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Post by dem bones on Nov 4, 2012 19:42:13 GMT
Gabrielle Podova (ed.) - Vamps #1 (Seattle, 1990) Gabrielle Podova Strictly minimalist! Twelve pages (one blank) comprising a welcome note, Kelli' Cross's review of Interview With The Vampire (she liked it), plea for submissions, goodbye and editor/ illustrator Gabrielle's three-page short, Wednesday Night, August 26th: A grey old man, little more than a bag of bones held together by a rain-mac, intervenes on behalf of the narrator when she's jumped by a group of wino's in a shop doorway. Eric Held (ed.) - Vampire Information Exchange Newsletter (Brooklyn, New York, 1978 - ?) I'm not sure what happened to Vamps - it possibly changed format and title with the next issue - but Eric Held's VIEN ran for years and, for all I know, he might still be at it. Theme issues were his speciality: The return of Dark Shadows (Feb. 1991), Marty Riccardo (April 1991), a tedious "vampire" hoax in a London cemetery (September & November, 1984), the 'Prez' of the Count Dracula Fan Club (December 1991: another Christmas ruined), & so on & so on. Eric and his readers also compiled a useful Bibliography Of Vampire Fact & Fiction (Nov. 1989) Cranston McMillan - Kontinental X #9 (Also Press, May 2012) Fast-forward to this year, and, in the wake of his death, Cranston of Kontinental Press published a Jonathan Frid tribute special (issue #9, May 2012), including article's on Frid's brief (four flicks) post- Dark Shadows movie career and the 'Marilyn Ross' Barnabus & Quentin series for Paperback Library. ****** Recently exhumed from the black spots and death threats that comprise the bride and me's treasure trove of vampire ephemera, this fulsome tribute to our fanzine, circa 1993. Dear Demented (How Appropriate!)
You can rant, belittle, sully, attack, disparage, slander, squeal and OINK for as long as you please. But there's just no way you can blacken the name of The International C*u*t D**cula F** Club.
Little pipsqueaks like you are, unfortunately, a by-product and minor annoyance of any successful organization. But let's face it. You ain't no match for this winning team and I do mean The International C*u*t D**cula F** Club.
So go right ahead! Do your worst. We're only wondering how long it will take you to realise it's a no-win sit-com for the DEMENTED. (Und we know who your friends are).
Captain B. J. The International C*u*t D**cula F** Club.Ah, what a jolly time we all had of it back in the day!
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Post by dem bones on Nov 5, 2012 21:44:20 GMT
about as far from the cut, paste and photocopy school as you can get, yet somehow it feels like it belongs here ... Louis Ravenscroft (ed.) Bloodstone #4 (Dark Angel Press, Oct. 1999) Includes Louis Ravenscroft - Editorial Vampire Intelligence - Global Newsdesk Louisianax Caliban - Catherine de Medici: Diabolist or Scapegoat? Immortals Illustrated (Buffy, Angel, Purgatori & Co. graphic novels Media Vamps Eileen Dury Louisianax Caliban - Circles Of Destiny: Crop Glyphs As Messengers Of Fate Bloody Problems The Lady Raven's Vampiriscope Duncan Gutteridge Gallery Derek Johnston - Max Schreck: A Man Named Terror Louisianax Caliban - Vamps: Dark Goddesses of the Silver Screen Louisianax Caliban - Travelogue: Paris Jean Rollins: King Of The Vampires (Interview) French Dressing: The Girls Of Jean Rollins Theatre des Vampires Blood Lust (regular Vampire porno round-up) Surreal Inspiration (Vampire Art) Blood Lines (Readers' letters) Celuloid Corpuscles: Film Reviews Tenebrous Tomes: Book Reviews Symphonies Nocturnes: Music Reviews Ten Questions ... with A Countess Biographer, Michel Parry.A milestone issue in that vampire entrepreneur Mr. Ravenscroft has finally achieved his life's ambition. Yes, according to Bloodstone's Global Newsdesk, the man who put the 'c' in "controversy!" has been "banned", or rather, In Blood We Lust, a proposed anthology of erotic fiction, has been. Sort of. Apparently, Redwood Books, who'd originally undertaken the project, reneged at the last moment with the immortal words "we don't want to print this." Mr. Ravenscroft, as you can imagine, is incandescent. The situation even warrants a paragraph-length Bloodstone Comment: " In Blood We Lust ran into problems because of its erotic art content, overuse of the words 'fuck', 'c***' and doubtless a number of lesser