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Category Archives: Vampires
DriveThru Fiction’s 2024 Dracula Sale Is On!
Here’s a pleasant surprise: Just in time for Memorial Day Weekend (in the U.S.) this Friday—the start of summer beach-reading—and the celebration of World Dracula Day on May 26 (the date when Bram Stoker’s seminal novel went on sale in … Continue reading
Posted in Carmilla, Classic Fiction, e-books, e-tailers, Eliseu Gouveia, Horror, Illustrated Classics, Vampires
Tagged carmilla, classic fiction, dracula, dracula sale, drivethru fiction, e-books, e-tailers, eliseu gouveia, horror classics, illustrated classics, j. sheridan le fanu, world dracula day
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A Vampire Lord…But Probably Not the One You Were Expecting
We finish out a week of announcements with yet more news of an upcoming project—except this one isn’t a comic book! Coming this winter from indie publishing house Black Coat Press is the anthology Tales of the Shadowmen 20: Fin de Siecle … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Publishing Announcements, Steven A. Roman, Vampires
Tagged black coat press, jean-marc lofficier, john polidori, lord ruthven, paul feval, publishing announcements, steven a. roman, tales of the shadowmen, tales of the shadowmen 20: fin de siecle, the wandering jew, vampire fiction
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Happy Read a Book Day 2022!
Today is National Read a Book Day, which has been celebrated every September 6th since…well, nobody seems to know precisely when this “holiday” began, or who started it, but it’s a celebration of reading, so it’s all good, right? And if … Continue reading
Posted in Carmilla, Classic Fiction, Dark Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Holidays, Illustrated Classics, Nonfiction, Pandora Zwieback, Princess of Mars, Reading, Science Fiction, Vampires, Writing Reference Books, Young Adult
Tagged a princess of mars, blood feud: the saga of pandora zwieback book 1, carmilla, chasing danger, Dark Urban Fantasy, delos w. lovelace, edgar rice burroughs, Fantasy, fantasy adventure, for a few gold pieces more, from the stars a vampiress, harbinger of darkness, holidays, j. sheridan le fanu, king kong, national read a book day, nonfiction, richard c. white, science fiction, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, vampirella, world building, writers reference, writing reference
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Are You Ready for the Summer (Reading)?
Staycation? Vacation? Whether you’re on the road or just hanging at home, today is the official start of the summer season (which ends September 23), and that means summer reading. And you know what would make for perfect reading this … Continue reading
Posted in Carmilla, Classic Fiction, Dark Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror, Illustrated Classics, Nonfiction, Pandora Zwieback, Princess of Mars, Reading, Science Fiction, Summer Reading, vampirella, Vampires, Writing Reference Books, Young Adult
Tagged a princess of mars, blood feud: the saga of pandora zwieback book 1, carmilla, Dark Urban Fantasy, edgar rice burroughs, Fantasy, fantasy adventure, for a few gold pieces more, from the stars a vampiress, horror classics, illustrated classics, j. sheridan le fanu, nonfiction, reading, richard c. white, science fiction, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, summer reading, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, vampire fiction, vampirella, young adult fiction
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Happy 125th Anniversary, Count Dracula!
Today is World Dracula Day: the annual celebration launched in 2012 by the Whitby Dracula Society 1897to mark the first publication of Bram Stoker’s seminal novel in 1897. What makes it even better is that it’s also the 125th anniversary of that … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, Holidays, Horror, vampirella, Vampires
Tagged bram stoker, dracula, from the stars a vampiress, holidays, peter cushing, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, vampire fiction, vampirella, world dracula day
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Happy 100th Anniversary, Nosferatu!
This coming Friday marks a special occasion for horror fans, because it was on March 4, 1922 that the classic silent film Nosferatu made its cinematic debut at a special premiere held at Germany’s Berlin Zoological Garden. Directed by F.W. Murnau … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Horror, movies, Vampires
Tagged black coat press, count orlock, f.w. murnau, jean-marc lofficier, max schreck, movies, night's children, nosferatu, steven a. roman, tales of the shadowmen, the vampire almanac, vampire fiction
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Happy 150th Anniversary, Carmilla Karnstein!
In 1871, J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic vampire tale, Carmilla, debuted in serialized form in the pages of the magazine Dark Blue and was then reprinted in Le Fanu’s short story collection, In a Glass Darkly, published in 1872. But why wait another 9 months … Continue reading
Posted in Carmilla, Classic Fiction, Illustrated Classics, Publishing, Vampires
Tagged carmilla, eliseu gouveia, horror classics, illustrated classics, j. sheridan le fanu, vampire fiction
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StarWarp Spotlight On: Blood Feud
Welcome back to StarWarp Spotlight, a series of posts that runs each Monday to shine a spotlight on one of our titles, as a reminder of the awesome books and comics we publish and to introduce new SWC fans to … Continue reading
Posted in Blood Feud, Pandora Zwieback, Publishing, Vampires
Tagged blood feud: the saga of pandora zwieback book 1, Dark Urban Fantasy, Pandora Zwieback, starwarp concepts backlist, starwarp spotlight, steven a. roman, vampire fiction
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StarWarp Spotlight On: Carmilla
A couple weeks back, we introduced StarWarp Spotlight, a series of posts that will run each Monday to shine a spotlight on one of our titles, as a reminder of the awesome books and comics we publish and to introduce … Continue reading
Posted in Carmilla, Illustrated Classics, Publishing, Vampires
Tagged carmilla, illustrated classics, j. sheridan le fanu, starwarp concepts backlist, starwarp spotlight, vampire fiction
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