I guess, being a horrific lot, you already know about the new Dracula series? If nothing else, it serves to remind people of one of the greatest evils ever created, and no doubt gives me a wonderful opportunity to do some shameless plugging for my recently completed novel Blood of the Gods (which is actually nothing like Dracula, whichever version you choose). In my novel, there is no vampire slaying – but that doesn’t mean I can’t let you have a peek at this antique vampire slaying kit. I have a couple of items up for auction at Tennants www.tennants.co.uk and I felt quite desolate to find out that I had missed my chance to buy this. It’s real and genuine, and includes a bible, stakes, mallet, bottles for water and the whole caboodle.
Fangs for dropping by. May your weekend have a point to it 🙂
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Steve Emmett is 5′ 10″ in his sock feet, 55 years of age, and may weigh more than 120Kg depending on the time of day. What little hair he has left is brown going grey, but in years gone by he had a rich unruly mop which was tamed according to fashion – poodle perm; New Romantic side parting; bleached both in whole and part. His challenge to the barber these days is rather more workaday.
Steve studied architecture at the AA in London where he once witnessed Dame Zaha Hadid fall through a canvas chair (admittedly she was just plain Ms Hadid then). He spent most of his working life selling Italian country homes to northern Europeans and Americans, and spent many years living in London and Italy. He will always be grateful to Lehman Bros for wrecking his comfortable existence and providing him with the opportunity to fulfil his writerly ambitions. Steve grew up on Hammer Horror films, Dennis Wheatley and M R James stories, so not surprising that his main aim is to put the frighteners up his readers. When not scaring people he likes to make them smile.
He is a member of the Society of Authors, the British Humanist Association, and reviews for the New York Journal of Books. You may have come across him at the occasional book festival, book signing, or making merry on the Paranormal Radio Network. He is always open to offers, the more bizarre the better.
He likes to read, watch films, go to the theatre, go to concerts and the opera (he loves the opera), and travel. He has been known to frequent good restaurants and drink fine wine. There isn’t much going on in the world that doesn’t interest him and on which he hasn’t an opinion.
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I’d have thought a rowan tree would be more use to you than a vampire hunting kit. Although I may be immune as I have one in my garden 🙂
Don’t they make oars out of the timber?
I expect this version of Dracula will bear as much similarity to the source material as did The Tudors – ie there actually was a king called Henry Viii.
The trailers make me shudder – and not in a good way.
I guess they feel they have to sex it up for the viewers whose first exposure to vampire lore was Twilight rather than Nosferatu
I didn’t know Henry VIII was a vampire!
You learn something new every day.
It’s sad you missed getting the vampire hunting kit, Steve, but it went to a good home. The Royal Armouries bought it. I remember seeing their blog post about it last year.
Yes – but I wasn’t going to say that 😉
Sorry you missed out on it, Steve. Can I have some caboodle when you find it? 🙂