Kevin M. Costello

When a young woman takes notice of her neighbor, she has a plan to make him hers. Only problem is, she's a vampire.

Eaters of the Dead is a near-future dystopian tale that explores the fate of several individuals in a world running out of food and where the rich have seized power and now harvest the poor.

Don Simpson lives a routine existence in a dying town, hanging out and drinking with his best friends Mickey and Tim. But when the girl who got away returns home from traveling abroad, old regrets and painful secrets are brought to light. Now, Don's inability to express his feelings for her leads to a deep-seated anxiety. Mickey's gambling addictions attract the attention of an old mobster just as his estranged father tries to patch things up. Meanwhile, Tim struggles with homosexuality in a town where shame is the only thing he's come to expect. And at the heart of it all is Sammie, the girl who came back to the last place she wanted to be. Life is a hard road of choices that change with the seasons. Together, these four will grow up as they face their last summer.