It's that time again

The forced march at the beginning of summer only marched through one new story, and I need to start catching up if I want this year to be better than last. So it's time to haul out the meme again.

( First lines )

Little old lady got mutilated late last night

TDC
1334 of a new scene pasted in, bringing the file to 84k.

"Serpentskirt"
Words today: 1055, starting over with a new POV
Words total: 1055
Tyop: shoulder-balds
Darling: This is the first time they've every played outside the Rust Belt--a last minute replacement for the Southwestern leg after Parthenogenesis's lead singer came down with appendicitis--and they haven't been booed offstage once.
Reason for stopping: Two pages of relationship angst, one page of band angst, and now the monster's showed up. What happens now? I kicked out the ghost, and now I don't know how Janey escapes being eaten by the lamia.

What do we think lamia eat, anyway, besides blood and perhaps live mice?