Vampires in Their Own Words: An Anthology of Vampire Voices

by Michelle Belanger and Miranda Belarde-Lewis

There's no book available on the vampire culture today with the range, depth, and diversity of Belanger's Vampires in Their Own Words.--Katherine Ramsland, author of Piercing the Darkness and The Science of Vampires

Belanger gives empathetic access to an emergent new magical-religious community...An important sourcebook for both the scholar and inquiring public.--J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion, and author of The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead

The Code of Silence Has Been Broken
For this anthology, vampire Michelle Belanger convinced nearly two dozen real-life vampires to break the code of silence that has kept their fascinating subculture shrouded in secrecy.

Sometimes provocative, sometimes surprisingly down-to-earth, these candid firsthand accounts come from both psi vampires who feed on energy and sanguine vampires who drink actual blood. Their true stories shed light on a variety of topics, including awakening to vampirism, the compulsion to feed and feeding practices, donor ethics and etiquette, and vampire traditions and codes of behavior.

• ISBN10: 0738712205
• ISBN13: 9780738712208
• Publish Date: 8 September 2007
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 19 March 2015
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 288
• Language: English

Reviews

[inlibrisveritas]

I liked it overall. I was disappointed that it was mainly focused on the Psi aspect and rarely delved into the Sang but it was a nice intro to the culture for someone who isn't well aquinted. It allows one to somewhat understand the culture and how it isn't just something people do for attention in most cases. Every now and then it would get a little dry but overall the fact that this is an anthology really made it worth reading