So what is a fleam?

Main Entry: fleam

Pronunciation: \ˈflēm\

Function: noun
: a sharp lancet formerly used for bloodletting
[Merriam Webster]

In case you were wondering about the name of this blog.... A fleam is a device used for bloodletting.  It can be a simple blade of a set of posts with differences sized points on the side of them.  They are normally used to make a rapid puncture over a major vein and let out blood.  Bloodletting was thought to improve health by balancing the vital humors of the body.  As a writer of paranormal fiction, going by the pen name "Veinglory", The Fleam seemed like an apt name for my blog about vampire fiction.

Dreams of Decadence Relaunch

Dreams of Decadence was a landmark vampire fiction magazine, used as the basis for several great vampire fiction anthologies.  I was thrilled to hear it was relaunching, not so thrilled to learn that it will be a general paranormal magazine rather than specifically vampire-themed.

Free Vampire Ebooks

I am going to list links to vampire ebooks or online reading that is available for free.  If you know of any others, please leave a comment and let me know!

• After the Interview -- Candy Nicks
• Dracula -- Bram Stoker [Page by Page]
• Drain the Blood -- Alex Severin [Alinar Publishing]
• House Of The Vampire, the -- by George Sylvester Viereck
• Vampire, the -- Henry Steel Olcott
• Vampire, the: Or, The Bride Of The Isles -- by James Planche

MIT Science Fiction Society's Review of Twilight

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FLESH AND BLOOD Reay Tannahill

Flesh and Blood: A History of the Cannibal Complex is readable enough for the purposes of entertainment. It feels like the book compiled mainly to satisfy prurient interest. One chapter near the end deals with both werewolves and vampires. It is a rather disorganised collection of early myths and stories relating to these creatures. The version I have is the hardback from 1975, the cover shown is for a later paperback edition. This book is an inoffensive novelty but worth acquiring only if you want a really complete collection of vampire non-fiction. It contains nothing that cannot be found in other, superior volumes.

2/10

R.I.P. Corey Haim (1971-2010)

The Lost Boys was an archetypal eighties vampire movie. Released in 1987 (the same year as Near Dark) the Lost Boys combined teenage chic and vampire menace with a classic tale of outsiders standing up for themselves and brothers looking after each other.

Corey Haim played the younger brother, Sam. But life imitated art when Haim was introduced to drugs on the set of the Lost Boys. The drugs plagued and it seems finally took his life, at the age of 38. Unlike the fictional vampires, drugs were a monster he fought but ultimately succumbed too. Corey Haim was found dead in his mother's apartment, from an apparent overdose.