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Exclusive Interview: “The Blood Is The Life” Author David Carrico

 

In her now classic novel Interview With The Vampire, Anne Rice cleverly treated vampirism not as a mystical or demonic issue, but instead as a medical condition, paving the way for more realistic stories about bloodsuckers. Which is where we find David Carrico’s new urban fantasy vampire tale, The Blood Is The Life (hardcover Kindle). Well, mostly. As Carrico explains in the following email interview, his story puts a rather interesting spin even Rice wouldn’t have seen coming.

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Exclusive Interview: “A Small Charred Face” Author Kazuki Sakuraba

 

While we’ve all read stories about a kid and their dog, there aren’t many that chronicle the special bond that only exists between a kid and their vampire. Well, except for Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book. But while Kazuki Sakuraba’s mosaic novel A Small Charred Face (paperback, digital) features three connected stories that explore this unique connection between kids and bloodsuckers, it turns out it was somewhat inspired by the special bond between a Japanese writer and her dog.