Latest Stories
20th January 2010 – The Greatest of These
Darla engages in a routine piece of hunting. - For years I have had this image in my mind of a small girl being escorted to take up her first post in the vampires’ household, because it was such an obvious and simple way to hunt. Millie never quite made it properly onto the page though because I always found Darla so hard to write. Until one day I began to realize that for many Victorian women the key to an autonomous and meaningful existence was charity, and the opportunities for independent action that it gave them.
Latest Essays
20th January 2010 – On the Origin of Vampires
A consideration of the relevance of evolution to vampires in the Buffyverse.
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No new rants and reasons since September 2009.