Tag: Poetry

• 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,…

  David Lee Summers

  December 18, 2025

  ghosts, holidays, Poetry, vampires, writing

  A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, ghosts, Joe Hill, NOS4A2, Poetry, Stephen Graham Jones, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

• A Tasty Sampler

  Recently, I’ve been collaborating with Lee Clark Zumpe to assemble a collection of vampire flash fiction. This is a follow-up to a collection we first released in 2008. The original collection was titled Blood Sampler: Subtle Sips and Spicy Shots and features 35 tales. Most of these tales are 150 words or less and first…

  David Lee Summers

  April 3, 2025

  characters, horror books, Personal Experience, Poetry, Reviews, Stories, vampires

  Blood Sampler, Bussard Ramjet, Christopher Lee, Dracula, flash fiction, Lee Clark Zumpe, Nosferatu, Peter Cushing, Poetry, skinwalker, The Hungur Chronicles, Twist ending

• 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…

  David Lee Summers

  October 31, 2024

  Halloween, Poetry, vampires

  Day of the Dead, Halloween, New Orleans, Pan de Mureto, Poetry, research, vampires