What are the essentials of the vampire story

#What are the essentials of the vampire story series#

Okay, so you're an immortal creature with limited mobility but extrasensory powers. I was fascinated by the idea of exploring what monsters do at home. 'The idea of immortal beings with supernatural abilities living hidden in the modern world fascinates me. Sizemore's vampires explore the question of how a timeless, legendary creature survives in a modern environment. They speak of loneliness and alienation, or freedom without ethics. We can use vampires as metaphors for gays or AIDS or foreigners or whatever the era finds most fearful and fascinating. They are the symbols and stand-ins for the things we fear or the things we want to be. They can be villains, heroes, anti-heroes, antagonists, and protagonists, dark lovers, parasites, protectors, masters and victims. 'Vampires are the ultimate outsiders, and mirrors for a host of fears, longings and fantasies,' Sizemore explains. Even Bram Stoker didn't 'invent' the literary vampire, though he may have codified many of our impressions of it. Western society's romance with the vampire vastly predates Buffy - or Anne Rice. If vampires are immortal, so, apparently, is our fascination with them.

#What are the essentials of the vampire story series#

Her nocturnal hunters, however, avoid the 'classic vampire' cliches her 'Laws of the Hunt' series is populated with modern vampires struggling with modern times and modern problems (though some problems are a bit larger than life). Sizemore has staked her claim in territory dominated by legendary authors - and legendary vampires such as Dracula and Lestat.

These, according to Susan Sizemore, are some of the essential ingredients of a vampire tale. Negotiating ContractsSetting Fees/Getting Paid HELPFUL LINKS | EDITOR'S CORNER (Ramblings on the Writing Life) HOME | ABOUT US | CONTACT US | SITE MAP | MASTER ARTICLE INDEX | ADVERTISE WITH US! Writing the Modern Vampire: An Interview with Susan Sizemore