Tag Archives: Anne Rice

Werewolf News

Posted on 6th February 2015 by firekrank

Two things popped up on my Google search this week. The first was a spoof trailer for the video game featuring werewolves called The Order: 1886. (Apparently the programmers don’t like you calling it a werewolf video game). The spoof … Continue reading →

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Bill Hughes, ‘Demon Lovers: Embracing the Monster in Paranormal Romance’

Posted on 25th January 2015 by William the Bloody

This is rather late, I know, but I just wanted to give a brief account of the Halloween 2014 Spectral Visions event at the University of Sunderland, where I was honoured to be invited to give a keynote talk on … Continue reading →

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New Year Resolutions for Vampires: Happy 2015

Posted on 5th January 2015 by Sam George

Wondering what new year resolutions vampires might make and how they might feel at this time of year I felt compelled to turn to the most existential and questioning of texts below. A text in which the vampire is luminous … Continue reading →

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David Castillo and William Egginton, ‘Dreamboat Vampires and Zombie Capitalists’

Posted on 21st December 2014 by William the Bloody

In this essay, David Castillo and William Egginton give a very thoughtful politicised analysis of the meaning of vampires and zombies in contemporary society. A very useful adjunct to the themes discussed in the OGOM book.

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The Wild Evolution of Vampires, From Bram Stoker to Dracula Untold

Posted on 6th December 2014 by William the Bloody

Devon Maloney gives a brisk but useful survey of the changes in the image of the literary and cinematic vampire.

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OGOM Company of Wolves CFP – Beyond excited to announce this!

Posted on 19th November 2014 by Sam George

Conference, University of Hertfordshire, Sept 3rd-5th 2015: Call for Papers and Panels OGOM: ‘The Company of Wolves’: Sociality, Animality, and Subjectivity in Literary and Cultural Narratives—Werewolves, Shapeshifters, and Feral Humans Wolves have long been the archetypal enemy of human company, … Continue reading →

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Prince Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles 11 by Anne Rice

Posted on 17th October 2014 by William the Bloody

Coming soon (on 30 October 2014, appropriately): the new Anne Rice novel, Prince Lestat. Rice returns at last to the Vampire Chronicles series, which began twenty years ago with the classic Interview With the Vampire.

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The Wild Evolution of Vampires, From Bram Stoker to Dracula Untold

Posted on 11th October 2014 by William the Bloody

A brief sketch of vampires in film and TV from Carmilla to Dracula Untold.

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OGOM: ‘Company of Wolves’, conference July 2015

Posted on 15th September 2014 by Sam George

Going to be blogging too about the fabulous ‘Company of Wolves’ event OGOM is  presenting in July of this year. I am holding off posting the full CFP for a few days until I have heard from the wonderful duo … Continue reading →

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