Charlotte Harper reviews Secrets of the Vampire, a new companion to a classic Gothic monster, written by Julie Légère and Elsa Whyte and illustrated by Laura Pérez. Deliciously detailed and darkly witty, Julie Legere and Elsa Whyte track through the world history of humanity’s darkest shadow in Secrets of the Vampire. The facts are relayed … Continue reading Book Review: Secrets of the Vampire: A Supernatural Sourcebook of Our Legend and Lore (2023)
Category: Vampires
Reading Group: Vampire Boyfriends
Sheffield Gothic is very excited to welcome you to our next reading group on vampire boyfriends and the Gothic imaginary. This reading group follows on from Sophie Haywood's Valentine's Day blog, which looked at the rise of vampires as romantic heroes in the modern day. We'll be meeting online at 3–4.30pm on Wednesday 20th April … Continue reading Reading Group: Vampire Boyfriends
‘Til Death Do Us Part’: Teenage Girls and their Vampire Boyfriends
Our Holiday Gothic series takes a look at the darker sides of celebrations throughout the year. In this Valentine's Day post, Sophie Haywood investigates the recent trend of vampires as YA romantic heroes. The vampire has long been a key figure in Gothic fiction, but its transformation into romantic hero is a fairly recent phenomenon. … Continue reading ‘Til Death Do Us Part’: Teenage Girls and their Vampire Boyfriends
The Dead Days: Life and Death
Photo by Charles Parker on Pexels.com Welcome back to the Dead Days, and to the first of our posts exploring liminality and thresholds in the Gothic. Today, we’ll be thinking about the boundary between life and death, and those who exist in-between: the eerie undead. The undead crop up over and over in the Gothic, … Continue reading The Dead Days: Life and Death
Ultimate Vampire Showdown: Winner
Sheffield Gothic is thrilled to be able to announce your Ultimate Vampire Champion of our Vampire Showdown of 2020! Beginning on Monday 30 March 2020 with 32 vampire contestants, this week has seen them battle it out through the nail-biting Group Stages, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and now the Final battle to determine who walks away with … Continue reading Ultimate Vampire Showdown: Winner
Ultimate Vampire Showdown: Finals
Hello and welcome to the day you have all been waiting for: Sheffield Gothic’s Ultimate Vampire Showdown of 2020 FINALS! After a whole lot of sucking, we’re down to the last two vamps, but if you want a recap on the dark and twisty roads of our vampire championship so far, you can check our … Continue reading Ultimate Vampire Showdown: Finals
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