"What you are about to read, if you so choose to, is the story of one young man's plight, of the struggle between the gothic passions of good and the horrors of evil, in which innocence is challenged by the thirst for blood of a Vampire. How does Michael Valli run away from his macabre inner nemesis Malice Nightwing? You, the reader must endure this journey through the Blood Passion. J. M. Valente"
"On April 20, 1914, in the small railroad town of Ludlow, Colorado, striking coalminers and state National Guardsmen waged a day-long battle that ended with the burning of a strikers' tent colony. The "Ludlow Massacre," as it is known, was only part of a seven-month war in which at least seventy-five people were killed. In Blood Passion, journalist Scott Martelle explores this largely forgotten American saga of coalminers rising against political and economic corruption, a fight that embraced some of the most volatile social movements of the early twentieth century."--Cover.
Telling the saga of flame-haired beauty Lady Leanna and her betrothed, Prince Emric, this lavishly illustrated medieval novella features 34 full-color paintings to deliver the full impact of the story.
The continuance of the Modern Gothic American Horror conflict; between the untainted Passions of Good and the unbridled Horrors of Evil, for which the ingenuous through no fault of their own are compelled to deal with, because of being endowed with the obstinate curse of a life sustaining need, to ingest fresh Blood of living beings on a regular basis. This astonishing Novel is the telling of Rachael's coming of age story, and of how she must handle her extraordinary way of life, in which, the iniquitous ravenous desire to consume the fresh Blood of a living organism must ensue to sustain her very own strange dilemma of being born from what was once the tainted Love, between a Normal Human Mother and a Living Vampire Father. Also included is a three chapter Bonus prequel Novella.
Book I This engaging, and gripping story, is the memoirs of young Michael Valli; a Modern Gothic American Horror chronicle which takes place in the present-day picturesque waterfront town of Mystic; which has a folklore history of Vampires allegedly residing there, circa the late Eighteen Hundreds. This is the elegiac story of; Michael's struggle with the Gothic passions of good and the depraved horrors of evil, a 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', and 'Psycho' circumstance, in which innocence is challenged by the Vampiric thirst for human blood. How will he survive, living with this macabre inner nemesis that he denominates as... Malice Nightwing. That question is, the hypothesis of Michael's plight, which keeps the reader and would keep an audience, on the edge of their own sanity, having a love hate relationship with the main character of this tragic tale of Michael's encounter with a mutated Vampire Bat; transported to the beautiful waterfront town of Mystic, from Mexico City, Mexico unknowingly by two of his neighbours; which had been vacationing there. Try as Michael does, to adjust to this estranged way of existing, until the love for, and of, a woman, makes him realize the horror of this way of life, now becoming a 'Beauty And The Beast' scenario, which then escalates the already ongoing conflict between Michael and his alter-ego Malice, strongly endangering them to their probable destruction, and or, demise... Book II The continuing story of the BLOOD PASSION Saga; the classic modern Gothic conflict; between the untainted passions of Good and the unbearable horrors of Evil, for which the ingenuous; through no fault of their own, are compelled to deal with, because of the obstinate curse of a life sustaining thirst to ingest the Blood of living beings. How does one deal with, living a life with an iniquitous ravenous desire to consume fresh Blood? You, the reader must abide, if you so dare; This journey through the BLOOD PASSION curse to reveal, how it is endured. Book III The continuance of the Modern Gothic American Horror conflict; between the untainted Passions of Good and the unbridled Horrors of Evil, for which the ingenuous through no fault of their own are compelled to deal with, because of being endowed with the obstinate curse of a life sustaining need, to ingest fresh Blood of living beings on a regular basis. This astonishing Novel is the telling of Rachael's coming of age story, and of how she must handle her extraordinary way of life, in which, the iniquitous ravenous desire to consume the fresh Blood of a living organism must ensue to sustain her very own strange dilemma of being born from what was once the tainted Love, between a Normal Human Mother and a Living Vampire Father.
Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, Ramsey Campbell, and others blur the lines between terror and temptation in fourteen hedonistic tales of horror. Crimes of Passion, ninth in the award–winning Hot Blood series of erotic horror, has a criminally good array of talent—fourteen stories by authors as diverse as literary giant Joyce Carol Oates, mystery giant Lawrence Block, horror giant Ramsey Campbell, musician Greg Kihn, and Brian Hodge, who pens the stunning Bram Stoker Award finalist “Madame Babylon.” It’s “like a powerful handgun being cocked in your ear” (award-winning author Edward Bryant for Locus) and “should serve to warm your veins quite nicely during the long winters night” (Booklovers). You’ll find yourself cuffed to the page until you finish this inescapable, essential volume. With some of the biggest authors and best stories, Crimes of Passion is erotic horror at its sinful, wonderful best. Praise for the Hot Blood series “Read Hot Blood late at night when the wind is blowing hard and the moon is full.” —Playboy “Outstanding . . . A daring combination of sex and terror.” —Cemetery Dance “Will appeal to your every kink.” —Locus “Seek out this one (or its predecessors) for some naughty fun.” —Booklovers
What you are about to read, if you so choose to, is the story of one young man's plight, of the struggle between the gothic passions of good and the horrors of evil, in which innocence is challenged by the thirst for blood of a Vampire. How does Michael Valli run away from his macabre inner nemesis Malice Nightwing? You, the reader must endure this journey through the Blood Passion. J. M. Valente Being a huge fan of everything Vampire, having watched many Vampire movies and TV series such as Blood Ties, Vampire Diaries, True Blood and having read many books from authors such as Anne Rice, Stephenie Meyer, Charlaine Harris, I found Blood Passion to be totally different and unique. It gives a fresh new spin on the life of a Vampire and an interesting glimpse inside his mind-man and monster-exhibiting the struggle between good and evil within him. If you were turned into the one and only actual living human Vampire on this earth, how would your life change forever and what would you be willing to do to survive and of course how much do think you could control the monster inside you? Blood Passion gripped me from the beginning and I couldn't put it down, until it was finished! And found myself wanting more. Angela Whiting, New Englander, Age 40.
Christopher Tilmouth presents an accomplished study of Early Modern ideas of emotion, self-indulgence, and self-control in the literature and moral thought of the late 16th and 17th centuries (1580 to 1680).
This is the continuing story of the BLOOD PASSION Saga, the classic modern Gothic conflict; between the untainted passions of Good and the unbearable horrors of Evil, for which the ingenuous; through no fault of their own, are compelled to deal with, because of the obstinate curse of a life sustaining thirst to ingest the Blood of living beings. How does one deal with, living a life with an iniquitous ravenous desire to consume fresh Blood? You, the reader must abide, if you so dare; This journey through the BLOOD PASSION curse to reveal, how it is endured.