expletives, and because its content deals with blood, sex and death - all very taboo subjects!", etc.). Two columns of "We live in a Democratic country .... this is censorship on an unprecedented scale" histrionics later, and we learn that In Blood We Lust has, in fact, gone to press, but "buy it before they ban it completely". Thirteen years on and, ain't it always the way, 'they' still haven't lifted a finger against the book, and don't know why, but I still can't be arsed to read it. In Blood We Lust: The Filth and the Fury! That said, of the three super-slick issues of Bloodstone i've seen, #4 is the one i found of most interest. Personal picks include Derek Johnson's short but sweet celebration of mystery man Max Schreck: the unattributed (Louis ?) feature on Theatre Des Vampires, Italy's premier goth metal fetish vamp rockers: Michel Parry in the hot seat for the regular "Ten Questions" interrogation: and Louisianax's reviews, notably that of Kathleen Ramsland's investigation into missing journalist Susan Walsh, Piercing The Darkness. Thanks to H. P. Saucecraft for kindly donating this copy
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Post by dem bones on Nov 7, 2012 12:00:29 GMT
... and another kindly dedicated to the cause by H. P. Saucecraft ... Arlene Russo (ed.) - Bite Me #5 (Glasgow, 2001) Donna Ricci: photographed by Ashley Fontenot Includes: Editorial Vampire News Buried Alive!: Read our special feature on one of our oldest and greatest fears. New Blood: Imminent Vampire films. The Great Science Ghost Hunt: Find out the results of one of the largest investigations into ghost behaviour. Rise of the Gothic Supermodel: See more of our lovely cover girl! Unscene: People & Events New York Stories: A Vampire Director's Tale: Director Kevin J. Lindenmuth tells us about his underground movies from Vampirez and Other Stereotypes to Slay the Buffed Vampire. How to become a werewolf: So exactly how easy is it to become a part time wolf man? Our top ten ways to wolfdom should help you! On the Trail of The Green Children of Woolpit Conversations with the Vampire Expert: Scott Stets interviews Raymond T. McNally. Read all about the man who first put Vlad the Impaler and Dracula together. The Maggot Man: Dr. Mark Benecke provides the lowdown on all you ever wanted to know about autopsies bugs and corpses. Behind the Screams: Blood from Mummy's Tomb: Jonathan Sothcott takes us behind the scenes of one of Hammer Horror's most underrated shockers. On the prowl: Arlene Russo loose in Edinburgh's most haunted vaults Reviews First Writes: New Authors Vampire Author Interview: Nancy Kilpatrick: Interview with the award winning Vampire Author DirectoryLaunched the same year as Bloodstone and in many ways its feel-good alternative, Bite Me ran for twenty issues, outlasting it's rival by the best part of a decade. Editor Arlene Russo even landed a proper book deal through her efforts, John Blake publishing Vampire Nation (2005), a guide to Bloodsucking in Britain with much emphasis on the contemporary scene, including a series of interviews with 'real' vampires, blood fetishists and the occasional disturbed person (Think a mid-noughties update on Rosemary Ellen Guiley's Vampires Among Us and Carol Page's Blood Lust and you're getting the picture). Robert James-Leake, late curator of the Dracula Society Museum, once said of vampire fans, "I try to keep explanations short. Their attention spans aren't very long", and Arlene & friends clearly took note. The abundance of visuals makes for a treat on the eye, but the articles sometimes tend toward the flimsy, over just as you're just starting to get into them. That said, it's a very enjoyable issue, personal favourite bits would include cover girl Donna Ricci on her most disturbing encounter with a fan; A too brief chat with Dr. Jan Bondeson concerning the horrors of premature burial; Jonathan Sothcott's three pages detailing the making of Blood From The Mummy's Tomb, Dr. Mark Benecke, forensic entomologist, on - among other things - training an octopus to unscrew a glass jar to get at it's dinner: and the following exchange between Scott Stets and a preternaturally compliant Dr. Raymond T. McNally: "Did you find any vampires during your exploration in Transylvania in search of Vlad Tepes?" "Well, first of all, a vampire is a walking corpse that's come back. I personally, did not meet such a person."
