The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction says Vampire Notes is "an unusually intricate take on Vampire topoi" and I thought "topoi" was a typo of "topics" till I looked it up and learned it is the plural of a new-to-me, and quite relevant, word! Weird, don't know how that escaped me all these years...
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man oh man that PREY cover speaks to me on a visceral level. the others have a certain charm, but I could easily force myself to slog through anything with typography as ridiculous as the Prey cover. and the olde-fashioned typeface used for the blurb and author name lend an irresistible air of 80s fantastique. glorious stuff!
The Prey and The Toymaker are the only two here that I might be interested in perusing.Who can resist such hackneyed tropes as "creatures from Hell haunting the living?", or when evil toys become sentient and attack-er -uh, if that is indeed what transpires therein-I have no idea. The other titles look rather ho hum though.
I read The Prey a few years ago and it's quite the goth shocker saga. It's not bad at all!
That typography really is stunning.
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