don't miss this thrilling new chapter! Click HERE to read from the beginning, or scroll down for Part XII!

Happy Halloween 2023! Since 2012, I have been keeping this tradition up and I love it. I doubt six people have read this thing in its entirety, but it is one of my favorite stories. If you don't know what I'm talking about, ever year around Halloween, I put up a new chapter of my serial   La Saveur de la Vie ( or: The Flavour of Life), a sensual vampire blood-bath ripe for the season. Some chapters  are shorter, some are longer, they all end precisely where they must. The story revolves around an angry young Vampire with unusual power named Annette, her sexy French sire Sebastian, and the villainous vampire neurosurgeon Dr. Matwau,  who wants her mutated brain for study and dissection. To add a splash of utter monstrousness, an ancient Roman vampire goddess named Zosimus has heard the urgent call of Annette's blood and woken from her tomb to roam the earth once again.  Sound good? It is. This is a good book, but admittedly a strange book, I've done surface edits over...