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ESSAY: Lestat’s Precursors: The Vroucolacas in America

October 17, 2024

The previous post in this series examined stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, and Ambrose Bierce that explored the themes of macabre resurrection and twisted sexuality, thereby helping to pave the way for later generations of American vampire literature. However, none of these ...

Bookmarked, Essays

ESSAY: Lestat’s Precursors: Vampires in the American Canon

October 10, 2024

AMC’s Interview with the Vampire saw its second season this year, along with news that it had been renewed for a third season. There is evidently still life in the Anne Rice books which formed the basis of the series and gave the world the vampire antiheroes, Louis and Lestat.

Comics, Reviews

Incognegro Renaissance #5: Measured Ending to a Strong Series

July 11, 2018

Incognegro: Renaissance #5 Mat Johnson (Writer), Warren Pleece (Artist), Clem Robins (Letters) Dark Horse Comics Inc. 4 July, 2018 Published on the 10th anniversary of Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece’s award-winning Incognegro, the new limited 5-issue series, Incognegro: Renaissance, has come to ...

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Sparks and Tarts: With Romance, Your Mileage May Vary…and That’s Okay

July 18, 2017

Did you try a romance once and put it down, never to pick up another? Did you ever wonder why that was? Maybe the plot didn’t work for you or the writing was bad. Maybe it was just boring. Maybe the author wrote a piece of sexist, racist garbage. Maybe there were elements that hit your ...

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ESSAY: Lestat’s Precursors: The Vroucolacas in America

ESSAY: Lestat’s Precursors: Vampires in the American Canon

Incognegro Renaissance #5: Measured Ending to a Strong Series

Sparks and Tarts: With Romance, Your Mileage May Vary…and That’s Okay

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