Posts Tagged ‘Vampires’

History Bites

You probably think that I’ve got some sort of obsession with vampire TV shows and movies. But have you considered that perhaps this is because recent vampire TV shows and movies have an obsession with history? Most historians have not paid much attention to vampires; literary critics, on the other hand, have . . .

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Abraham Lincoln, Media Icon

A tall figure strides toward you through the fog. Then you see him from the back as he walks up a hillside, dragging his left hand through the tall grass. There he is again, staring out at the Pacific Ocean. Always in a long black coat and a stovepipe hat, a hint . . .

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Midnight Risings

One Midnight Rising is about men who make secret plans and train for battle, intent upon killing as many men as they can in pursuit of their goals. They hide in attics and cellars during the day and venture out only at night; they dream of blood. The other Midnight Rising is . . .

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