Or maybe, in this case, it is the other way around. You fans of horror (you are fans of horror, right?!?) may recall the story of the birth of one of the best horror novels of all time–Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Mary Wollstonecraft (Shelley) were reading ghost stories aloud to […]
Vampire Meets Frankenstein Read More »
Today marks the launching of a new venture, so get out those lady luck candles and send your good vibes to Varla! Weiser Books has created a series of electronic books and yours truly is the official curator of the Magical Creatures and the Paranormal Parlor series. I’ve been combing dusty stacks and virtual archives
Ah, vampires. They’ve been hanging around the cobwebs of my mind lately. My latest Huffington Post blog is about vampires, and you can read it here: A Carnival of Vampires I guess it is the season! The count down to Halloween is on. I have been plotting further treats of the trickiest kind, and imagining
Even broken down into its simplest parts, blood is a pretty complex substance. Vampires drink it, humanitarians donate it, and just the thought of it makes queasy people faint. It makes up 7% of our body weight, and it’s the stuff that keeps us living. So it’s not surprising that the sticky substance is the
Blood not-so-simple Read More »
Back in the 16th century, the best way to kill a vampire wasn’t a garlic necklace or a stake through the heart. To stop alleged vampires from spreading disease and feeding on blood, the ancients would stuff a brick in the vampire corpse’s jaw. Thousands of people perished in the Italian plague of 1576, so
16th century vampire-slaying in Italy Read More »
