Book Review: Nyx in the House of Night

The second I picked this book up I was wary, because while I loved the House of Night series at first that love quickly turned to disappointment once I realized that the authors cared more about cashing in on their success than writing quality novels. A story that started out strong turned into pointless pages…

The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 9

Katerina Fresh from the latest episode of The Vampire Diaries, I’m disappointed that we won’t get to see the next episode ‘Sacrifice’ until Dec 2!  In this episode we learned a lot about Katherine’s origins and a bit about the Originals.  The mythology behind the curse of vampires and werewolves, the moonstone, and some witch-y…

Chedipe

India is a fascinatingly diverse country, with thousands of different languages. Each place in India has its own culture, food, religion. And each place seems to have its own vampire myths. In the Godavari region they tell stories of a vampire called the chedipe. The word literally means “prostitute.” But the chedipe vampire is described…

Pey and Peymakilir

What better place for a bloodthirsty vampire to feed than a battleground? One of the vampires of India and Hindu mythology chooses to haunt the wars and battles, waiting to feed on fallen soldiers. These creatures. called the Pey, or Peymakilir, are vampires of southern India, in Tamil. India has many different vampires, and this…