Showing posts with label Vampires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vampires. Show all posts
Thursday, April 03, 2025

What's Horror For?

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As I mentioned last week, one of the speakers at this year's ICFA proposed that horror articulates feelings and experiences for which we...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

ICFA 46

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The 46th annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts was held in its usual Orlando hotel last week. Guests of honor were Si...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

45th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

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I've just returned from the ICFA in Orlando, with perfect weather all four days (five counting Sunday morning departure). This year'...
Thursday, February 02, 2023

Vampires Rule

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I recently read a novel with an unusual slant on a world ruled by vampires, DAY BOY, by Trent Jamieson. It takes place in a rather dreary po...
Tuesday, February 09, 2021

Worldbuilding For Multiple Alternate Universes Part 4 How To Make Ghosts Vampires and Demons Real

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Worldbuilding For Multiple Alternate Universes Part 4 How To Make Ghosts, Vampires, and Demons Real  Previous parts in this series are: Part...
Thursday, October 22, 2020

Horror as a Coping Mechanism

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It comes as no surprise to me that a recent psychological study suggests horror fans may be uniquely well prepared to confront scary realiti...
Thursday, October 08, 2020

Stubborn Skepticism Versus Indiscriminate Gullibility

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Working on a paranormal romance novella, I'm presently dealing with a recurrent problem in fiction of the fantastic: How long should a c...
Thursday, May 09, 2019

Reformed Villains

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I love a good "redeemed villain" story, but creating a good (i.e., plausible and emotionally engaging) one isn't easy. The chi...
Thursday, April 04, 2019

The Vampire as Alien

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I'm thrilled that my nonfiction book DIFFERENT BLOOD: THE VAMPIRE AS ALIEN is back on the market at last. It's been re-released by a...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

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Last Wednesday through Saturday, the 2019 ICFA met in Orlando. As usual, it was wonderful to spend four days in Florida in March. Days were ...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

Monsters in the Modern World

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A recent question on Quora asked how well vampires would be able to survive in the modern world. My reaction was along the line of "bet...
Thursday, September 07, 2017

Surplus of Time

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Occasionally I read a humorous manga series called MISS KOBAYASHI'S DRAGON MAID. The heroine saves the life of a dragon who, in gratitud...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Making a Living (or Not) as a Writer

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The current issue of CEMETERY DANCE includes an interview with Ray Garton. I retro-reviewed one of his best-known novels, LIVE GIRLS, on Vam...
Sunday, May 05, 2013

Blood, glorious blood (Tick Season is Upon Us)

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Have you ever had sexual contact with anyone who was born in, or lived in Africa? If so, you probably cannot give blood in America. ...
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Believing in Happily Ever After: Part 1, Stephen King on Potter VS Twilight

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 In July, I was invited to Google+ by one of the Chat moderators on Twitter who runs #Litchat (which I recommend to readers and writers -- f...
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Sunday, August 21, 2011

The Importance Of Being.... Allergic?

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I'm on vacation, so will have to rely on memory (which may or may not be fuzzy). On my Facebook page today, I've had a wide rangi...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Guest blogger, Susan Kelley, On Vampires

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Is it me or is the vampire craze out control? First there were an invasion of the cold, blood suckers into in the adult romance market. Then...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Astrology Just For Writers Part 5 - High Drama

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Pluto and Vampires -- continued from Part 4 Last time we started to look at Pluto as the ruling planet of Vampires (friendly and unfriendly ...
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