The Vampire Affair by David McDaniel (G)

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

Fandom: MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Gen
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: none

When I was a teen and Man From U.N.C.L.E. was originally broadcast, I bought the "tie-in" paperback books at the grocery store. I read the books so many times that I memorized them. The paperback stories were very innocent, but exciting to a young teenage girl like me.

When my daughters grew old enough they also read all the paperbacks and watched the rebroadcasts of the series. Now one of my daughters tapes the show on Amerilife Cable for me. Lately I've been walking down memory lane as my "baby" is turning 21 and my eldest is getting married. So I thought I'd do something a little different in this recommendation and point people to a website that has copied some of the paperbacks so that you can read the stories on-line. (And save the 50 cents a book it cost me.[grin])

One of my favorite stories was "The Vampire Affair" because of its humor and adventure.
From the Back Cover

The body had been drained of blood . . . .

In a remote area of the Transylvanian Alps, an U.N.C.L.E. agent had been killed in mysterious circumstances. The man's footprints in the snow led up to the base of the tree where he had been killed, but there were no pursuing tracks, no clues at all as to what doom had overtaken him.

There were only the two small holes in the neck, and a complete absence of blood.

Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin didn't believe in vampires — but as they investigated their fellow-agent's death they were forced again and again to wonder if perhaps the old terrors of the region had more reality than the world would like to think.


The story:
The Vampire Affair

The website for all the stories:
Pulp Fiction

Comments

[melodywilde.livejournal.com]

I'm squealing in a highly age-inappropriate manner over these! I still have every single one of the books, plus The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. ones and all but one of the issues of the digest size MUNCLE magazine that came out. The sad thing about these much-loved books is that, no matter how much care you take of them (and, being incredibly AR about books, I take a lot), age is not kind to the paper. I haven't opened the box with the magazines in a couple of years, and I shudder to think what damage I'll find when I do. Even thought I'll always be one of those folks who'd rather hold the book in her hands, thank God (or the politically correct deity of your own choice) that somebody has preserved these treasures in a format that will last! Do you know if anyone's done the same for the magazines? (I may get the answer to this one when I go explore the website.)

Thank you so much for pointing us this way. I'm going right now to send this link to my other MUNCLE fans.

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

I have Girl From UNCLE also. :)

Do you know if anyone's done the same for the magazines?
Are you familar with the new Live Journal group mfuficfind? It's designed to help you locate stories posted on both the web or in zines. If you post there someone might know the answer to your question. It's an open group -- you can post without joining.