Vampire Fest Presents a Series of Stimulating Panel to Entertain, Engage, and Inspire. Discover first hand the lifestyle of Vampirism with Father Sebastian, Do women own the Vampire Fiction Genre? From Rice, Meyer and Harris and beyond. Learn about the book the kicked the genre into existence, Dracula as you retrace the footsteps of Bram Stoker by his great, grand nephew, Dacre Stoker.
Friday Oct 29 @ 5pm Shadowbox Theatre
Living Vampirism with Father Sebastiaan, author of "Sanguinomicon: Lexicon of the Living Vampire." He is not a psychic vampire or a blood drinker, but something else, come and discover the secrets of the Strigoi Vii and the Sanguinarium movement. http://www.fathersebastiaan.com
Saturday Oct 30 @ 3pm Shadowbox Theatre
FEATURED PANEL - Buy Tix
Why Do Women Write Bloody-Good Vampire Fiction?
Reception Immediately Follows - Meet the Authors - Book Signings
Karen is an award-winning novelist and journalist and a screenwriter, born and raised in New Orleans. Her fifth novel, Dracula in Love, re-imagines Bram Stoker’s seminal work.
Author of NEVER CEESE and FOREVER RICHARD, a werewolf/vampire saga with both a horror and Christian market fan base.
Gabrielle Faust
Acclaimed horror novelist will be treating film conference attendees to a dramatic reading ETERNAL VIGILANCE, entitled BOUND IN BLOOD.
Psychological Thriller/Horror Fiction Author, Kristy Tallman, is a Chester, Virginia based writer whose work is not your usual run of the mill horror. Tallman is determined to bring you the truest most horrific monsters who walk this earth born of your very own loins. .Psychological Thriller/Horror Author of upcoming novels Widow's Blood & Hell's Hollow, along with Indy Bookstore Bestseller The All-Soul's Faire; Crows on the Cross and Dark Poetry.
Panel Moderated by Dr. June Pulliam
Halloween Exclusive Event - DACRE STOKER
Sunday Oct 31 @ Shadowbox Theatre Buy Tix
Retrace the Steps of Bram Stoker & the Creation of Dracula with a multi-media presentation for Bram’s great, grand nephew, Dacre Stoker. Dacre has written the sequel to Dracula entitled, Dracula The Un-Dead. Now Available.
Halloween Event Hosted By
John Edgar Browning
John Edgar Browning, a Ph.D. Candidate in English-Writing & Culture, teaches composition and monster theory at Louisiana State University. He is the co-author and co-editor of four published and forthcoming books, including Dracula in Visual Media.
