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Long time Vampire Rave member Punkie
passed away this past Saturday, May 22, 2010. She was a front seat passenger in an early morning automobile accident.
She was transported via helicopter to Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia where she later died from injuries
related to the crash.
You can find a news article about this tragedy here.
Click here to view a cached image of the story that ran on montgomerynews.com on March 24, 2010.
You can find her obituary here.
Click here to view a cached image of her obituary.
She was a positive influence on the Vampire Rave community. She will be greatly missed.
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The Vampire in Literature
Numerous vampire stories were written prior to the popularization of the vampire myth in pop culture.
The Vampyre; a Tale by John Polidori (1819)
A short story that exploited the gothic horror predilections of the public of the period. It was originally mis-published
under the authorship of Lord Byron (Polidori was Lord Byron's personal physician). The tale accounts the exploits of Lord Ruthven,
a British nobleman and vampire. Lord Ruthven bore more than a passing resemblance to Lord Byron and became a highly influential
model for the Byronic vampires of literature.
Varney The Vampire by James Malcolm Rymer (1845-47)
A Victorian-era gothic horror story which first appeared in a series of pamphlets between 1845 and 1847. Inexpensive and
gruesome, the collective work was published in book form in 1847. The tale runs 868 pages and is divided into 220 chapters. The story
revolves around the persecution of the Bannerworth family by Sir Francis Varney, a vampire who in the early chapters enters
the bedroom of the daughter of the house (Flora) and sucks her blood.
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1872)
A compelling gothic novel of a lesbian vampire, set in darkest central Europe. It tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility
to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. The story was to greatly influence Bram Stoker in the writing of Dracula.
It also served as the basis for several films, including Hammer's The Vampire Lovers (1970), Roger Vadim's Blood and Roses (1960),
and Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr (1932).
Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897)
The most well known vampire story, the novel is mainly composed of journal entries, letters, and newspaper clippings. It has
been suggested that the story was based on Vlad Tepes, a medieval figure of extraordinary bloodthirst. History records that Vlad Tepes
impaled his enemies and cut off their heads. He ruled Walachia as Vlad III during the 15th century (modern day Romania) and signed
his letters as Vlad Dracula. Dracula translates into "son of the devil".
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Choice of the Vampire
| Choice of the Vampire\r\nby Jason Stevan Hill\r\nAbout More Games Blog Subscribe\r\n\r\nShow Stats Restart Achievements Report Bug Settings\r\n\r\nSlake your thirst, without becoming a monster! Blessed with the blood-soaked gift of immortality, will you tend the flock of humanity—or twist it to your whims? When a brash young country butts heads with a brash young vampire, who will come out ahead?\r\n\r\n\"Choice of the Vampire\" is an epic, four-volume, 850,000-word interactive novel, by Jason Stevan Hill. It\'s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.\r\n\r\nBegin your vampiric journey in Volume One, \"The Battle of New Orleans,\" set in antebellum Louisiana, where your reputation is only as good as your skill with a sword or dueling pistol. Volume Two, \"Siege of Vicksburg,\" continues into the Civil War, at the site of one of the war\'s most grueling and decisive battles. When a strange vampire seeks to disrupt the Confederate defenses, will you help him, hinder him, or consume him?\r\n\r\nIn Volume Three, \"Fall of Memphis\" (available as an in-app purchase) you find yourself in Memphis, as ex-Confederates loot the public coffers and dismantle the advances of Reconstruction. In Volume Four, \"St. Louis, Unreal City,\" explore the 1904 World\'s Fair, which promises to be the party of the century.\r\n\r\nAs your character concludes their first century of unlife, they must navigate the waters of industrialization and urbanization. The excesses of capital and rapid industrialization is producing a new class of educated, militant workers who are ready and willing to stand up to the nation\'s elite. Meanwhile, the vestiges of the Confederacy systematically dismantle Reconstruction, while simultaneously pitting European immigrants against the Chinese and the formerly enslaved. And yet, national figures such as JP Morgan and Jay Gould are forcing their will upon St. Louis all the way from New York.\r\n\r\nStill, the vampires of the Society must adapt and thrive, caught between centuries of experience and the rapidly changing world around them—a world that would destroy them utterly if they were to be revealed. When one of their number permanently gives into their Beast and begins hunting other vampires, the Society of North America are thrust into disarray, and you must decide what is worth dying for.\r\n\r\nPlay as male or female; gay, straight, or pan; cis or trans.\r\nExploit the domains of humanity: become a patron of the arts, an advocate of the temperance movement, an underworld boss, an investor in industry, or a visionary of the world of the unseen.\r\nChoose your prey: gamblers, artists, financiers, or workers. Hold your head up high and feed only from animals—or drink the heartsblood of your fellow vampires with gusto.\r\nSurvive the machinations of your fellow vampires, the malice of the mortals you have wronged, and the hunters who want to see your kind destroyed.\r\nUnravel the mysteries of vampirekind.\r\nMeet famous historical figures—and drink their blood.\r\n\r\nCan the American Republic satiate you, or will you drain it dry?\r\n\r\nYou can play the first two volumes of the game for free. Volume Three, The Fall of Memphis, and Volume Four, St. Louis, Unreal City, are available for purchase.\r\n\r\nContent Warning: This game is about vampires. Amoral, blood-sucking, exploitative, manipulative, murdering, self-destructive vampires.\r\n\r\nWhat\'s more, it\'s about the history of the United States and all the horrors that entails.\r\n\r\nReader discretion is advised. |
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