The Devil in No Man’s Land: 1917

A short story from the world of Department 19. In 1891, Abraham Van Helsing and a group of friends faced Dracula, the world’s first vampire – and won. The survivors of that battle founded Department 19, and have been secretly saving the world ever since. A highly classified archive exists recording every act of bravery in that time. That archive is now open. These are the Department 19 files. Belgium, 1917. Quincey Harker and his hand-picked Special Reconnaissance Team are behind enemy lines, scouting ahead of the big push that everyone knows is imminent. They think they are prepared for the worst case scenario; a village full of German soldiers, armed and waiting for them. But they’re about to discover that there is something far worse in the darkness of no man’s land, something beyond their understanding. Something with glowing red eyes, and gleaming white fangs…