Fellow vampire aficionado Corvis Nocturnum requested of his peers yesterday the assistance in posting the new article he completed this week regarding a retort to the columnist Joel Hilliker’s attack on the American fascination with vampires. I was happy to assist. You can find out more information about Corvis and his work at http://www.corvisnocturnum.com/. * [...]

My latest interview, conducted by the Memphis Vampire Examiner, Raelynn Coombs, is now live online! Please check it out here: http://tinyurl.com/2b5d3r3 Thank you so much to Raelynn for requesting this interview! It was a pleasure to answer all of your questions. XOV””VOX Bookmark to: Hide Sites

VINTAGE VIGILANCE No. 1: JOHN POLIDORI’S “THE VAMPYRE” By L. P. Van Ness SOMETHING VAMPIRIC in nature has been draining away the energy and resources of contemporary America. Fortunately for us, our leaders are time travelers. In the closing words of his inaugural address, our new president offered us encouragement by taking us back with [...]

My dear friend and mentor Michael Marano has recently begun writing for the website Suicide Girls! Check out his first article here entitled “Ten Lessons Spider-Man Can Teach Our First Nerd President”! Click here to read the article on Suicide Girls! Bookmark to: Hide Sites

The Transubstantiation of Edgar Allan Poe By LP Van Ness THE SOUL is a most mysterious and profound thing. Scholars err grievously when they assert that Poe’s writing is merely psychology. He was the Master of the Metaphysics. Because I diverged from the canon of the status quo, my thesis was denied, and I was [...]

Adventures of a Book Hunter: Poe’s Last Tale by L.P. Van Ness Originally published in ‘Outer Darkness’ Poe: Poetry and Tales from the Library of America (ISBN 0-940450-18-6) is set in 10 point Linotron Gilliard print with acid-free Ecusta Nyalite paper and Brillianta binding. This scarlet volume is but one in a series of American [...]

MovieWeb has posted a rather lengthy interview with the director of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans on their website… With the two successful films, Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, a franchise was created. Now they’re going back to how the whole war between the vampires and the Lycans all started with the prequel Underworld: The Rise [...]

Bierce and Lovecraft: Time Portals Occasioned by Storms By LP Van Ness Two excellent examples of time altering portals can be seen in Lovecraft’s classic, “The Picture in the House” and the not so well known tale, “The Spook House,” by Ambrose Bierce. As the protagonist in Lovecraft‘s story observes, “Honest, wholesome structures do not [...]