The Twelfth Child — Raymond van Over

Everyone in the delivery room was shocked; while the rosy newborn baby boy rapidly gained strength, his healthy mother faded…until she was quite white and bloodless -- and quite dead.

But it had happened before -- eleven times before. Always in a different city, always a year apart. In each case, the mother died immediately. In each case, the newborn was cared for by a nanny…all from the same employment agency.

Now there are twelve tiny apostles of evil, their angel faces dripping with the warm pulsing blood of their human victims.

And they are thirsty for more…