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The Virtuous Vampire

Author : Monette Michaels

Publisher : Monette Draper

Page : 319 pages

File Size : 48,1 MB

Release : 2021-03-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1733481745

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"Enchanting story that I couldn't put down. Witch, wizard, vampires and shapeshifters team up to do battle against evil." - Zoe, Goodreads Abigail Merriweather Gooden isn’t your typical Austin, Texas lawyer. Sure she has the so very chic law offices on West 6th Street and the prominent social status that comes from old Texas money, but she also has magic with a “k.” Abbie, after all, is a witch. So, it isn’t surprising that the preternatural community sends all its legal matters to her. Such is the case with Jurnik Golub, owner of Exotica, a popular Austin gentlemen’s club. Jurnik is a vampire--and someone has attempted to frame him for the murder of one of his strippers. All lawyers like innocent clients--and Jurnik is definitely innocent, being that he was sleeping the sleep of the undead during the time of the murder. Abbie along with Lucan Knight, the shape-shifter private detective Jurnik has hired, must race to find “whodunnit” before the Austin Police haul Jurnik in--and he becomes a crispy client. "Case of the Virtuous Vampire: A Gooden and Knight Paranormal Mystery is full of mystery and intrigue with several unique paranormal twists. The characters are dark, gritty, and brooding with hints of qualities that are more righteous." - Tami, Goodreads



Virtuous Vampires

Author : Stefan Dziemianowicz

Publisher :

Page : 490 pages

File Size : 19,40 MB

Release : 1996

Category : Vampires

ISBN : 9780760701744

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The Case of the Virtuous Vampire

Author : Monette Michaels

Publisher : Oakville, ON : LTDBooks

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 24,16 MB

Release : 2001-09

Category : Private investigators

ISBN : 9781553165545

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Vampyre Virtues; The Red Veils

Author : Father Sebastiaan Van Houten

Publisher : Thesanguinarium.com

Page : 150 pages

File Size : 13,61 MB

Release : 2011-09-01

Category : Self-Help

ISBN : 9780615537771

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Vampyre Virtues "The Red Veils" is the first book in history dedicated to furthering and defining "Vampyre Culture," written to inspire and challenge the reader through a lexicon presenting 100 words of power related to the vampire mythos. Each Virtue promotes personal evolution and embraces the Vampyre Spirit with some examples including Primal Nature, Romance, Mystery, Transhumanism, Music, Culture, Glamour, Elegance, Courtesy, Chivalry, Immortality, Magick and Sensuality. Each Virtue is beautifully presented with the design of French conceptual artist William Vocant and an enticingly written forward by vampire author Gabrielle Faust. What makes this book unique and a must-read is the fact that it was written from the inspiration of over two decades of close interaction between Father Sebastiaan and his fang clients. This cumulative knowledge is presented to the reader in a simple and easily understandable format. Here is what the experts are saying about Vampyre Virtues "The Red Veils"; "A definitive perspective of modern Vampyre culture written by one of the most experienced thinkers in the international community." Dr. Mark Benecke, German Forensic Biologist "An amazing piece of work. From Fledgling to Elder to ancient f**ks like me, there is something here for everyone." Lord Chaz, New Orleans "I always have great consideration about the work of Father Sebastiaan, I love him as fangsmith, and I love him as an author too! Vampyre Virtues is a tome which every single vampire on the earth should read." Sonya Scarlet, Theatres des Vampires' lead vocalist "Vampyre Virtues is a tome which can bring the reader into the possibility that we can be charged and embrace the best attributes of the darkest anti-hero of our modern age, the VAMPIRE." Magister Mael, Grand Magister of the Ordo Strigoi Vii "This book reminds me of The Secret by Rhonda Byrne but written with the perspective of the vampire archetype. " Adrian Lumley, Father Sebastiaan's fang client from 1997



Vampire Stories

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 24,41 MB

Release : 2009-10-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1628731451

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Who would suspect that the same mind that created the most famous literary detective of all time also took on the eternally popular genre of vampires? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a contemporary of Bram Stoker, gave us some fascinating works of vampire fiction. From the bloodsucking plant in “The American’s Tale” to the bloodsucking wife in “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire,” he reveled in the horror created by creatures who survived on the blood of men and women. As the bestselling Twilight series has dominated bookstores, it’s the perfect time to offer the first-ever compilation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s vampire tales. Get ready to sink your teeth into this heart-stopping anthology. Each of these twelve short stories has been pulled from obscurity and hand selected for this collection. Conan Doyle’s famous friendship with vampire king Bram Stoker is thought to have influenced these many blood-sucking tales, including “The Captain of the Pole Star,” about a medical student on an arctic voyage haunted by a heat-draining Eskimo vampire and “The Three Gables,” in which vampirism is cunningly used as a metaphor for capitalism. Featuring an introduction by world-renowned vampire expert, Robert Eighteen-Bisang, this is a must-have anthology for all vampire lovers, and for any Arthur Conan Doyle enthusiast.



