Links

To the best of my ability, I have compiled a list of useful links for vampires and vamp-curious alike. I'm afraid I don't have many links for donors - there seem to be less sites in cyberspace for people who are in an intimate feeding relationship with a vampire (or who would dearly love to be!) than there are sites dealing with vampires and vampirology. Perhaps I am looking in the wrong place.

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This is one of the best damn vampire pages that I have ever visited.

Another excellent site.

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Folklore/History Of The Vampire

The Chupacabra
Dracula: The Man, The Myth, and the Legend
Castle Csejthe: the home of Erzebet Bathory (the "blood countess")
"Dracula's Homepage" (written/edited by "Bloofer Lady" Elizabeth Miller
Nocturnal Visions
Evolution of the Vampire
Vampire Myths in Popular Fiction"

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Lifestyle/White Wolf/Masquerade/Props

While some would argue that "lifestyle vampires" (who dress in a perceived "vampire" style, usually Gothic or Victorian; keep nocturnal hours; cultivate old world manners; follow an organized structure/hierarchy in organizations very similar to the Camarilla described by White Wolf; cultivate a special slang or argot that identifies oneself as a lifestyle vamp; join "clans;" take on "childer;" and otherwise live the lifestyle of a vampire, at least, as vampires are "supposed to live" according to White Wolf, anne Rice, or other popular fiction/culture) are not really vampires, I don't think that's true. If sanguinarians are apples, psi-vamps are grapes, immortal revenants are rotten bananas (not a good analogy, because bananas exist, but never mind that) and lifestylers are tomatoes, that means that there are all sorts of different fruits in the salad...but they're still fruits. The pointless bickering over who has more of a right to declare herself a "real" vampire has got to stop. It serves no purpose. What is important is whether a person is honest and true. Be who you are. Don't pretend to be anything else, even if you long to be something else. You are what you are, and the sooner you stop trying to package yourself as something you are not, the sooner you will know acceptance. Conversely, other vampires need to be more accepting of the different forms of vampirism. If more people were to actually accept the validity of psychic vampirism and lifestyle vampyrism and blood-drinking, then we wouldn't have teenyboppers pretending to be immortal because they have the idea that their own form of vampirism isn't "real" enough. Most of us are pretty accepting of all walks of life, but some factions and individuals aren't. You know who you are. Shame on you.

Anyway, here are some links for people who wish to live like vampires, dress like vampires, acquire fangs, etc.

I am trying to compile more White Wolf links for those who play Vampire: The Masquerade. If you are a GM or player or whatever and have a page dedicated to this game, tell me about it! (I will eventually dedicate an entire page to a discussion of the influence White Wolf has had on vampyre culture, but that will have to wait for a later time)

Vampyre Lifestyler's Meeting Place
Columbus By Night: A Vampire LARP in Columbus, OH
White Wolf Studios
The Camarilla (the fan club, not the fictional organization!)
UK Masquerade
West London Demesne of UKM (one of my friends is a Prince, mwah hah hah)
Camarilla UK
How to make your own fangs, by Fortunato
The Site of the Withered Black Rose
The Agony in the Garden
The Gothic Martha Stewart
Teeth By Dnash
Mythic Visions Vampire Fangs
Interviews with the Vampire, by Carol Lloyd (Salon Magazine)
The Sanctuary: A Goth/Industrial Vampire Sex Bar
Theatre des Vampyres: Darkangel's Gothic/Vampire Heaven
The Anne Rice Fan Club
The Official Anne Rice Website
The Masquerade: V:tM themed Atlanta nightclub
Dark Angel Productions: Uniting Vampires throughout the World (some real-vamp too)
Dracula's Ball (Philadelphia)
The Vampiric Court (V:tM)
The Vampire Lounge (Dallas, TX)
The Vampire Commune (IRC)
The Home of Vampires (mostly White Wolf)
Gypsy Moon Costumes (pricey, but worth it!)

Organizations

The Vampire Alliance
The Vampire Church (not recommended, but just in case you want to take a peek)
The Sanguinarium
The Coven
The Dark Society (The Vampire Church: same elders, different verse, a little bit louder and...)
House Mavenlore
Sabretooth (note: Todd Hoyt no longer is in charge of this organization)
The International Vampire Society
The New Jersey Association of Real-Vampires (OBNOXIOUS graphics!)
The Temple of the Vampire
The Society of the Dark Sun
A list of offline clubs, societies, and publications
Vampire Exchange and information Network
The Society of the Black Rose

Hunters

I list below sites belonging to people who claim to hunt vampires. I don't list Buffy the Vampyre Slayer fan pages, because those are of course pretty harmless. If I list something here, it's because I consider it dangerous to our community.

