The Vampire Dictionary

You can study about vampires all you want. But if you don’t know some basic terminology, you may not understand exactly what you’re studying. Okay, well that may not be entirely true. In fact, the terms that vampires, and their followers, use are pretty self-explanatory. But it’s always fun to check out the terms and…

Mmm Mmm Blood

I’m going to start this post with one of my all time favorite vampires quotes… “Everyone knows the phenomenon of trying to hold your breath underwater – how at first it’s alright and you can handle it, and then as it gets closer and closer to the time when you must breathe, how urgent the…

The Blood Lovin’ Upior

Time for another different flavor of vampire, this time the Slavic Upior. The Upior or Upier is an eastern Slavic name for “vampire” used the most in Poland and also believed by some to be where the word “vampire” actually originated from. The Upior is a bit different than the majority of the Eastern European…