Real Vampires Don't Diet

Author : Gerry Bartlett

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 14,3 MB

Release : 2009-01-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780425225646

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Real readers love this series and its "vampire to die for"(Kimberly Raye, USA Today bestselling author of Dead End Dating)-from the author of Real Vampires Get Lucky. Gloriana St. Claire-curvy, stylish, and undead-is spending New Year's Eve alone. And it's all because her boyfriend, Jeremy Blade, is traipsing off to parts unknown to rescue his supposed daughter from the clutches of "dangerous radicals." But just as Glory settles in for the evening, a phone call from the bodyguard of a drunk, newly-undead rock star could end her year on a crazy note.



The Beloved Does Not Bite

Author : Debra Dudek

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 351 pages

File Size : 11,97 MB

Release : 2017-07-06

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1351846841

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In this new monograph, author Debra Dudek defines a new era of vampire texts in which vampires have moved from their iconic dark, feared, often seductive figure lingering in alleys, to the beloved and morally sensitive vampire winning the affections of teen protagonists throughout pop culture. Dudek takes a close look at three hugely-popular vampire series for young adults, drawing parallels between the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Twilight Saga novels/films, and The Vampire Diaries TV series/book series. By defining a new era of vampire texts and situating these three series within this transition, The Beloved Does Not Bite signals their significance and lays the groundwork for future scholarship on the flourishing genre of paranormal romances for young adults.



Different Blood: The Vampire as Alien

Author : Margaret L. Carter

Publisher : Writers Exchange E-Publishing

Page : 171 pages

File Size : 19,82 MB

Release : 2019-03-25

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1925574407

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Different blood flows in their veins--but our blood quenches their thirst. From Bram Stoker's 1897 creation of Count Dracula, portrayed as a foreign invader bent on the conquest of England, the literary vampire has symbolized the Other, whether his or her otherness arises from racial, ethnic, sexual, or species difference. Even before the bloodsucking Martians of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds, however, popular fiction contained a few vampires who were members of alien species rather than supernatural undead. Even more intriguing than interplanetary invaders are humanoid and quasi-humanoid beings who have evolved to live on Earth among us, often camouflaged as our own kind. The boom in vampire fiction that began in the 1970s engendered a variety of "alien" vampires, many of them portrayed as sympathetic characters. The science fiction vampire is especially suited to the presentation of vampirism as morally neutral rather than inherently evil. Different Blood surveys the literary vampire as alien, whether extra-terrestrial or a different species evolved on Earth, from the mid-1800s to the 1990s, and analyzes the many uses to which science fiction and fantasy authors have put this theme. Their works explore issues of species, race, ecological responsibility, gender, eroticism, xenophobia, parasitism, symbiosis, intimacy, and the bridging of differences. An extensive bibliography lists dozens of novels and short stories on the "vampire as alien" theme, many of which are still in print.



Loving Vampires

Author : Tom Pollard

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 48,85 MB

Release : 2016-03-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1476624305

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Vampire characters are ubiquitous in popular culture, serving as metaphors for society's most sensitive subjects--sexuality, gender roles, race, ethnicity, class--and often channeling widespread fears of immigration, crime, terrorism and addiction. This book explores pop culture's vampires variously as sexual seducers, savage monsters, noble protectors and drainers of human power. The author discusses three real-life role models for vampire characters.



Exploring the Horror of Supernatural Fiction

Author : Miranda Corcoran

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 227 pages

File Size : 15,51 MB

Release : 2020-06-02

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0429560354

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Detailing the adventures of a supernatural clan of vampires, witches, and assorted monstrosities, Ray Bradbury’s Elliott family stories are a unique component of his extensive literary output. Written between 1946 and 1994, Bradbury eventually quilted the stories together into a novel, From the Dust Returned (2001), making it a creative project that spanned his adult life. Not only do the stories focus on a single familial unit, engaging with overlapping twentieth-century themes of family, identity and belonging, they were also unique in their time, interrogating post-war American ideologies of domestic unity while reinventing and softening gothic horror for the Baby Boomer generation. Centred around diverse interpretations of the Elliott Family stories, this collection of critical essays recovers the Elliotts for academic purposes by exploring how they form a collective gothic mythos while ranging across distinct themes. Essays included discuss the diverse ways in which the Elliott stories pose questions about difference and Otherness in America; engage with issues of gender, sexuality, and adolescence; and interrogate complex discourses surrounding history, identity, community, and the fantasy of family.