BOOKS WITH BITE PRESENTS -- TAKE A BITE

Vampires: marginalised, blood-sucking, sexy … it’s hard to avoid these glamorous, dangerous creatures as they hold sway over the imagination. But, as the Twilight generation eagerly flocks to the cinema to watch film after film, do we understand how and why these mythical creatures have come to dominate popular culture? And, more importantly, how do women feature in this phenomenon – in our so-called ‘modern’ society does an empowered vampire queen exist, or are we all just lusting after Edward?

In this innovative analysis of folklore and Anglo-American literature, Nancy Schumann explores the representation of vampires and vampiresses from the Romantic era through to the Post-Modern. Tracing the development of blood-sucking figures from their origins through to Le Fanu’s Carmilla and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, before concluding with the Twilight and True Blood sagas, Take a Bite is a thorough and engaging analysis that puts women centre stage. Looking at both popular and less well-known texts, this engaging study tells the untold stories of vampiresses.

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Biscuits & Catatonia - short story - 

now available in NonBinary Review Issue #36: Heredity 

for a reasonable $5 on the Zoetic Press website

Hannah’s Bookshelf 

Radio show on North Manchester FM 106.6

22 June 2024 - Midsummer Special with seasonal flash fiction including New Beginnings by Nancy Schumann

04 May 2024 - Beltane Special with seasonal flash fiction including The Witch’s Birthday by Nancy Schumann

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Impossible Spaces

including The Hostel

by Nancy Schumann

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Nothing including 

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spot. 

Hic Dragones. 

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Into the Woods

including

A Winter’s Tale by 

Nancy Schumann

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