Toothpickings
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Nice to see it on a big screen again!
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Nice to see it on a big screen again!
Looking forward to talking Blacula on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva tonight at 7pm central!
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Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva | vampchatwithdanandeva
A podcast devoted to vampire fiction, fanged folklore, and the gothic imagination hosted by Dan Klefstad and Eva Vertrice.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Looking forward to talking Blacula on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva tonight at 7pm central!
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We’re used to the notion that vampire folklore led to vampire fiction. But what if the flow if influence reversed? Nina Trzaska had been studying vampire folklore in Greece for years and has uncovered some surprising sources of inspiration for more recent folk tales!
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The vampire folk-fiction feedback loop with Dr. Nina Trzaska
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October 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We’re used to the notion that vampire folklore led to vampire fiction. But what if the flow if influence reversed? Nina Trzaska had been studying vampire folklore in Greece for years and has uncovered some surprising sources of inspiration for more recent folk tales!
youtu.be/H1SN6QJgrSI?...
youtu.be/H1SN6QJgrSI?...
When did silver bullets become a thing? And other vampire/werewolf motifs with Prof Bob Carlisle
Are Werewolves Undead? Robert Carlisle charts the motifs of vampires and werewolves
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July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
When did silver bullets become a thing? And other vampire/werewolf motifs with Prof Bob Carlisle
There’s a phrase employed by both Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass that’s found decades earlier in “The Black Vampyre”
“…disenthralled by the irresistible genius of universal emancipation!”
“…disenthralled by the irresistible genius of universal emancipation!”
July 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
There’s a phrase employed by both Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass that’s found decades earlier in “The Black Vampyre”
“…disenthralled by the irresistible genius of universal emancipation!”
“…disenthralled by the irresistible genius of universal emancipation!”
That entire viral moment led to this meme. Worth it.
July 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
That entire viral moment led to this meme. Worth it.
I may not be a vampire hunter or a zombie sniper, but if the ghouls would only stand perfectly still at 20 yards or less, I’ve got a 1-in-6 chance at a killshot.
July 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I may not be a vampire hunter or a zombie sniper, but if the ghouls would only stand perfectly still at 20 yards or less, I’ve got a 1-in-6 chance at a killshot.
CONvergence 2025 was a blast! More updates to come, but wanted to share a photo from this complex and faithful game “Dracula 1897” made by local creator David Allison.
July 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
CONvergence 2025 was a blast! More updates to come, but wanted to share a photo from this complex and faithful game “Dracula 1897” made by local creator David Allison.
When I wrote about the origins of Renfield for www.dbspress.com/shop-1/p/dra..., I never thought I’d get a chance to actually walk on the street I’d pointed out as being a possible point of inspiration for Stoker.
But luck revealed two fangs when it smiled:
But luck revealed two fangs when it smiled:
June 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
When I wrote about the origins of Renfield for www.dbspress.com/shop-1/p/dra..., I never thought I’d get a chance to actually walk on the street I’d pointed out as being a possible point of inspiration for Stoker.
But luck revealed two fangs when it smiled:
But luck revealed two fangs when it smiled:
In 1954, hordes of schoolchildren were reported to have swarmed the Southern Necropolis in the Glasgow borough of Gorbals. They were on the hunt.
June 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In 1954, hordes of schoolchildren were reported to have swarmed the Southern Necropolis in the Glasgow borough of Gorbals. They were on the hunt.
Snapped in a Glasgow cemetery today. Yes, there is a vampire connection.
Tenuous, but it’s there.
Tenuous, but it’s there.
June 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Snapped in a Glasgow cemetery today. Yes, there is a vampire connection.
Tenuous, but it’s there.
Tenuous, but it’s there.
My presentation on the “Vampire” James Brown for @convergencecon.bsky.social currently has 81 slides.
I’m posting this publicly so attendees can wisely choose another panel to attend
I’m posting this publicly so attendees can wisely choose another panel to attend
June 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
My presentation on the “Vampire” James Brown for @convergencecon.bsky.social currently has 81 slides.
I’m posting this publicly so attendees can wisely choose another panel to attend
I’m posting this publicly so attendees can wisely choose another panel to attend
My hat is off to anyone who makes a tie-in toy for a movie no one living has seen.
June 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
My hat is off to anyone who makes a tie-in toy for a movie no one living has seen.
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Release the bats, it's a vamp-filled week! "The Vampire: An Edinburgh Companion" is now out from @edinburghup.bsky.social w/chapters on film, literature & cultural traces of the fanged menace. Eds Nick Groom @billbloodyhughes.bsky.social w/many contribs
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-vam...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-vam...
June 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Release the bats, it's a vamp-filled week! "The Vampire: An Edinburgh Companion" is now out from @edinburghup.bsky.social w/chapters on film, literature & cultural traces of the fanged menace. Eds Nick Groom @billbloodyhughes.bsky.social w/many contribs
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-vam...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-vam...
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You won’t find vampire content at a punk show, they said…
May 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
You won’t find vampire content at a punk show, they said…
For World Dracula Day, The Vampire’s Castle hosted some incredibly knowledgeable vampire experts, and also me for some reason:
youtu.be/Xih1Ah5rVT4?...
youtu.be/Xih1Ah5rVT4?...
May 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
For World Dracula Day, The Vampire’s Castle hosted some incredibly knowledgeable vampire experts, and also me for some reason:
youtu.be/Xih1Ah5rVT4?...
youtu.be/Xih1Ah5rVT4?...
For your Sinners breakdown: the characters of the film could have seen “Dracula” at the Paramount Theater in Clarksdale the year before the events of the film. The theater had segregated seating, thus any character in the movie could have potentially been familiar with on-screen vampires.
May 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
For your Sinners breakdown: the characters of the film could have seen “Dracula” at the Paramount Theater in Clarksdale the year before the events of the film. The theater had segregated seating, thus any character in the movie could have potentially been familiar with on-screen vampires.
Get redeemed by Sinners!
May 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Get redeemed by Sinners!
Adventures in vampire research:
There was only one image of the “vampire” James Brown ever created, which I came across in the book “Inside the Ohio Penitentiary”. It’s undated and uncredited, so I reached out to the authors, but they could only recall it coming from an old newspaper.
There was only one image of the “vampire” James Brown ever created, which I came across in the book “Inside the Ohio Penitentiary”. It’s undated and uncredited, so I reached out to the authors, but they could only recall it coming from an old newspaper.
May 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Adventures in vampire research:
There was only one image of the “vampire” James Brown ever created, which I came across in the book “Inside the Ohio Penitentiary”. It’s undated and uncredited, so I reached out to the authors, but they could only recall it coming from an old newspaper.
There was only one image of the “vampire” James Brown ever created, which I came across in the book “Inside the Ohio Penitentiary”. It’s undated and uncredited, so I reached out to the authors, but they could only recall it coming from an old newspaper.
Smiling a fangy grin over being honored with the Nosferatu Award at the 2025 Popular Culture/American Culture Association’s Conference for my talk on the “vampire” pardoned by a president @pcaaca.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Smiling a fangy grin over being honored with the Nosferatu Award at the 2025 Popular Culture/American Culture Association’s Conference for my talk on the “vampire” pardoned by a president @pcaaca.bsky.social