Category Archives: Fun stuff

The Dark Side of Studying Vampires

Posted on 21st August 2017 by firekrank

My daily Google search for the word ‘vampire’ brought up a rather disturbing article today. An academic, specialising in vampire studies, has been accused of tacitly encouraging blood drinking during his lectures. (The original story can be found in The Daily … Continue reading →

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Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight: The Vampire Eclipse

Posted on 20th August 2017 by Sam George

You maybe surprised to know that serpents, dragons, jaguars, bats and wolves are all associated with the eclipse, according the Smithsonian Magazine’s What Folklore Tells us About the Eclipse.  I’ve long been aware of the myth of the wolf who swallows … Continue reading →

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Colonel Sanders and the Demonic Lover

Posted on 1st June 2017 by William the Bloody

I love the conjunction of genres and the taming of monsters that occurs in paranormal romance, and much of OGOM’s research centres on this. The demon lovers of paranormal romance range from vampires (of course), through faeries, angels, and werewolves; … Continue reading →

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Jack-in-the-Green Festival

Posted on 3rd May 2017 by firekrank

Following on from Sam’s post about folk horror and its recent revival, I thought I would write about my attendance of the Jack-in-the-Green festival in Hastings. This takes place around May Day and, as well as the ubiquitous May Pole, … Continue reading →

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May Day for Goth Girls

Posted on 1st May 2017 by Sam George

I’m posting this wonderful image for all the goth girls, to celebrate May Day, and because it is half way to Hallowe’en!! Also because I was named after Sam played by Elizabeth Montgomery in Bewitched (my sisters also have witchy … Continue reading →

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Ring-a-ring-a Widdershins: It’s Walpurgis Night and Halfway to Hallowe’en!

Posted on 30th April 2017 by Sam George

  It’s Walpurgis Night  (Walpurgisnacht or Valborgsmässoafton),  the night that marks the transition from winter to spring, falling on the eve of the first of May. It’s also halfway to Halloween!! Kaja will like that!  In folk tradition, witches and … Continue reading →

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The malign influence of Beauty and the Beast

Posted on 21st April 2017 by William the Bloody

I’m always suspicious about deterministic claims for the malignant effects of fiction, which were rife in the eighteenth century with the rise of the novel and its effects on women and which have accompanied the emergence of new media ever … Continue reading →

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Do Witches Steal Egg Shells: The Curious Origins of the Easter Bunny and the First Hot X Bun

Posted on 14th April 2017 by Sam George

My childhood Easters always revolved around ‘egg rolling’ which would take place before Easter breakfast and would be signalled by a loud announcement that it was ‘egg rolling time’. The eggs were hard boiled and decorated the night before with … Continue reading →

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Werewolf-Repelling Soap

Posted on 18th February 2017 by firekrank

This is something to get into a lather about: Pojo soaps have created a werewolf repelling soap. If you’re more concerned about something sucking your blood rather than ripping you apart, they also do an anti-vampire soap, as well as … Continue reading →

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Love Song for a Vampire 5

Posted on 14th February 2017 by Sam George

Buffy – Once More, with Feeling – Rest in Peace…aww Spike!!    

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