Shake Sphere at the RSC

Shake Sphere Talks at Royal Shakespeare Co

These events are going to be really innovative - a true synthesis of art & science :)

 http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/events/the-shakes-sphere-talks.aspx

Please visit Count Gore De Vol's Tomb of Dark Delights where you will find all sorts of fascinating things to read curtesy of award winning horror writer Judy Comeau INCLUDING a review of Worth Their Weight in Blood.........

WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN BLOOD by Carole Jahme

The author, who holds a Master’s Degree in Evolutionary Psychology (in addition to being a journalist, broadcaster, film actor and program producer), has put a scientific spin on the hoary and venerable vampire trope in her novel, WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN BLOOD. Scarlet Fox is woman of her times: the year is 1990, which finds Scarlet a lonely, unemployed young woman who is desperate for job and some kind of stability. She takes the first job she can get—a night-shift worker at a new laboratory that specializes in blood disease research where she is put to work studying a chimpanzee with a rare blood disorder. It’s not long before love-starved Scarlet begins a sexual relationship with a co-worker, but Scarlet has other concerns as well—she is preoccupied by the memory of a family found burned to death within a circle of standing Neolithic stones reminiscent of Stonehenge. What could it mean? As her job at the blood lab proceeds, Scarlet is horrified to discover that her fellow employees are actually vampires. Scarlet is forced join their species, a species that has evolved as a result of natural selection. Fascinating discussions as to whether or not vampires have souls, and whether their species is superior to humans ensue, but there is plenty of action as well, because the vampires have split ranks and are at war with one another. A troubled young boy whom Scarlet has taken under her wing and a renegade vampire provide thrills and scares when they begin to unravel the society of vampires who have made Radfield their home. Ms Jahme’s novel is shot through with interesting ideas and concepts far removed from typical vampire fare. For more about the author, please visit http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/carole-jahme.

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Horror Writers

October 2012 and the build up to spooky Halloween is underway. Check out this link to the Horror Writer's Association (HWA) Halloween blog. During October daily posts from 30 different horror writers will shiver your timbers.

Make sure to check out the HWA Halloween blog on 15th October 2012 as a fascinating exchange between yours truely and award winning wildlife expert Paul D Stewart takes place on the subject of nature's vampires...

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Horror writer Ben Ethridge author of the acclaimed Bottled Abyss dropped me an email

From: Benjamin Ethridge
Sent: 05 October 2012 22:28

To: carole jahme
Subject: Re: Novel

Carole,

Just wanted to let you know that I've finished WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN BLOOD. I very much enjoyed it. Being a fan of Richard Matheson's science + vampires concept and also being a fan of evolutionary theory in general, I found the novel captivating-- especially since the premises made sense to me. I wasn't certain where the story was going at first, because the build up is considerable, but I enjoyed the progression of Scarlet's story until the conclusion. Well done and thank you for the free copy.

Take care,

--Ben

 

Kind words from Sidney Du Broth's Shooting and Fishing Journal - bet I'm the first Vampire writer to get a review from a fishing and shooting journal - big thanks Sid!

http://www.sidsjournal.com/ Sidney Du Broth describes a day at the London Book Fair 2012... As I moved along, two young men in the twelve year old category, wearing white tee shirts, with what appeared to be a book-cover reproduction emblazoned upon them, approached. Seeing my press badge they stopped and explained their mission. They were seeking out appropriate members of the press who might be prepared to review a book. It was the work of the mother of the young man on the right in the photo (the chap on the left is a friend). And it was a book about Vampires. We don't usually review books about vampires, it/they being somewhat remote from the usual shooting, fishing and gun scene that is our more or less normal domain. The young man was an absolute charmer, and it would be impossible to say No. The young man explained that he would be writing his own book in due course, probably a work of non-fiction.

'Carole Jahme's son, right promotes his mother's book, with help from colleague'

Carole Jahme is no doubt very proud of her young son, as well she should be. Ms Jahme is a science writer on the Guardian newspaper, so she should know something about Vampires. She is a psychologist whose previous work , Beauty and the Beasts, Women Ape and Evolution, was published by Virago in 2000.

WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN BLOOD by Carol Jahme. Published by Mira Publishing House ISBN 978-1-908509-01-7

This is a book of 343 pages so you come to know vampires quite well, and become aware that there are different kinds of vampires. Scarlet tells her story in the first person, a single mother with a six year old daughter, and a man responsible for the child whom she hates. She doesn't like her mother much either, nor does her mother like her. Scarlet is vulnerable; vampires would seek her out. She is given a stark choice: become a vampire or die. As Ms Jahme, who would know, puts it: "…bit by bit the beautiful face, another, otherworldly, version of myself, pixilated away into little pieces until the mirror was empty of life and I was no longer there." So you can see what can happen, and does.