Kickstarter Alert: ‘The Vampire, The Elf and The Cthulhu’
A novel idea: Create the best fantasy-horror-Cthulhu novel ever, in this game of fiction and creative egos.
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Tag: vampires
These Vamps Don’t Sparkle! Get ALL of ‘Dark Shadows’ on Sale Today
If you want gothic vampire drama, forget all those sparkly, singing vampires. Today, you can get the complete series of Dark Shadows, the classic late-’60s soap opera about stalwart vampire Barnabus Collins and his eccentric family.
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PaizoCon 2015: A Newbie’s Perspective
Not only am I a PaizoCon newbie, but I’m a ‘Pathfinder Adventure Card Game’ newbie as well. PaizoCon was the perfect introduction to both the game and the company.
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‘The Chronicles of Light and Shadow’ by Liesel Schwarz
British steampunk with airships, fairies, and a large serving of panache.
Continue ReadingGothic: The Dark Heart of Film
Gothic: The Dark Heart of Film is a thought-provoking look at the cinematic history of magic, vampires, mad scientists and all things that go bump in the night.
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So Long, Sookie!
Sookie Stackhouse is one of my favorite heroines; my gateway drug into paranormal romance.
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Sookie Scores the Plot
There’s this little series on HBO called True Blood. You might have heard of it. You may have even heard it’s based on a series of books. But who has time to read when there’s great sex and gore on TV? Find. The. Time.
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Blood Kiss Kickstarter Features Tom & Sian Mandrake
Father-daughter artists team up to work on a Blood Kiss graphic novel based on Kickstarted film by Michael Reaves, starring Amber Benson and Neil Gaiman.
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Fund This: Video Games and Neil Gaiman Ought to Be in Pictures
An ode to video games and Neil Gaiman’s big-screen debut await your hard-earned cash.
Continue ReadingTop 10 Reasons It Sucks (Get It?) to Be a Vampire
We’ve done the top ten reasons it sucks to be a zombie. Here, then, are the top ten reasons it sucks (pun very much intended) to be a vampire.
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10 Things to Read Instead of Twilight
I’m not saying we ban any books. I’m just saying there are some fantastic books and series out there that are entertaining, disturbing, thought-provoking, and just plain better written. Sometimes it’s harder to find a female protagonist in young adult fantasy, but it can be done. Here are ten great young adult books or series for starters.
Continue ReadingScooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire — Vampires? Ruh-Roh, Shaggy!
I love Scooby-Doo. Always have, always will. It’s the one cartoon that I distinctly remember from my childhood. When those bats flew out of the house and that ’60s groovy music kicked in, I was smiling ear to ear. The …
Continue ReadingIcebergs and Vampires: A Little Horror With Your Titanic Story?
Let me go on record by saying that when I think about stories involving the sinking of the Titanic, vampires and a good dose of horror don’t usually come to mind. I mean, seriously… the survivors of Titanic have just …
Continue ReadingShadowlaw: Action and Alternate History Melded Seamlessly
When I interviewed television and comic writer Brandon Easton in October about his upcoming graphic novel Shadowlaw, I was intrigued by his description of an alternate history where the Catholic Church has taken over control of the world, supposedly to …
Continue ReadingAbraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith’s mashup of zombies and classics was a hoot in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Next, Grahame-Smith wrote Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Finally, it’s explained that when young Lincoln discovers his mother’s death was caused by a supernatural predator, he begins a lifelong vendetta against vampires and their slave-owning allies. The story is revealed through a […]
Continue ReadingReview: The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice
Anne Rice is probably best know for The Vampire Chronicles series which drew legions of fans into the realm of vampires and demons and things that go bump in the night. Her vampires do not sparkle, nor pretend to be teenagers. They roam the earth killing where they see fit, sometimes the vilest of humans, […]
Continue ReadingTo See Underworld: Awakening Or Not?
