What If Vampire Romance Novels Had Mummies in Them Instead?

Vampires are over. Werewolves are done. Is it time for the rise of the mummy?

I love this article, it’s absolutely hilarious. Think about monsters in romance novels from a more objective point of view; if vampires weren’t the big sexy, dark mysterious strangers that they always are… and they were mummies instead, what kind of romance would that be exactly? And would it not be the stupidest thing you ever read? So why exactly is it that vampires are so much easier to take seriously?

Because you can’t oversimplify the monster; vampires can be fleshed out, just as much as mummies can. For example, this parody-ish story could honestly be made much more serious and enduring if … the characters were slightly more melodramatic. It’s all in the tone and the dialogue. To be honest, it reminds me of the short story, Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the House of Dread Desire by Neil Gaiman; this guy struggles so hard with writing a serious Gothic novel but can’t stop inserting comedy. I don’t think mummies will supplant vampires anytime soon… but then, you never know, some chicks find bandages sexy… somewhere… maybe?

By annimi

Ashley writes for Vampires.com, Werewolves.com, and other sites in the Darksites Network. She's involved in several seedy and disreputable activities, smokes too much, and spends her late nights procrastinating for work on her first novel.

1 comment

  1. Well there is The Mummy staring Brendan Fraser that has Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep the Mummy and he was sexy in that movie, even as a decomposing corpse.

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