Vampire Fiction for the Shortest Day of the Year
December 21st is the Winter Solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere this means it's the shortest day of the year. In Toronto we'll only have about 9 hours of daylight. While it's not the best for those of us who like the sun, it's a great day to be a vampire or even to read about vampires.
These are some of the recent vampire novels available from Toronto Public Library:
Blood of the Lamb: a Novel of Secrets by Sam Cabot
• Audiobook
• Talking Book
A priest and a professor team up to recover a document that could destroy the Catholic Church but they discover that they aren't the only ones looking for it--a group of vampires are also trying to track it down.
Blood Oranges by Caitlin R. Kiernan writing as Kathleen Tierney
Part-werewolf, part-vampire Siobhan Quinn is a sarcastic demon hunter in this parody of the vampire genre.
Box Office Poison by Philipa Bornikova
Linnet Ellery, a human lawyer in a vampire law firm, must arbitrate when conflict develops between elven and human actors in Hollywood.
Countess Dracula by Guy Adams
A 1930s movie star considers taking a drastic step to prevent further ageing in this novelisation of a classic Hammer horror film.
Skarlet by Thomas Emson
Jake Lawton fights to clear his name after he's accused of distributing a recreational drug that turns its users into vampires.
Ask staff members at your local branch for more suggestions.
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