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Post by andydecker on Nov 7, 2012 12:29:29 GMT
Rare Dracula Poster? How can a poster in such a magazine be ... Never mind Interesting. I never knew that there was such a big a market for that topic. Maybe I should get out more. I seem to remember that we also have such goth magazines on the newsstand, but I am not sure. This scene seems to be a hobby for young people.
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Post by DemonSpawn on Nov 7, 2012 21:10:49 GMT
Hmm. I collect old paperbacks. Can I collect old magazines as well? Cos I wouldn't mind a look at that one (Bite Me).
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Post by dem bones on Nov 8, 2012 23:21:11 GMT
Hmm. I collect old paperbacks. Can I collect old magazines as well? Cos I wouldn't mind a look at that one (Bite Me). You might still be able to pick up back issues via the Bite Me website. "There used to be 15. Now there are only two. And soon there will be none. Once upon a time vampire lifestyle societies thrived (goes on to list a number of Britain's defunct outfits) .... one by one they faded." - Arlene Russo, Vampire Nation (John Blake, 2005). It was the same with the stand alone fanzine's: the majority - certainly the ones I liked - were R.I.P. by the mid-nineties, but there were a few new titles in the wake of the Tom Cruise- Interview With A Vampire hype, among them Vanda L. Mills' The Demeter circa 1995. "I did it because I thought nothing else was going on." the remaining Vanda L. Mills (ed.) - The Demeter X (Whitby Dracula Experience Society, 1996) Tisha De Coe Brian Stableford continues with his quest to establish a world record for 'exclusive interviews' to Vampire publications. Valentina Nightingale interviews Hollywood Goth rockers London After Midnight, front-man Lord Sean Brennan moaning about how their British tour is attracting minuscule audiences. Short fiction by The Mistress of Pain & Pleasure (i]The Admiral[/i]), Lunai ( The Light Of Death), and Holly Flaxton ( Dracula on Stage). A decent production job, but the remaining content is so lightweight it makes Vamps look like Dr Paul Barber's Vampires, Burial & Death. Vanda L. Mills (ed.) - The Demeter XI (Whitby Dracula Experience Society, 1997) Uncredited, but another P. White light-box effort by the looks of it. Dr. Blood meets Ingrid Pitt, enjoys a 'fangtastic journey' to Legendary & Romantic Cornwall, and reviews The Craft, the Xmas 'Terrorvision schedule', plus James Herbert's '48. Elsewhere, An Interview with Jan Davidson of Down Your Ward Productions on his interview with Christopher Lee (!) and Valentina Nightingale short fiction Speed Freak. Vanda L. quit as editor after this one to be replaced by Jo & Angel, but on the evidence of the relaunch issue (May 1997) it was still business as usual, with the indefatigable Valentina Nightingale, Dr. Blood, and the late Holly Flaxton providing the spadework.
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Post by cplmarr on Feb 9, 2015 9:23:48 GMT
Phill White produced the cover art for the CRIMSON fanzines. I always thought they were great, especially the latter issues.
