Count Taka and the Vampire Brides

Author: C. R. Chancy
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781533466389
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 374

Book Description
Welcome, traveler, to wild Tramontana! Here you will find snowclad mountains, roaring rivers, vast caves perhaps never seen before by mortal man! Here the strong Horses of Night roam the mountainsides - perhaps you can tame one to ride with your charms. Here the shepherds call to the long-fleeced sheep, the sheep to their sweet lambs - and you can find true telemea, the softest and freshest of cheese, in the gift shop, herb-flavored, a dozen special varieties- Eh? You're not here for the gift shop? Ah, the cameras, of course! Forgive me, most of the photographers we see head straight for the ski lifts. Or the whitewater. Yet there's so much more to Tramontana! The healthy farmers bringing in the hay, the soaring churches, the wild gypsy dancers - you must dance with the gypsies - and Raven Castle! Oh, there's a place of history... and mystery. It held the line against the Turks, they say, and the ancient lords rooted out all manner of uncanny beings... or bargained with them. Have you heard the rumors? That Count Herodes has ruled from that castle for over a hundred years? True, I tell you, all true! ...Monsters don't exist, eh? Well, well, take your photographs, and we'll see! But you must visit the castle. The Blood Moon is coming, yes, and they say that's when vampire lords can take a Bride! Other years have come and gone with no new lady in the castle, but this year... oh, you should hear Mistral sing the omens! A lass with your modesty and charms- What's that? Ah, temper, temper; location shots, yes, I see. Which way to the castle... there are maps in the gift shop, and tour schedules - but we can do better than that! Why, we'll escort you there ourselves, no trouble at all, I insist- Ooof. That's a feisty one! Well, she's packed off now. The other Brides should have some interesting weeks.... Mihail? What do you mean, Kae's not a girl's name? ...Oops. (Vampire with annoying relatives meets photographer with terrifying relatives. Hilarity Ensues.)

The Vampire Brides

Author: Erica Farber
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679873600
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
The Vampire Brides will do whatever it takes to make Dracul Duck their dancing partner--forever!

Vampire Brides

Author: Erica Farber
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780606120319
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 71

Book Description
The vampire brides are enraged when their dancing partner for life, Great Uncle Dracul Duck, goes to Critter Falls for a dance contest.

The Skeleton Count

Author: Elizabeth Caroline Grey
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513223887
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20

Book Description
The Skeleton Count, or The Vampire Mistress (1828) is a penny dreadful by Elizabeth Caroline Grey. Although the novel’s authorship is frequently disputed, The Skeleton Count, or The Vampire Mistress is likely the first vampire tale to be written and published by a woman. Like most penny dreadfuls, the novel makes up for a lack in style with an abundance of horror and romance. “When he had concluded the impious formula, an awful silence reigned in the turret, and he perceived the sheet gently agitated by the quivering of the limbs, which betokened returning animation. Then a shudder pervaded his frame in spite of himself, as he perceived the eyes of the corpse slowly open, and the dark dilated pupils fix their gaze on him with a strange and stolid glare.” Desperate to live to eternity, Count Rodolph makes a dangerous deal with the devil. Invigorated with his newfound power, Rodolph reanimates the corpse of the beautiful Bertha, a fitting bride to accompany him in his quest for everlasting life. Will she be a loyal and irresistible vampire mistress, or will the Count’s creation turn against him? The Skeleton Count, or The Vampire Mistress is an entertaining tale of terror and the occult from a prolific author of nineteenth century penny dreadfuls. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Elizabeth Caroline Grey’s The Skeleton Count, or The Vampire Mistress is a classic penny dreadful reimagined for modern readers.

Dracula in Visual Media

Author: John Edgar Browning
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786462019
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 313

Book Description
This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the world's most famous vampire, with more than 700 citations of domestic and international Dracula films, television programs, documentaries, adult features, animated works, and video games, as well as nearly a thousand comic books and stage adaptations. While they vary in length, significance, quality, genre, moral character, country, and format, each of the cited works adopts some form of Bram Stoker's original creation, and Dracula himself, or a recognizable vampiric semblance of Dracula, appears in each. The book includes contributions from Dacre Stoker, David J. Skal, Laura Helen Marks, Dodd Alley, Mitch Frye, Ian Holt, Robert Eighteen-Bisang, and J. Gordon Melton.

