I have been a longtime fan of Nancy Kilpatrick’s, for her work as both a writer and an editor (best vampire anthologies ever!), so I was thrilled to get an ARC of her upcoming book Vampyric Variations. Coming out October 15, Vampyric Variations consists of short stories and novellas written by the award-winning author herself.…
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Fleur de Feu
Some spoilers follow. I am a huge fan of British author Tanith Lee. Her Tales of the Flat Earth for example make for one of the most original epic fantasies (if you can call them that) ever. Likewise her books about the vampiric family the Scarabae as well as an undead re-telling of Snow White…
Dracula’s Guest: The Deleted Chapter of Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Dracula’s Guest is a deleted chapter from Bram Stoker’s legendary novel Dracula which was written with the rest of the story but omitted from the final version published in 1897. Even though it was left out of the book, Dracula’s Guest was eventually published in 1914 in Dracula’s Guest and Other Weird Tales. While it’s…