I used to write book reviews and the occasional article for it in the Gothic Ripples section. I had to give it up in 1998 when my daughter was born and there just wasn't time (or energy) to continue. Sadly CRIMSON and Thee Vampire Guild ceased not long after as Phill went on to other things, notably his band Narcissus Pool. Somewhere I still have an almost? complete collection of CRIMSON and some issues of the DEMETER - the Whitby Dracula Society fanzine.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 9, 2015 10:21:47 GMT
Phill White produced the cover art for the CRIMSON fanzines. I always thought they were great, especially the latter issues. I used to write book reviews and the occasional article for it in the Gothic Ripples section. I had to give it up in 1998 when my daughter was born and there just wasn't time (or energy) to continue. Sadly CRIMSON and Thee Vampire Guild ceased not long after as Phill went on to other things, notably his band Narcissus Pool. Somewhere I still have an almost? complete collection of CRIMSON and some issues of the DEMETER - the Whitby Dracula Society fanzine. Hi cpl Think I've kept all the 'Crimsons' up to around #16 or so, after which my subscription lapsed or something. Were you writing for them at the time? Its amazing how many vampire publications came and went over the 1989-99 period - this thread is nowhere near comprehensive and even Mick Mercer's mighty The Hex Files couldn't catch everything.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 19, 2015 23:14:13 GMT
So I dug out a stack of Crimson's, seventeen in all, might come back to them later. In the meantime, here's the very impressive first issue of - Tammy Pond (ed) - Nightmist #1 (New York, Spring 1991) Chad Savage Tammy Pond & Josef Drathmore - Editorial: Out Of The Mist. The trials and tribulations of publishing.Fiction: Lisa Baglini - Equus Vampyre "Do you believe in vampyres? How about a horse?". Allen J. Gittens - Killer Instinct "A mugger gets far more than he bargained for ..."Cat Tenebrae - Mother Stands For Comfort "Nothing beats a mother's love ..."Verse: Martin V. Riccardo - Lilith's Embrace Lisa Baglini - A Vampire's Sad Love Song Rene Bolster - Night IIDepartments: Announcements & News Pen Pal Connections Nancy Kilpatrick, Marty Riccardo, Allen J. Gittens, Chad Savage, Lewis Sanders, Kiirenza Lockhorn, Raistlin, Janice Ross, Katherine X Rylien, Ruth M. Stacksteder, Lee Scott, Tawney on their favourite/ least favourite vampire novels, movies, etc. Classifieds & AdsArtists: Chad Savage, Dell Harris, Lisa Baglini and Janine.Its apparent from the first that some thought and possibly even some money (!) went into Shadow Of The Night's Nightmist. In terms of production values and quality material, theirs is possibly the slickest début issue to appear on this thread. Its such a shame that the only anthology of vampire fan fiction I'm aware of is Louis Ravenscroft's "It's been banned, I tell you!" In Blood We Lust when there was enough decent stuff about at home, in Europe and especially the States to make for an exciting and representative "Best of[/i] selection. The following three would all be in with a shout. Allen J. Gittens - Killer Instinct: Jason Wilde, roadie, failed punk drummer, mugger and rapist, lurks by the stage door outside the Astoria (RIP) in Charing Cross Road, awaiting tonight's lovely victims. Jason loathes Goth music, and to make matters worse, tonight's head-liners, Vourdalak, are poncey vampire-wannabes with a synth! The audience, though, are a different proposition. Jason's no bender but even he admits some of the guys are beautiful, and the girls! Eventually the crowd pour out. Jason stalks a gorgeous couple through the Soho side-streets, knife at the ready. This will be a cinch! Lisa Baglini Lisa Baglini - Equus Vampyre: "A hideous creature it was, with claws for fingers, empty eye sockets, grime and maggots in its hair, blood stains all over its muddy, filthy body, and two razor sharp eye teeth protruding from its grinning mouth." . First read this story (and Ms Baglini's poem) in the first issue of Nocturnal Ecstasy which appeared at roughly the same time, and it's remarkably gory stuff! Truly this young woman was the anti-Christine Pullein-Thompson! A trio of proper, nasty vampire's attack a barn, tearing mares and foals to pieces and gorging on their blood. Elcazar the Arabian stallion survives but he's in a bad way, the farm owner fears he'll die within hours and so it proves. But the vampire's bite has done its deadly worst, which is awful news for a kindly old night-watchman and the couple camping in a neighbouring field ... Cat Tenebrae - Mother Stands For Comfort: Tanith has been undead for two years but, unlike her vampire lover, Lucian, drinks only what she needs from her victims, having killed once and hated herself ever since. But can a vampire afford the luxury of a conscience? Tonight's dish (Tanith specialises in young women) realises what's up and raises the alarm. Which of them will walk away from this sticky situation? Not sure I realised it at the time, but many of the short stories published in the vampire zines pack as much teenage/ early twenties angst as the Shangri-La's very beautiful Greatest Hits album. Maybe that was the initial appeal. I certainly had no interest in reading about Anne Rice, Bram Stoker's Dracula and the like, that's for sure.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 20, 2015 15:32:51 GMT
