Portland's gothic, steampunk, Victorian and vampire communities can seem all too fragmented today -- like the repudiated children of Cthulhu and The Cure. But there is one place in Portland where ...

Vampires have become so prevalent in fiction and film that it’s increasingly difficult to wring any new changes on such a hoary supernatural trope. A few recent writers have successfully risen to the ...

A mysterious vampire slaying kit - complete with holy water, a mallet and a set of wooden stakes - is going on show in a new exhibition dedicated to the strange and supernatural world of the gothic.

A new exhibition at the British Library in London looks at the changing taste for the Gothic in British writing. Exhibits range from a wooden box containing vampire-killing equipment (possibly not 100 ...

A Victorian-era vampire slaying kit is expected to fetch thousands of pounds when it goes up for sale at auction. The kit includes a wooden stake and holy water. The box originally belonged to a ...

Victorian physician John Polidori took the vampire out of the forests of eastern Europe, gave him an aristocratic lineage and placed him into the drawing rooms of Romantic-era England. His tale The ...