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Lamia Zacharias
Death-school
The vampire, Lamia Zacharius, becomes a teacher at the Antipodes Classical School and plots to gain control over the children in a small town in Indiana.
302 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1982
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About the author
J.N. Williamson
98 books55 followersGerald Neal Williamson (April 17, 1932 - December 8, 2005) wrote and edited horror stories under the name J. N. Williamson. He also wrote under the name Julian Shock.
Born in Indianapolis, IN he graduated from Shortridge High School. He studied journalism at Butler University. He published his first novel in 1979 and went on to publish more than 40 novels and 150 short stories. In 2003 he received a lifetime achievement award from the Horror Writers of America. He edited the critically acclaimed How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction (1987) which covered the themes of such writing and cited the writings of such writers as Robert Bloch, Lee Prosser, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, William F. Nolan, and Stephen King. Many important writers in the genre contributed to the book. Williamson edited the popular anthology series, Masques. Some of his novels include The Ritual (1979), Playmates (1982), Noonspell (1991), The Haunt (1999), among others.
He was also a well known Sherlockian and received his investiture (The Illustrious Client) in the Baker Street Irregulars in 1950.
Source: Wikipedia
Born in Indianapolis, IN he graduated from Shortridge High School. He studied journalism at Butler University. He published his first novel in 1979 and went on to publish more than 40 novels and 150 short stories. In 2003 he received a lifetime achievement award from the Horror Writers of America. He edited the critically acclaimed How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction (1987) which covered the themes of such writing and cited the writings of such writers as Robert Bloch, Lee Prosser, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, William F. Nolan, and Stephen King. Many important writers in the genre contributed to the book. Williamson edited the popular anthology series, Masques. Some of his novels include The Ritual (1979), Playmates (1982), Noonspell (1991), The Haunt (1999), among others.
He was also a well known Sherlockian and received his investiture (The Illustrious Client) in the Baker Street Irregulars in 1950.
Source: Wikipedia
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April 28, 2023
The vampire from the previous books returns, this time trying to create a whole town of vampires. The first big issue here is that far too much of the story is given from the vampire's point of view, preventing there from being any real mystery as to what is going on; if the reader already knows what the monster's plans are in advance, it's not really very interesting to watch them go down exactly as predicted. The other issue is that nothing really happens in the book, or at least nothing that really feels important (which, to be fair, is a criticism that could be applied to its predecessors as well); vampirism, as presented in these books, seems to have no particular drawbacks and so it's hard to see why any of the characters would care if they're converted. The plotting in these books feels completely aimless, with various uninteresting characters meandering through an assortment of mostly uninteresting incidents until the book ends, punctuated by the occasional lectures on random supernatural phenomena which seem to be the author's trademark.
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