From the swish and glossy to something a little more rudimentary. Lewis Sanders (ed) - Miss Lucy Westenra Society Of The Undead Newsletter #1 (Jackson, Tenn., June 1989) Cover illustration uncredited, possibly by Ray Schmitz who contributed "a generous amount of artwork."Lewis, aka Lucy's Keeper, also edited and produced The Red Pagoda: A Journal of Haiku, so no surprise to find an abundance of verse in the first Lucyzine. 30 pages, nine of them devoted to Leonard R. N. Ashley's scholarly article Tetrodotoxin: Have They Found The Secret Of The Zombies?. Unfortunately, much of the remainder is swallowed up by advertisements for COUNT DRACULA FAN CLUB merchandise, plus the mandatory Tribute To "The Prez." Scattered amidst the product placement, haiku and poetry by Elizabeth Hillman, Janet Oz ("I enjoy working at and for THE COUNT DRACULA FAN CLUB, writing poetry, and going to the movies. In that order."), James La Pointe, John W. Stock, Dr. Beth Gruber, Barbara La Borde (" ... is the mother-in-law of Dr. Beth Gruber and a member of THE COUNT DRACULA FAN CLUB"), Carl Brennan, Steven R. Skorich, and the editor. Artwork by Ray Schmitz, Bucky and a very sweet scribble of a coffin "courtesy of Naja at THE COUNT DRACULA FAN CLUB." A $10 subscription entitled you to a membership certificate, 3-4 newsletters per year, free ad space when available, and a MISS LUCY PEN. Let's just say there were way worse deals - and zines - on offer at the time and leave it at that.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 21, 2015 11:44:28 GMT
A clutch of Crimsons Phillip White (ed.) - Crimson #5 (Portland, Dorset, Jan 1991) To my mind at least this is the pick of the early issues and that mainly for the six pages devoted to the alleged Tarrant Valley Vampire. The gist seems to be this. In 1786, William Doggett, a steward at Eastbury House, commits suicide amidst rumours that he's been swindling his ailing master. Following his death, there are several reported sightings of a disconsolate apparition (distinguishing features: take your pick from a wig, the yellow ribbons tying his breeches, a face all bloody and ghastly, etc. Sometimes he is reported as the lone passenger of a spectral coach-and-four - headless driver optional - at others, he alone manipulates selfsame ghostly conveyance). In 1845, during restoration work at St. Marys church, Doggett's tomb is discovered beneath the porch. But for the bullet wound in his head the corpse is in pristine condition, and even the ribbons tethering his legs are immaculately preserved. That can only mean ....!!!!! Peter Underwood makes some kind of case for Doggett-as-Undead in his typically entertaining The Vampires Bedside Companion (L. Frewin, 1975), but other researchers - notably Keith B. Poole ( Britain's Haunted Heritage, Guild 1988) - can find no evidence to suggest his suicide sparked a "vampire epidemic." If anything, its just another run of the mill haunting. There was something of the Typhoid Mary about a second Dorset Vampire, the Black Lady of Durweston, who reputedly appeared to children from a door in the wall which enclosed the rectory. None who saw her survived a year. Haunting terminated only on intervention of the local Bishop, who performed an exorcism. It is all a bit vague. There is a dispute as to when all this was supposed to have taken place "nineteenth century", "medieval times" ... Much of the rest of #5 is devoted to a short story, Live, wherein another thoroughly obnoxious bully is terminated by a vampire. In this case its Rat, a disillusioned punk turned filthy drop out who hates music and only attends gigs to inflict misery on the audience. A stark naked vampire babe interrupts him while he's taking a piss and you know from that moment its all over bar the screams. Issue also includes a short tribute to Klaus Kinski, Marty Riccardo's report on the Chicago Vampire Circus (featuring Dark Theater, The Wake, and Lestat), and, with Feb 14th on the horizon, a vampire valentine poem by the phenomenally prolific 'J.' **** Phillip White (ed.) - Crimson #9 (Portland, Dorset, June 1993) As you'll have realised from the cover, a Br*m St*ker's D**cula special, with editorial, movie review, press release and related gossip accounting for much of the page count. Personal highlight of the issue is an article by Phaedra Kelly in which the author proposes testing the soil beneath a certain W. Yorks folly to establish whether or not a popular folk hero has indeed turned vampire. Elsewhere you'll find original fiction ( Dream On) and verse ( The Ballad Of Vampire Staking: Part III) courtesy of the omnipresent 'J', and The Top Ten Vampire Novels - As voted by "Thee Guild."