A Net of Dawn and Bones

Author: C. Chancy
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781514759837
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Blood rituals, black magic, and broken masquerades. Names to run away from really fast. And maybe the end of the world.... Welcome to Intrepid, North Carolina. Where autumn brings leaf season, tourists, and bloody sacrifice. Twenty years have passed since the Dark Day brought creatures of horror onto the evening news. Now vampires run nightclubs, alchemists deal potions on the street corners, and werewolf gangs lay claim to shady alleys. The honest cops of Intrepid enforce human laws on supernatural evil, and pray. Because the turn of the leaves brings Halloween, tourists... and the return of a serial killer who's plagued Intrepid for over two decades. Yet the night holds darker secrets than even the best detectives have unearthed. Somewhere in Intrepid, a demonic sorcerer plans to bring Hell on earth. And the Demongate is almost complete. In the midst of a stakeout gone wrong, two mysterious wanderers drop into Detective Church's life. Aidan, who moves like flames and holds secrets in his shadows... and Myrrh, a holy warrior born of ancient Alexandria. Enchantress. Heretic. Hell-raider. Welcome to Intrepid. Evil's in for a hell of a night.... --------- This book was written because I couldn't find anything like it on the shelves. ...No, seriously. After the umpteenth time picking up yet another urban fantasy that looked promising but on closer skimming had the Designated Protagonist choosing the Sexier Evil, I kind of snapped. Part of the fun of any story is putting yourself in the character's shoes. But these shoes I not only didn't want to slip into, I wanted to set them on fire. Where were the good guys? The honest cops? The ordinary people choosing to do the Right Thing, no matter how hard it was? Where was the belief that there is a Right Thing; that there is Good, and Evil, and you pick the side you're going to fight for, even if the heavens fall? In short - where were the heroes? I assure you, if I were in on ground zero of a vampire versus werewolf blood war, my thoughts would not be centered on, omigod the two main supernatural guys are so darkly yummy in their hellspawn black leather. They would be, stake, silver - where are they and how fast can I reload? So here they are: an honest cop, a half-demon, and an ancient heretic who just might be a saint. Out to kick butt, save lives, and hopefully save souls. Welcome to Intrepid, North Carolina. I'm hoping to stay awhile.

The Book of Video Lists

Author: Tom Wiener
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 758

Book Description
The easiest way to discover more movies to enjoy at home this book contains more than 600 lists of the best in video.

Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood

Author: Thomas Peckett Prest
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1014

Book Description
Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood is a horror story by Thomas Peckett Prest. Structured in different episodes, these are classic tales of blood sucking horrors at midnights, for fans of the genre.

The Troll Inside You

Author: Ármann Jakobsson
Publisher: punctum books
ISBN: 1947447009
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
What do medieval Icelanders mean when they say "troll"? What did they see when they saw a troll? What did the troll signify to them? And why did they see them? The principal subject of this book is the Norse idea of the troll, which the author uses to engage with the larger topic of paranormal experiences in the medieval North. The texts under study are from 13th-, 14th-, and 15th-century Iceland. The focus of the book is on the ways in which paranormal experiences are related and defined in these texts and how those definitions have framed and continue to frame scholarly interpretations of the paranormal. The book is partitioned into numerous brief chapters, each with its own theme. In each case the author is not least concerned with how the paranormal functions within medieval society and in the minds of the individuals who encounter and experience it and go on to narrate these experiences through intermediaries. The author connects the paranormal encounter closely with fears and these fears are intertwined with various aspects of the human experience including gender, family ties, and death. The Troll Inside You hovers over the boundaries of scholarship and literature. Its aim is to prick and provoke but above all to challenge its audience to reconsider some of their preconceived ideas about the medieval past.

A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cebuano language
Languages : en
Pages : 660

Book Description