The first Underworld movie came out way back in 2003 and I couldn’t wait to get to the theater and see it’s blood-soaked goodness. Just watching the previews, with the guns and the snazzy leather outfits and the angry vampire chick kicking butt, I knew it was a movie I had to see and it lived up […]
Continue ReadingStar Trek and Star Wars Icons Battle
Thank you George Takei for offering to broker star peace the good ol’ space way, by identifying an even greater threat.
Continue ReadingI Survived Twilight
My favorite creatures in the supernatural realm are vampires. It’s not a new thing, but an old thing that started way back when Interview with a Vampire hit theaters in 1994. I don’t know why that movie got my attention because, until that moment, I hated all manner of spooky creatures and things that go […]
Continue ReadingThe Twilight of the Muppets?
Apparently the folks marketing the upcoming movie The Muppets have decided they aren’t completely done with parodies, even if they’re not making the video kind at the moment. They’ve just released the “Muppet Saga” posters, which are ever-so-slightly reminiscent of …
Continue ReadingReview of The Whisper Jar by Carole Lanham
This past Halloween weekend, I spent my nights engrossed in a book of short stories that was well-written, intriguing, and surprisingly, incredibly hard to put down. The Whisper Jar, by author Carole Lanham, speaks to the little kid in us grown-up GeekMoms that still like fairy tales, but with a deliciously wicked and weird […]
Continue ReadingTop 10 Reasons It Sucks to Be a Vampire (Pun Intended)
It ain’t easy for a vamp out there, and here’s 10 reasons why.
Continue ReadingThe Church Versus Vampires in Shadowlaw
When a friend approached me about the possibility of interviewing Brandon Easton about his new graphic novel, Shadowlaw, and described it as priests versus vampires, well, that was too enticing to turn down. The Catholic Church, which teaches to repress …
Continue ReadingCuddly and Lovable Monsters to Snuggle
Do you need a stuffed doll to hug while you are watching The Walking Dead? Of course you do! A few weeks ago, we checked out Stuffless.com. There we picked up Dead Ted. Dead Ted is a stuffed zombie that …
Continue ReadingTonight: Michael J. Fox and Michael Douglas Join Phineas and Ferb’s Halloween Episode!
Watching a new episode of Phineas and Ferb is, of course, always a great time. But when they do a Halloween-themed episode, it’s even better, and the new one tonight is even more fun than the ones from previous years. Not …
Continue ReadingBreaking Dawn: Counting Down
Words escape me on this one. I came in late to the game but devoured the Twilight books in about two weeks. I can’t say that Stephenie Meyer is a great writer, but she can certainly write a compelling story. This trailer raises one big question for me: Where will part one end and part […]
Continue ReadingUndead and Undermined by MaryJanice Davidson – The Ending Will Make You Come Back for More
I’m a big fan of MaryJanice Davidson’s Undead Series of books. These books follow the adventures of Betsy, once a laid-off secretary living in Minnesota, until she is run over by an Aztek on her 30th birthday. She wakes up a vampire and all sorts of wacky adventures ensue. So when Undead and Undermined, the […]
Continue ReadingAngel: He’s Just Like Us!
If you’re a Buffy fan and pining for more – you’re in luck! Angel has been keeping himself quite busy since the demise of the show, and you can share in his adventures! Angel Does Stuff RELATED: This is Brilliant. ALSO RELATED: I can’t stop laughing at this blog. Thanks to @lizlet for pointing me […]
Continue ReadingHow To Get Laid in Every RPG Session
I refer to role-playing, not actually having sex with your fellow gamers (unless it’s a whole different kind of role-playing group.) I played a character for about a year that had had sex every single gaming session (not alone), and you can do it too! I did not set out to make such a stud, […]
Continue ReadingDeck-Building Bares Its Teeth in Nightfall
Overview: A permanent darkness has fallen over the earth, and with it have come the creatures of the night: vampires and werewolves, as well as the hunters who stalk them. Nightfall is deck-building with a vengeance — the goal is …
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