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Post by dem bones on Mar 4, 2015 16:43:12 GMT
Fire (ed.) - Poison Coffin VI (Princess Risborough, 1994). This is the issue that came with a free packet of Swizzles Parma Violets taped to the cover which certainly told The Velvet Vampyre's annual calendar pull-out where to get off. A small few of the publications featured on these pages have dated badly, but not so Poison Coffin. That it makes little sense in 2015 works to its advantage when you consider nobody understood a word of it in 1994 either. Even now the claustrophobic anti-layout and jet-black artwork makes its difficult to work out if you're reading a goth mag or taking the Rorschach test. But stare at it for long enough and gradually you discern fragments of article. Gothic fashions. Part II. Legwear, a problem page, cartoons ( Barney The Bat was a regular), poetry (by Raymond Wilson, Moth, and Darlene 'Nocturnal Esctasy' Daniels), 'Horrorscopes' (of the "when the moon is in Uranus" variety but somehow, infinitely worse), a problem page and capsule reviews. Featured bands are Dronning Maud Land, The Prophetess and (takes me back) the very talented Corpus Delecti. They had one more issue in them - a celebration of the first Whitby Goth weekend - and then the poisonous ones were no more.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 5, 2015 20:39:48 GMT
John Madracki (ed.) - Vourdalak 1/ Cancer Chronicles 6 (Bolton, Summer 1994) Female Vampires On Film: The Carmilla Trilogy (Katherine Haynes (ed.) Voices From The Vaults, Dracula Society, 1992/3) The Scarlet Countess: Countess Dracula & Daughters Of DarknessThe HungerThe Curse Of Frankenstein: Lugosi's LotProfile: Peter Cushing (Katherine Haynes (ed.) Voices From The Vaults, Dracula Society, 1992/3) Vampyrs Revisited (Steve Jeffery & Vikki Lee France (eds.), Inception, 1993) Editorial"Unfortunately the fashionable mores of today seem unavoidable and this humanizing process is such that its only a matter of time before this once terrible monster is taken aside and given a pinny and a potato peeler." Prescient, or what? That's Mr. Madracki, lamenting the vogue for "sympathetic" vampires which was already showing signs of getting out of hand. The lycanthrope, he suggests, is less likely to suffer similar humiliation because "as a sexual figure, the werewolf has somewhat limited appeal" Try telling that the Paranormal Romancers. Vourdalak 1/ Cancer Chronicles 6 was two mags in one over twelve pages, all of it written by the editor. Nine pages of Vourdalak 'female vampire film review special', just the three devoted to an editorial for his his regular "egozine", TCC. And "egozine" just about covers it. Said editorial finds Mr. M. mourning his unhappy lot from the cradle to recent brush with the grave. It's completely at odds with the up-beat movie reviews and would be completely unpalatable were it not for the odd spasm of gallows humour. "While I was waiting to go into the theatre the surgeon in charge came over and introduced himself. He then looked at my notes, read out my name and said, "So you're the SF fan I've heard about. What do you think of Harlan Ellison?" I was so taken aback by this that I had no time to think before I told him what I really thought. In no uncertain terms. The doctor paused. "He's a friend of my brother-in-law", he said ruefully, and left the room without another word. Leaving me very nervous indeed. A word to the wise - never give a forthright opinion to someone who is just about to take a scalpel to your groin." Mr. Madracki also edited Marzatax (from my small understanding, an SF-orientated The Cancer Chronicles) and a plethora of "apazines' (no idea) with titles like Nipperkin and Mumpsimus, which read like a print compilation of garrulous tweets!
