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“Honest Abe” Wields a Vampire-Hunting Axe

Fans of Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (who have been waiting to see images of the 16th President of the United States in all his vampire hunting glory) can rejoice.  This week, Twentieth Century Fox, in cooperation with Entertainment Weekly, [...]

Entertainment, Entertainment News

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu (1872)

“Carmilla” is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman’s susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. “Carmilla” predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by twenty five [...]

Classic Literature Archive, Novellas and Short Stories

Women in Horror Month: Vamplit Salutes Anne Rice

Each Wednesday, genre fiction publisher Vamplit Publishing hosts an interactive, Twitter-based chat on a topic relevant to the horror/suspense/thriller genre.  Prior topics have included “Vicious Vampires”, “Witches”, “Horror Movie Makeup”, and the Master of Suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock. This week, in honor [...]

Articles, Arts and Literature, Arts and Literature News, Promotions

“There’s inspiration everywhere if you are not afraid to slow down and look for it.” -Monica Kuebler

DarkMedia Interviews Monica Kuebler: Monica Kuebler isn’t merely a woman who wears many hats; she’s a force to be reckoned with.  Besides being the Managing Editor for Rue Morgue magazine and running her very own micro-press, Burning Effigy Press, she’s [...]

Arts and Literature, Interviews

Being Human (SyFy) Recap: “A monster, a real monster, doesn’t give a damn about the havoc it wreaks, the blood it spills.”

by Kimmie: Episode: “All Out of Blood” Original Air Date: Monday January 30, 2012 Season 2, Episode 3 This week’s episode dives deeply into the depths of the inhuman urges that motivate the darkest human desires. Aidan struggles with an [...]

Being Human (SyFy), Entertainment, Recaps and Previews

Russell Edgington’s Return to True Blood in Season 5?

Earlier today, HBO released a teaser trailer for the upcoming season of True Blood.  It hints at the one thing Russell Edgington fans have been hoping for since the Vampire King of Mississippi said, “You will regret this!”, and was [...]

Entertainment, Entertainment News

Being Human (SyFy) Recap: “Because for us, nightmares really do come true. They already have.”

by Kimmie: Being Human (SyFy) Recap: “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?” Original Air Date: Monday January 23, 2012 Season 2, Episode 2 Last week’s high intensity season premiere left us hanging as we see Aidan digging up the [...]

Being Human (SyFy), Entertainment, Recaps and Previews

The Vampire Diaries Recap: “I think psychopaths are incredibly high maintenance.”

by Vampire Renee: The Vampire Diaries: 03×12 – The Ties That Bind Original Air Date: January 19th–2012 Overview: Bonnie is reunited with her estranged mother after over ten years of feeling abandoned. Klaus negotiates with Stefan to control the coffins of [...]

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

Being Human (SyFy) Recap: “Freedom is just that moment of calm before the dread sets in.”

by Kimmie: Being Human (SyFy) Recap: “Turn This Mother Out” Original Air Date: Monday January 16, 2012 Season 2, Episode 1 Last season saw the brutal beheading inflicted on Bishop by the enraged Aidan. We also saw Josh accidentally turning [...]

Being Human (SyFy), Entertainment, Recaps and Previews