Review of L. M. Labat’s “The Sanguinarian Id” (2016).
Monthly Digest: May 2016
The 22nd edition of “Monthly Digests.” What’d you miss in May 2016? Vamped’s make-over, a “virgin’s view” on Bram Stoker’s classic novel, a book review, two vampire scholars get caught telling porkies, and meat tray “blood” not being all it’s cracked up to be!
Finding Vellutini: How I Tracked Down the Editor of the Journal of Vampirology
John L. Vellutini seemingly dropped off the face of the earth when his perodical, Journal of Vampirology, folded in 1990. Here’s how I found him.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Is a Work of Art
“The first Iranian vampire Western” also happens to be a modern-day masterpiece.
Monthly Digest: April 2016
The 21st edition of “Monthly Digests.” What’d you miss in April 2016? A book review and coverage the trip to Texas for “There Are Such Things! Vampire Studies Symposium 2015.”
Got Blood? What Self-Identified Vampires Get from Raw Steaks
Meat tray residue is often used as a substitute for fresh blood by self-identified vampires. But is it the same thing?
Bloody Nonsense: How Two Scholars Pulled Off the Great Dracula Swindle
In celebration of World Dracula Day, we’ve taken a look at claims made about Vlad Dracula’s table manners.
Wish-Fulfillment? The First Installment of Rebecca Bradford’s Verge Trilogy
Review of Rebecca Bradford’s “The Verge: Book One” (2016).
A Virgin’s View on Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker
On the anniversary of the first diary entry in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” (1897), we present a “virgin’s view” on the classic vampire novel.
Why We’ve Been Offline: Welcome to the New, Improved Vamped!
Vamped underwent one of its biggest changes today—a complete redesign.