Category: vampires
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Vampires Through the Ages
Last week, Jack Tyler gave us a great review of the movie Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. The movie is a good example of a genre known as the “secret history.” Secret histories are a close relative to the alternate history genre, where the author might ask you to imagine what would have happened if history…
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Happy Birthday, Abraham
When I saw that I was scheduled to post on a horror site on President Lincoln’s actual birthday, there was never the slightest doubt about what the subject would be. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter was a 2012 American horror film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, and starring Benjamin Walker in the title role with such actors…
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Ghosts of Christmas Past
When people think of Christmas, I suspect that ghost stories and paranormal literature are not the first thing that pop into their minds. Despite that, one of the most beloved works of paranormal literature is indelibly associated with Christmas and, in many ways, shaped the way we think about the holiday. I’m referring, of course,…
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Dracula the Un-Dead
In just about two weeks, on August 9, I will be at Boutique du Vampyre in New Orleans to sign copies of my Scarlet Order vampire novels. I’ve enjoyed visiting this French Quarter shop since I discovered it in 2014. In 2020, when much of the world went into lockdown, owner Marita Crandle had the…
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Revisiting Familiar Worlds with Horror Comics
Today, I return to the wonderful and weird world of horror comics. As I noted in my last post on this subject, I’ve long been a fan of the medium. So far, I’ve written two comic book scripts and published one of them. Even though I’m not a prolific comic book author, I’ve found that…
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Halloween Memories
As with most kids, I loved Halloween. It was a chance to dress up and pretend I was someone else. Below you see me in my first ever Halloween costume, dressed up as a black cat. The next year I dressed up as Batman and the year after, I really wanted to scare people, so…
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Horror vs Picture Books (or Good vs Evil)
When my old friend Jack Tyler invited me to join Threads That Bind, I hesitated. The truth is, it’s been a while since I’ve written horror. My writing career began with dark fantasy, dark steampunk, and gothic horror. I later edited the dreadpunk anthologies DeadSteam and DeadSteam II, contributing short stories to each. But since…
Threads that Bind 