Melissa Stanziale’s short story “The Children of Ororo” will appear in the Gothic Blue Book: The Revenge Edition this month. 1. Vampires or Zombies? Which do you prefer in fiction? Definitely vampires. Zombies are mindless corpses that, in my opinion, cannot believably be endowed with a personality. There is, however, a broad spectrum of vampire…

Daniel Kraus’ short story “Nora and the Gravedigger” will appear in the Gothic Blue Book: The Revenge Edition this month. 1. Vampires or Zombies? Which do you prefer in fiction? My preference is neither. There are so many new horrors to be dreamed up that don’t rely on established icons. But I suppose that answer…

Jennifer A. Smith’s short story “Last Summer” will appear in the Gothic Blue Book: The Revenge Edition this month. 1. Vampires or Zombies? Which do you prefer in fiction? I prefer vampires.  Zombies have so little to say, and they are so inelegant. 2. Haunted House or Haunted Mental Asylum? If you had to spend…

Wednesday Silverwood’s short story “Angelique” will appear in the Gothic Blue Book: The Revenge Edition this month. 1. Vampires or Zombies? Which do you prefer in fiction? Vampires! Don’t get me wrong, I love zombies too but the figure of the vampire has a particular menace and romance for me. So long as they have…

Carl Palmer’s poem “Visitation” will appear in the Gothic Blue Book: The Revenge Edition this month. 1. Vampires or Zombies? Which do you prefer in fiction? My preference is that neither be portrayed as fiction since Vampires and Zombies are real. 2. Haunted House or Haunted Mental Asylum? If you had to spend the night…

David Massengill’s short story “Bellevue” will appear in the Gothic Blue Book: The Revenge Edition this month. 1. Vampires or Zombies? Which do you prefer in fiction? Zombies. I’d love to see an author stray from the zombie apocalypse storyline and do a historical gothic/horror novel in the Haitian zombie tradition. Maybe like Anne Rice’s The Witching Hour only…