This is my plea to vampires, allies, etc: Please do NOT try to reason with these people on a BBS, to get them to accept us, or to make them appear to be wackos/idiots, or for any other reason. Not only will it not work, it will give these bigots more information about us than we want them to know. Many of them are hypocritical psychic vampires who feed off of the negative attention you give them. Do you really want to stroke their egos and make them that much stronger? Starve them. Don't give them what they want.

I personally do not feel that there is a serious threat from would-be "slayers" at this time. The posing and posturing of people who talk about weapons, ammunition, stalking tactics, etc are just ways to live in a self-generated fantasy world. These people are like the youngsters who swear up and down that they were "embraced" a few years ago and now can only live on blood, will die if left in the sun, etc. It's wish fulfillment. However, there is a definite danger from Neo-Nazi type skinheads, Klansmen, and other right-wing nuts who commit hate crimes against Goths and people who look or are known to be "different." Many of us have already had bad encounters with these bigots. The right wing militia movements of America do have access to armaments, and street gangs and other groups can easily obtain guns. These people are a threat. Finally, the "wannabe" slayers mentioned above may turn into militia types when they get a little older and have enough money to buy a gun and ammo. Therefore, they need to be monitored. We do not know the extent of the threat that hunters pose, and we cannot afford to ignore them.

Let paranoia be tempered with common sense...but a sensible vampire or vampire-lover would be wise to watch his back.

Chris Light's Vampire Hunters Message Board
The address for this BBS seems to have moved. But I found it. Do you know how many search engines I had to go through??? There's a lot of fluff on this board, but every now and then one can pick up some useful information on the really worrisome people. Like this psycho...

"Rut" (real name unknown, suspected to be Jason)
Sean Manchester (London, England)
David Farrant (England)
Tex Bernhardt
A quote from Tex: "Most vampires are female"
This man is dangerous. On his page, he talks about a "kill" he made...

Health matters: vampire-related diseases common and uncommon

Bipolar disorder (manic-depression)
Depression
Athsma
Anemia
Porphyria
Epstein-Barr Syndrome
Coeliac Disease
Crohn's Disease
Diabetes
Gulf War Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ("spastic colon")
Lactose intolerance
HIV/AIDS
Multiple chemical sensitivities
CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, etc)
Rabies (has been mistaken for vampirism)
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lupus
Multiple Sclerosis
Consumption (tuberculosis) (has been mistaken for vampirism)
Migraine headaches

Celebrities

These people have achieved some renown both on and off the internet, and so I list them in a special section before I go on to the general vampire resources. They are largely responsible for the perception and definition of the "modern vampire." I don't agree with all of their viewpoints, nor do they agree with each other, but they must be listed here simply because of who they are.

Dhampir: A Child of the Blood (V.M. Johnson)

Living Vampires (Vyrdolak/Inanna Arthen)
Sanguinarius' Resource Page
The Coven (Rev. Ralph Spindell)
Vampiric Peoples' Resource Page (Amy Krieytaz)
The Official Konstantinos Web Site

Vampire Sexuality, including Lesbian Vampires

Kittie: A Lair for Lesbian Goths (Two thumbs up!)

Female2Female Vampires (yes, it's made by a vampire womyn!)
Lesbian Vampires: An Essay
The Sin Within (personal homepage of a vampire lesbian)
The Vampiress' Lair: Airyn Darling's Homepage (she's brilliant and cute)
Vampire Femmes (not sure if this is made by a womyn or a male)
Crimson-L: a discussion forum of vampire eroticism
Blue Blood magazine (vampire/BDSM porn)
The Haven: A Vampire, BDSM, and Blood Fetish Site (information, not porn)

Werewolves, "Furries," Serianthropes, Etc

Vampires and werewolves (lycanthropes) have been associated with each other in world folkore for centuries.

The Werewolf's Den
Wolfman's Werewolf Links
The Werewolf Page
Of Weres and Wolves
Werewolf: The Apocalypse (White Wolf Studios)
Werewolf legends from Germany
Howling good werewolf links
Werewolves in the House
Lycanthropy FAQ Sheet (very informative)

Miscellaneous Vampire Resources

These are in no particular order, but I've tried to make them at least slightly more organized than my desk...the sites are alphebetized. (Mostly.)
The Dark Angel Project: A Comprehensive Gothic/Vampiric Directory