Laura-Lee
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Werner A. Lind:
Since I read Lifeblood (all those years ago) I've been on the lookout for any other good books that deal with Vampires (and/or werewolves) that have Christian themes. Do you know of any you can recommend?
Werner A. Lind
Good question, Laura-Lee! The ECPA publishers refuse to publish any fiction that depicts either vampires or werewolves, and CBA stores won't carry them. So explicitly Christian fiction with those themes has a commercial handicap to start with --it has to be either self-published, or printed by a small and/or secular press. As a result, not many modern Christian authors write books or stories with those elements. A few have, though.
Roman Catholic author Krisi Keley has written two volumes of a projected vampire-fiction trilogy, On the Soul of a Vampire and Pro Luce Habere; both of those got five stars from me, and are very Christian themed. But the projected final novel, Genesis, has been delayed for years because of her ill health, which leaves the story arc hanging. :-( LeAnn Neal Reilly, another Catholic author, has a stand-alone vampire novel, The Last Stratiote, which I also rated at five stars. It also has a strong Christian message; but as a caveat, it does have bad language and sexual situations in places.
Among evangelical authors, Sue Dent's series opener Never Ceese, which features both a vampire and a werewolf, would be outstanding as a stand-alone novel; but it ends with a cliffhanger, and IMO the second book of the series (which I didn't finish) goes downhill in quality. Ellen C. Maze has a vampire series, starting with The Judging. I read a review copy of that one (I never reviewed it, because she wasn't happy with the fact that it would only have gotten three stars); I didn't like it as well as the other books I named, because I think the powers of instant mobility to any place in the world, and ability to hear or sense thoughts and words anywhere in the world, that she gives to her vampires are too exaggerated. But some other readers have liked the book, and the series. For short fiction, John Schreiber's "Me and Josh and Gideon," which appears in the Christian anthology Sky Songs from Sky Song Press, is one of the best vampire stories I've ever read.
Hope this helps! (I think the vampire novel The Salvation of Jeffrey Lapin by Greek Orthodox author Summer Kinard has possibilities, but it's still sitting in one of my huge TBR piles.)
Roman Catholic author Krisi Keley has written two volumes of a projected vampire-fiction trilogy, On the Soul of a Vampire and Pro Luce Habere; both of those got five stars from me, and are very Christian themed. But the projected final novel, Genesis, has been delayed for years because of her ill health, which leaves the story arc hanging. :-( LeAnn Neal Reilly, another Catholic author, has a stand-alone vampire novel, The Last Stratiote, which I also rated at five stars. It also has a strong Christian message; but as a caveat, it does have bad language and sexual situations in places.
Among evangelical authors, Sue Dent's series opener Never Ceese, which features both a vampire and a werewolf, would be outstanding as a stand-alone novel; but it ends with a cliffhanger, and IMO the second book of the series (which I didn't finish) goes downhill in quality. Ellen C. Maze has a vampire series, starting with The Judging. I read a review copy of that one (I never reviewed it, because she wasn't happy with the fact that it would only have gotten three stars); I didn't like it as well as the other books I named, because I think the powers of instant mobility to any place in the world, and ability to hear or sense thoughts and words anywhere in the world, that she gives to her vampires are too exaggerated. But some other readers have liked the book, and the series. For short fiction, John Schreiber's "Me and Josh and Gideon," which appears in the Christian anthology Sky Songs from Sky Song Press, is one of the best vampire stories I've ever read.
Hope this helps! (I think the vampire novel The Salvation of Jeffrey Lapin by Greek Orthodox author Summer Kinard has possibilities, but it's still sitting in one of my huge TBR piles.)
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Mango Althaus
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Love to have you take a look at my recent novel for the group! It is the first ever fiction published by cyclical press and a rare progressive Christian addition to the genre. https://www.amazon.com/Expanse-Homos-Hobos-Holy-Hereafter/dp/B0C9SP2VXQ?ref_=ast_author_dp
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