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Post by dem bones on Mar 6, 2015 18:40:13 GMT
Phill White (ed.) - Crimson 13 (Summer, 1995) Chad Savage Phill White - A Cry From Castle Crimson (Editorial)
Holly Flaxton - The Nosferatu Complex Phaedra Kelly - Dark Wisdom/ Action And Reaction (verse) Pheonix Hitch - This Corrosion Teresa White - We Do Exist Holly Flaxton - Untitled (verse) J. - A Friend In Need The Masked Avenger - A Theory (verse) Janice Vaughan Tanner - Forever Holly Flaxton - The Feast Of Blood (verse) Clare Coles - The World According To .... J - In Love (verse) D. F. Lewis - Synergies Holly & J Flaxton - Speak His Name Soft
Dracula: York Theatre Royal Taking a leaf from Allen J. Gittens' For The Blood Is The Life, Crimson presented a special issue, in their case an all fiction affair (subscribers who had no wish to receive it were provided an opt-out clause). Wish fulfilment, early twenties angst and raspberry blowing at tragic Van Helsing wannabes very much the order of the day. Surprising low on erotic content. Holly Flaxton - The Nosferatu Complex: Dr. Porter confides in fellow member of Oxford Streets Phenomena Club, that such is his pathological hatred of vampires, he was even prepared to stake his own daughter, Rebecca, who'd come home flaunting the Devil's love bite. "You didn't go through with it?", asks a suitably horrified Robert McFinigan, who already knows the answer. Dr. Porter ensures him that next it will be the turn of the fiend who corrupted her. As the poor mad medic sets out into the street chasing shadows, McFinigan ruefully reflects that discretion was never Rebecca's forte. Pheonix Hitch - This Corrosion: Seb has his heart set on immortality, but Melanie refuses to bestow the dark gift on account of he's too stupid. This is demonstrably true, but he's also unswerving in his purpose, which proves fatal to them both. The goriest story by some distance. Sadly, the young author, like her vampire, was not much longer for this life. Teresa White - We Do Exist: An "urban vampire" deigns to address we mere mortals from atop his or her lofty pedestal, their motivation? To set the record straight. Vampires are not bloated, foul-smelling animated corpses - that's just disgusting propaganda manufactured by the self-serving clowns who profess to hunt them. Rather they are refined, sensitive, cultured individuals who like nightclubs and Goths, and never feed from their "fans." Also, vampires don't, as a rule, kill or even harm their victims. J. - A Friend In Need: Wisecracking narrator reluctantly accompanies geeky best pal Marvin on a vampire hunt, if only to prove to the cretin once and for all that they don't f**k**g exist! Longest story at 3½ pages. Lots of exclamation marks!!! Janice Vaughan Tanner - Forever: Unable to live without his dead bride, he sits in the car waiting for the carbon monoxide fumes to overcome him. But the girl he loved has become VAMPYRE and her kiss grants immortality. Together forever at last. Clare Coles - The World According To ....: Two "vampire murders" in quick succession, both committed in lonely graveyards. A professional folklorist throws in her lot with the police to ensure the perpetrator is caught before he can do any real harm. D. F. Lewis - Synergies: A story that dares asked the question: does every vampire society founder have something nasty stuffed up the back of his or her corsets? Donald reflects on his stint as the Society of Vampires membership secretary and mag editor in the months leading up to the bizarre death of its founder, and self-styled genuine article, Hilda. Holly & J Flaxton - Speak His Name Soft: At last Major Chivers, "the world's most famous vampire killer" has that fang-faced abomination Brewster at his mercy! Professional as ever, Chivers offers his beaten adversary a painless final death in return for the name of his master. He's behind you!
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Post by dem bones on May 16, 2018 10:45:34 GMT
Ann Hoyt & Frances Nordan (eds.) - Realm Of The Vampire #1 (Full Moon Publications, Los Angeles: Fall/ Winter 1992) Enter Freely: Introduction Contributors Of The Realm Gravely Speaking (Letters column) Ann Hoyt & Sharida Rizzuto - Vampires At Large: News
Articles: Debra Weaver - Peter Kuerten: Gentleman Vampire Sharida Rizzuto - House Of Death Sharida Rizzuto - Nocturnal Interview: Frances Nordan Sharida Rizzuto & Debra Weaver - Blood Notes (reviews)
Poetry & Tales From The Mausoleum:
Fiction: Trevor A. Freeman - Abracadabra Hugh Knox - Sylvestre Departs Don Wilkie - Circe's Victim Carl Perrin - Kiss Of The Vampire Stephen McGloughlin - Those Eyes
Poetry contributors from Richard David Behrens, Michael G. Bettridge, Jeff Colburn, Patrick Hafer, Donna F. Hammett, Johnny Hartner, C. David Hay, Victor Klein, Peter Layton, W. Adam Mandelbaum Esq., Kim L..Neidigh, Edward Petty, Holli Waters.
