Snow Melt

Vampire Fiction

The July 1, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum"  is
What's your opinion on vampire fiction?

Vampire fiction
an exercise of imagination.

Vampire fiction
or escapist literature?

Vampire are a part of the mythological landscape of humanity. Vampires are evil creatures that are killed by sunlight. Vampires are symbols and reveal something about humanity and its fears.

I have written vampire stories, which I have to edit or rewrite before I consider them complete. I am happy with only one of the vampire stories I wrote for "Invalid Item"  . I have to edit, but not rewrite "Winter in Post Hole, Arizon"  [18+]. The other stories I have to completely or partially rewrite. As I compose this entry, I realize why I have to rewrite those stories. There are grammar problems with all the stories; however, grammar issues can be solved by editing the story. I think I took the wrong approach when I wrote them, so I have to change my approach.

What is my opinion of vampire fiction? It is less scary then reality. We live in a frightening world, which we cannot control. When a person walks out the door in the morning there is no guarantee that person will return home at night. If at the end of the day, a person ends up in the morgue instead of their home then what happens to their body and their spirit or soul (if that person believes there is a human soul). In vampire fiction, once the person is turned then he or she lives forever or at least until they encounter sunlight, a wooden stake, or some other vampire killing device. Then there is the fact that, most vampire are good looking and usually extremely handsome or exquisitely beautiful. This is how most vampires look today and how they have looked since since Bela Lugosi play Dracula in 1927.1

I have a couple questions about vampires with "to die for looks". Do vampires only chose "beautiful" people to turn? If a vampire turns a person with "a truck ran over their face" looks, does that person suddenly become handsome when turned?

Thought of the Day: "I'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings." - Walter Jon Williams

Footnotes
1  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Lugosi