Enter a world of darkness, mystery, seduction, and immortality with Vampire Musings, an eclectic vampire anthology featuring short stories, essays, poetry, song lyrics, and personal reflections from writers, professors, musicians, artists, and devoted members of vampire culture.
Publisher and contributor Bertena Varney has been fascinated by vampires since childhood. During college, she devoted much of her academic study to the enduring lure of the vampire, connecting with talented writers, musicians, scholars, and creators who shared her passion for these legendary creatures. Although vampire trends may rise and fall, true admirers of Gothic horror, supernatural fiction, and vampire mythology never completely leave the shadows.
Vampire Musings brings together a diverse collection of voices to explore the vampire from many perspectives. Within these pages, readers will encounter fiction writers, academicians, musicians, a wine connoisseur, and a psychic vampire who shares personal knowledge of the vampire lifestyle. The result is an unusual journey through vampire literature, dark fantasy, Gothic culture, paranormal experiences, and the many ways the vampire continues to captivate our imagination.
This macabre collection includes:
• Vampire short stories and supernatural fiction • Gothic poetry and darkly seductive writing • Essays about vampire mythology and culture • Reflections on psychic vampires and the vampire lifestyle • Original song lyrics inspired by the creatures of the night • Academic, creative, and personal perspectives on vampire lore
Whether you love classic vampire literature, modern paranormal stories, Gothic romance, horror anthologies, vampire history, or supernatural culture, this collection offers something to intrigue, seduce, and mesmerize you.
The vampire may change with every generation, but its power remains. Sit back, embrace the darkness, and enjoy your night.
?Bertena Varney, M.A., M.Ed.
Contributing Authors
Audrey A'Cladh Azurdee Garland Bitten Twice Bertena Varney Carrie Rogers Isabella Gibbons Jacqueline Gibbons Kathryne LeFevre Kyle Germann Mary Jackson Matthew Banks Phaedra Walker Roxanne Rhoads Selah Janel Simon Bacon Stavros Cockrell
Cover art by Stavros Cockrell Model: Xamie Fangs by Kaos Kustom Fangs, LLC
Autorentext
Bertena Varney is a Registered Yoga Teache- 200 via Yoga Alliance, a Usui Reiki Master, Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, Certified Life Coach, Certified Self Care Coach and is studying to receive her yoga teaching certification. She is the owner of A New You Self Care Coaching Services. She is also the Associate Professor of Sociology at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College in Bowling Green, KY. She attended Morehead State University where she received her bachelor's and master's in social science and education, and a master's in sociology and criminology where she focused on cultures and counseling. She spent her collegiate career studying the supernatural and metaphysical in her history, mythology, sociology, and criminology classes. She would find anyway to include vampires, angels, and more into anything that she did. Her favorites studies were pop culture and mythology. She has also written home study course books including Angel Reiki, Healing with the Archangels, Reiki and more Her previous works include supernatural focused books 3 Editions of Lure of the Vampire and contributor and editor of Vampire News: Tasty Bits You Can Sink Your Fangs Into, Vampire News: The Not So End Times Edition,Vampires Romance to Rippers Vol 1 and Vol. 2 She is also contributor to both The Witching Hour and Sirens Conference Compendium. She loves making appearances to libraries, colleges, and conventions to discuss her love.