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Vampires are mythical creatures of the night, who thanks to pop-culture depictions ranging from Bram Stoker's Dracula to Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles books to TV's Buffy The Vampire Slayer have long fascinated us mere mortals.

Inspired by a mixture of colorful fictionalized horror stories and the all-too-true facts behind real life historical figures like Vlad The Impaler, Vampires are said to be immortal creatures who survive by feeding upon mortal humans, and who have a particular taste for human blood.

Vampires also are known to occasionally "turn" their victims into Vampires, first by draining them, then reanimating them by allowing them to drink themselves.

Depending on which stories you believe, Vampires have an aversion to crosses, garlic and sunlight, and can be killed using a variety of items ranging from wooden stakes to good old fashioned silver bullets (or were we thinking of werewolves?).

Vampires are making quite a comeback. Although these bloodsucking creatures of the night have never really gone away, thanks to movies and books like Twilight and cable TV series like HBO's True Blood, the undead have enjoyed an upsurge in popularity of late. Part of the reason for this is the way pop culture often romanticizes the murderous fiends as being otherwise dark, mysterious, and sexy.

On the internet, you'll find such creatures of the night congregating at sites like Vampires Realm Of Darkness.

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    The Daily P.O.P. — Authority Authority: 419
    Writer Joshua Hale Fialkov and artist Andrea Sorrentino have earned a very strong following with their surprise hit monthly book, I, Vampire. When I first saw this title on the list of the new 52, I was very confused and predicted it would drop off the shelf in short order. Unfortunately, that fate came to OMAC, bit ...
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  • Dark Legends Vampire MMO Heading Our Way


    Platform Nation — Authority Authority: 573
    If you are like me and have a hectic schedule we try to get in some gaming in anyway we can. And this is when I have found myself playing a lot more games on my iPhone, and that is what brings me here today Platform Nation to tell you about Dark Legends a vampire themed mobile and desktop MMO. Dark Legends will not ...
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  • Audi’s New Super Bowl Commercial Slays Teenage Vampires


    Branding Magazine — Authority Authority: 425
    The one thing that I like the in advertising are definitely Super Bowl ads. It’s that time of the year when all the big brands tend to invest whole lot of money for just thirty seconds up to a minute prime-time of new, unaired and exclusive TV commercials. Audi is no exception – by contracting the San ...
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  • Aussie Vampire Flick The Caretaker Bares its Fangs


    Horror Movie News and Reviews Dread Central — Authority Authority: 639
    Fear not fans of horrific vampires, help is on the way! Unfortunately your favorite beasties have kind of been hijacked by Twilight and even the vamps in "True Blood" seem to be spending more time grabassing with Sookie than actually draining victims. Outside of Stake Land weve had a serious drought of quality ...
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  • Review: King of Darkness by Elisabeth Staab


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    King of Darkness by Elisabeth Staab Sourcebooks (Feb. 2012) Mass Market: $6.99 (2/7/2012); ebook: $6.99 (2/1/2012) ISBN: 9781402263156 Favorite Line: “Though he had gotten an instant soft-on from the muscleman by the bar wearing  nothing but a leather thong and a dog collar, his dick woke up and took notice when ...
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  • Learning to Find the Muse, by Caris Roane


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  • New Time for Death, Second Edition


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    Good morning, everyone. I hope the week is treating you kindly. Im currently working on the Liz Baker short story, Death Reflected , and waiting on my Federal tax refund to show up. Well be working on home improvements over the next few weeks with that money. As well as knocking some away into savings. Speaking of ...
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  • You Should Write About Zombies!


    Magical Words — Authority Authority: 528
    Zombies are hot these days.  Whether they’re the moaning, shambling kind from Night of the Living Dead, the fast-moving Rage types or the Walking Dead zombies that fall a little in between, people think zombies are cool.  There are zombie walks at cons and classes on doing zombie makeup.  For three years in a row ...
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  • Daybreakers (2010), DVD Quality Movie Streaming


    Watch Streaming Movies Online — Authority Authority: 109
    Daybreakers (2010), The story is beginning in the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind. Watch Daybreakers (2010) ...
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  • Modern Vampires


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  • The Last Vampire by Kathryn Meyer Griffith reviewed


    FantasyBookReview.co.uk blog — Authority Authority: 420
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  • Department 19 by Will Hill (2011)


    The Squeee — Authority Authority: 110
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  • FANGS 4 FREAKS by Serena Robar – REVIEW


    Karin's Book Nook — Authority Authority: 111
    Four months have passed since Colby was given permission to exist as a half-blood vampire. Not only does she have her license, but she has been given the added responsibility of Protector of all the half-bloods. Colby takes this title in stride and sets about making preparations.  The Vampire Tribunal, the ...
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  • Underworld Awakening Shoots to the Top of the Box Office!


    Animation Blog — Authority Authority: 115
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  • BANNOCKBURN BINDING Now Available at Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Sony, Apple.


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  • Underworld: Awakening – Movie Review


    Real Style Network - Entertainment — Authority Authority: 419
    It’s been three years since an Underworld movie appeared on the big screen, and six years since Kate Beckinsale was the star of the movie. The series is about a hidden war between Lycans (werewolves) and Vampires, and instead of just tearing each other apart with claws and fangs they use a wide variety of weapons. ...
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  • In Theaters : UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING (2012)


    The Entertainment Factor — Authority Authority: 121
    Official Synopsis : Underworld Awakening brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans, as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D. Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself ...
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  • THE DEAD GIRLS’ DANCE by Rachel Caine – REVIEW


    Karin's Book Nook — Authority Authority: 111
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  • The Vampire Diaries: The Ties That Bind


    Pink Raygun - News, Reviews and Interviews for Fangirls...and boys — Authority Authority: 112
    Everyone had issues. But good lord, do they all need to crop up in the same episode in a manner that caused me to leave for 15 minutes, come back, and not really have missed anything? Bonnie has Mommy issues. Caroline has Daddy issues. Elena has Stefan issues. Tyler has Klaus issues. Damon and Alaric [...]
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