More reading journal material

[ceris]

More from my reading journal, this is a longish essay-type entry that continues and expands my thoughts on vampirism (see August 14th entry).

Comments

[ceris]

Glad you liked it and found it useful. Vampires always seem to provoke some kind of reaction in humans; some, like myself, find the whole idea fascinating, others, like you, obviously find the concept worrying. It's partly to do with mortality, I think, and all the accompanying fears such as ageing and losing control of your body/mind.

But also the concept of the vampire brings out fears such as people demanding too much from you emotionally and physically, and challenges/transgresses age-old conceptions of sexuality. I think this last is probably the most interesting aspect of it for me because I write erotica and most eroticism is based on the giving and taking of emotional/physical energy. The vampire story/concept, to me, is a way of subverting traditions.

[farheeen]

I really enjoyed reading your post. Vampires are fascinating on so many different levels. I have always been drawn to stories of vampires, movies, you name it. My friends and I even play a game called Vampire. Thanks for such an interesting post!

[ceris]

Ooh, is that the Vampire:The Masquerade game? I love that game and have several of the books, which I've actually found to be a great source of inspiration for stories.

Glad you liked my post. I've put up a general one on horror literature if that's of any interest :-))

[farheeen]

Yes actually it is Vampire the Masquerade! I run our game and I have to get 27 more books and then I will have practically everything they ever put out. Well not first edition but second and third... I will have 70 books soon (I am waiting for two to arrive in the mail). I agree they do inspire great stories.

[farheeen]

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