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NEWS AS OF 2009:
The randomly updated update bits can still be found on their own page.. Currently: no new updates, as I'm trying to overhaul the whole website so it works, damn it. And remember there's still the work-in-progress page Mistress Emilly's Grandiose Theory of Vampirism! On which I'm still working, yes, but there's new mitochrondrial info to be added in soon, I'm hoping.
More news. Going to be updating the banner takeaway, and offer a button size, if anyone's interested, and going to do my best to make all the other dead links undeadify reasonably soon. It's a process, I know. In the meantime, hang in there.
Oh, and if you're in Second Life? Look up the Sanguinarius Center in Kitsuhana; bunch of us hang out there on occasion, keeping the grid safe for the real fanged set. (And if you're not, and you want to join, let me help you with that--yeah, I get a kickback, but hey, helps me, helps you, and you can get in touch with the community that way as well.)
And JUST FOR THE RECORD: I know I don't update that often, but this site is NOT the horror roleplay board, the webcomic, or the romance novel. I'm reasonably sure I predate every one of those mentions for the name, but there's enough of that kneejerk urge to be demi-original that I'm now thinking of changing it.
Don't worry, I haven't finalized anything, and I'll let you know if I do change things up.
Okay. Everything should lead to something--as of today (2 August, 2009).
Coding for the following links:
 =lots of info--solid links, community connections, good page |  =serious page, information, theories or essays |  =generally for pretty pictures, but some info or useful links |
| House of the Dreaming, Bholanath's flagship site. This is here primarily because Bholanath asked me to link him. I still think their page is hard to navigate, and I still don't agree with these people or their values, but it's also a fact that I'm a cranky bitch and a chaos witch, so statements like "Stand for order and justice" make me want to blow things up. Seems to me if you're into personality sublimation and Ever Treading the Upward Path, these are your guys. So they're still here. |
| The Vampire Church. Over the last three years, the Vampire Church has become forum-centric, has tightened their code and lost all the popups that so irritated me back in 2005. There's more good information. By and large, I'm still not crazy about them, but they've converted to mostly a psi-vamp site, which is now one of my areas of research so...there you go. | |
| This is Sphynxcat's Vampire Support Page. She's got a ton of the best essays ever written on modern vampirism, and a whole host of other articles and essays, some she's written, some she's gathered from others. She's also one of the most rational folk in this fractured community, and I trust her. Go read. You'll learn something. |
| Every subculture has its instability points--and the real vampire community, unfortunately, is rather rife with mental illness and aberrant behavior. This book, written by Sondra London, describes that to a T, apparently. Yes, I know, not all of us kill for blood and eat human flesh...but it might be worth knowing about those who have, so you can battle society's misconceptions about what you do at home. |
| Sanguinarius, the Big, the Bad. In existence since 1997, gone through more revisions than I have, and she has a nifty new sigil. This one's got it all, though--rants, raves, graphics, user posts, web-based IRC links, tips, tricks and humor. Everything to keep you sane when the folks at home don't understand. |
| Drink Deeply and Dream has lots of articles, nifty cover art, and now they have a forum, a store, and they make their own fangs. I am slowly catching on that to be this weird, we pretty much have to support ourselves. DD&D, now, they've already figured that out. Plus a screensaver! What more do you want? |
| This doesn't lead to a page set, per se, as much as it leads to a single page, Inanna Arthen's essay on real vampires. She wants it rewritten, but until she gets to that, I'll leave it here as a worthwhile read. |
| Nocturnus. Yet another forum site, but this is one with a difference--they have some really interesting--and in-depth--analyses of possible causes for vampirism. Definitely will be watching them, and reading what I have time for. |
| Vampires Among Us. Err. So, Rose Noire says she's updating the non-worky, but at present, her site under Firefox? Is non-worky. (And one year later, is STILL unworky!) And the music is somewhat off-putting, though with enough time, you'll get the ability to stop it on at least a few pages. So this'll kick around here as a 'might be okay in time' link. |
| Amy Krieytaz's resource page. Some good essays here, I'll grant, and really simple coding, but I'll have to wander before I completely approve. She's got an interesting history of the community, however, so yay for that. |
| By Light Unseen is not only especially good at picking out real vampire sites from roleplaying sites, it's also got a lot of myths and legends about vampires, as well as information on the real ones, and much in the way of supportive essays. Keep in mind the site's still very dark on a lot of systems as the main colors are black, dark blue and deep purple. (Not that I exactly have room to talk, here...) |
 | Pathway to Darkness. Oh, my gods. Yes, it has been confirmed that this former clearinghouse site of all things dark and vampiric was, in fact, bought by Father Todd. Used an adjunct of his, Michelle Belanger, the woman responsible for writing the Black Veil creed, to buy the domain. Apparently figured he could just sit back and rake in cash from folks linking to the site, and going through and buying things from the Sanguinarium.
The problem with this was, for once, the real vamp community was smarter than he was. Plus, his rep has gone way downhill in the last few years. And thus, Vampire Wine comes in, saving his ass at the eleventh hour. Now, it's owned entirely by Vampire Wine, and is purely a commercial site, with nothing whatsoever to do with Pathway to Darkness or the Sanguinarium...but there's the connection I was hoping to track down.
Being as how it's not a vampire site in any way, now, technically I should drop it from this list. Because basically, in my opinion, if you really want to try Vampire Wine (bottle label: totally cool. Wine: good for making stew), go to your local specialty wine shop and have 'em ship in a bottle. Really. It's so much easier. |
| Okay, this is here for one reason: to let others know these loons exist. If anyone ends up popping them funds for the DVD said, I wanna know. Because this particular 'ex-vampire' seems deeply scary to me for some reason, and lunatic besides. |
For more of me babbling on this topic, you could try the vamp rants.
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