vampires, the supernatural, real life hauntings, Dracula, werewolves, Christopher Lee, goth clubs, Whitby, haunted houses
If I am not in Transylvania I can be found at the Whitby Goth Fest...
Music
anything dark and interesting!
Movies
anything Hammer Horror, Blade 1, Interview with the Vampire, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Don't Look Now, Alien, The Sixth Sense, Vincent Price films, Once Upon a Time in America, Goodfellas
Television
nothing has ever captivated me since the tv series Hammer House of Horror. Nowadays, I like Doctor Who and documentaries about alternative culture
Books
mostly non fiction, at the moment I am re-reading my own book Vampire Nation!
About me:
I am the editor of Bite me magazine- the magazine for vampire lovers.
I have appeared on tv several times talking about those dastardly creatures vampires but am more used to turning down requests than accepting them. Can you blame me?!
I am not just interested in things with pointy teeth- I am drawn to most things dark and alluring. That can include haunted castles, ghostly pubs and eerie forests.
Bite me magazine web site is at www.bitememagazine.com
A visit to the ‘world’s biggest Dracula party’ sparked the idea for Bite me.
The setting: Los Angeles.
The date: August 1997.
The celebration: the centenary of Bram Stoker’s immortal novel Dracula….
Over a thousand vampire fans from the US, Brazil, Spain, Romania and Russia united with one solitary Scottish vampire-magazine-Editor–in-the-making for the most fang-tastic event of the century.
The Editor mingled with Hammer Horror legend Ingrid ‘Countess Dracula’ Pitt, Scream Queens, the son of Bela Lugosi, the first man to ever spend a night alone in the real Castle Dracula in Romania. Oh, and a psychic vampire or two….
Alas, the party had to end. Four days later, the Editor was back in the vampire-barren territory of Central Scotland. But there was something different this time. She was on a mission. Pure and simple, she felt the ‘calling’ to produce a publication that would unite fans from all around the world. Fans with one thing in common- a love of Dracula and well other things spooky and weird!
From an initial plan to produce a photocopied fanzine, ‘Project Vampire’ kept growing fangs as I decided I wanted glossy pages, shiny colour ones, some more gloss. I had zero experience of producing a magazine and undertook a self-taught crash course in publishing, alone at night in my attic...
MISTAKEN DRACULAS: Well, we all know about the best on-screen Draculas but what about the worst? Read this and weep.
ELEGANT GOTHIC LOLITA STYLE FEATURE: Discover more about RazorBladeKisses, the world's only Gothic Lolita band.
BLOOD, SWEAT & GALLOPING HOOVES - On the trail of the vampire horses
UNDERGROUND VAULTS VIGIL: Join two intrepid ghost hunters who were among the very first public group to spend the night in the Edinburgh Vaults, a place described by BBC as "…one of the most haunted places in Britain".
POPPY Z BRITE: Read our guide to this fantastic cult author of vampire and gothic tales.
VAMP GALLERY: The Editor selects her favourite vamps from all over the world- from Scotland to Taiwan
GOTHS & MY LITTLE PONY- Find out why so many My Little Pony enthusiasts are Goths!
PLUS Scary Dolls & Puppets… NEW gothic fiction section… and all the regular news, reviews and more!
Issue available from www.bitememagazine.com
Who I'd like to meet: Most folk as long as they are courteous. I am not interested in gossipy cliquey types/groups. There were too many of them at the local vamp society- put me off for life!
I like creative, artistic people - who don't even have to like vampires!
I would also like to meet people who have seen the actual print magazine, not just the web site :-)
its 3am and you're not online??? me thinks you've retired to the coffin and nailed it shut from the inside. you deserve the break now, its a great mag!