Classified Artwork: Stacey Alexander, Marvin Jenkins, Midnite, Leilah Wendell Trevor A. Freeman - Abracadabra: The young vampire fan's equivalent of the Sea Monkeys craze ("Own a BOWLFULL OF HAPPINESS - Instant PETS")+. Requires adult supervision. Don Wilkie - Circe's Victim: "Vampyre was a state-of-the-art machine, one he had never seen before. The rear panel displayed a lurid picture of a big-breasted, seductive woman surrounded by a pile of her victims. Her fangs and fingernails were long and sharp, and her sexy costume was sleek and slinky. Jack had encountered hundreds of pinball machines with the same look, designed as if to cater for his sexual fantasies. He liked every one of them, too." When Denise's bitching gets too much for him, Jack, an aged hippie, hits Milltown's pinball parlours to escape the misery for several hours. Wandering the Riverside slum district, he hits on a new venue, Circe's Lair, "Open after dark." He kills a few hours in a bar where the landlord and a religious crank warn him to give the pinball joint a wide berth, but his minds made up. What are they so sore about, anyhow? Turns out the place has a machine he's not played before and Ashley, the impossibly glamorous assistant, is most accommodating. Hugh Knox - Sylvestre Departs: A vampire who preyed upon women and children is doomed to nightly wander the forest and bore complete strangers rigid with his rancid reminiscences. Carl Perrin - Kiss Of The Vampire: Professors Frederick and Elaine Stulpin and Angelica, their pot-smoking assistant, travel to the South Coast of Haiti to investigate a suspected outbreak of vampirism. Frederick once staked an Undead in Russia and claims to know more about the subject than any living man. Jean Larivieres and daughter, descendants of Baron Samedi, are as concerned as anyone at the recent reign of terror and generously open toe doors of their mansion to the trio for the brief duration of their stay. Stephen McGloughlin - Those Eyes: Tim Morril, ace reporter on The Globe, investigates San Francisco's recent 'vampire' murder spree. The Police suspect there may be more than one killer involved, and they are right. A battered Morill narrowly escapes the bloodsucking mob by throwing himself off Bay Bridge into a convenient rowing boat. It's not ideal, sharing with a corpse, but anything to get away from those things ... Ann Hoyt & Frances Nordan (eds.) - Realm Of The Vampire #2 (Full Moon Publications, Los Angeles: Spring/ Summer, 1993) Karen Cella: Calligraphy Marge Simon Enter Freely: Intoduction Contributors Of The Realm Gravely Speaking (Letters column) Ann Hoyt & Sharida Rizzuto - Vampires At Large: News Sharida Rizzuto - Blood Notes (Reviews)
Articles: Anne Marie Guarino - Nicholas Knight: A New And Improved Vampire For The 90's D. Beecher Smith - The Dracula-Bathory Feud: A Theory On The Origin Of The Vampire Myth
Poetry & Tales From The Mausoleum
Fiction: Kim Elizabeth - Not The Night T.A. Freeman - No Artificial Additives Frances Nordan - Necropolis: Or, How Not To Make Love To A Vampire Lollie Rogers - The Sun Never Rises
Poetry contributors ‑ Charles Antoni, Margarita Perez Beltran, John Binns, Cathy Buburuz, Holly Day, Kim Elizabeth, Jon Christopher Gernon, Tanda Graham, Donna F. Hammett, Jayne Harris, Eric Heisserer, Peter Layton, Linda Ostrander, Edward Petty, Andre Scheluchin, Marilyn Shea, D. Beecher Smith, Lori Steinberg, Michael Tetrault, Holli Waters, Leilah Wendell, David L. Winters
Artwork: Chris Friend, Jim Garrison, Marvin Jenkins, Doni A. Lazenby, Jesse Marotta, Midnite, Bill Reames, Leilah Wendell & copyright free clip artRealm Of The Vampire also produced a regular 12 page newsletter comprised of vampire-interest press cuttings. Anne Rice items predominate, though several film and theatre reviews, plus features on the Westgate Gallery, Norine Dresser's American Vampires, Carol Page's Blood Lust & Co.
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