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Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse: What’s Next for The Walking Dead?

Tonight, one of the most popular shows in cable history, the zombie apocalyptic drama The Walking Dead, returns to AMC. December’s mid-season finale left us with the heart-wrenching moment when the survivors finally found Sophia (Madison Lintz) — a young girl [...]

Entertainment, Entertainment News

Just in Time for Valentine’s Day: Vamplit’s “Bloody Hearts Blog Hop”

Just around the corner, on February 13th and 14th, Vamplit Publishing is hosting the “Bloody Hearts Blog Hop”, a Valentine’s Day gift — in appreciation for all their readers and followers. This is the first year for the event, and will [...]

Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature News, Promotions

Supernatural Recap: “If it bleeds, you can kill it.”

by Kimmie Chameleon: “Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie”  Original Air Date: Friday February 10, 2012 Season 7, Episode 14 To our shock and utter disbelief, Dean tells Sam that he wants to stay far away from booze and hot chicks…this due [...]

Entertainment, Recaps and Previews, Supernatural (The CW)

The Vampire Diaries Recap: “It’s some twisted Cinderella fetish is what it is.”

by Vampire Renee: The Vampire Diaries | 03×14 – Dangerous Liaisons Original Air Date: February 9th–2012 Overview:  Elena attends a formal ball at Klaus’ newly renovated mansion and learns of a horrifying plan that could lead to numerous deaths. Favorite Quote: “It’s some twisted Cinderella fetish is [...]

Entertainment, Recaps and Previews, The Vampire Diaries (The CW)

The Secret Circle Recap: “Think of it as my version of a dozen red roses.”

by Vampire Renee: The Secret Circle | 01×14 Valentine Original Air Date: February 9th–2012 Overview:  Faye and Melissa throw a slumber party on Valentine’s Day and things get wild when Diana is given a mood-altering potion. Meanwhile, Cassie is haunted by the spirits of some [...]

Entertainment, Recaps and Previews, The Secret Circle (The CW)

Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1818)

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by Mary Shelley about a monster produced by an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first edition was published anonymously in London [...]

Classic Literature Archive, Novels

The Vampyre; A Tale by John Polidori (1819)

“The Vampyre” is a short story or novella written in 1819 by John William Polidori which is a progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The work is described by Christopher Frayling as “the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre.” [...]

Classic Literature Archive, Novellas and Short Stories

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1891)

The Picture of Dorian Gray, the only novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published in 1890. A substantially revised and expanded edition was published in April 1891. For the new edition, Wilde revised the content of the novel’s existing chapters, [...]

Classic Literature Archive, Novels

The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson (1884)

The Body Snatcher (1884) is a fictional short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. First published in the Pall Mall Christmas “Extra”, in December 1884, the story is based on characters in the employ of Robert Knox, around the time of the Burke and Hare murders. EVERY [...]

Classic Literature Archive, Novellas and Short Stories