Vampires

I Like to Watch Tears for fears

Why does CW's "Vampire Diaries" leave us cold, while WE's "Adoption Diaries" has us crying our little eyes out?
  • A guide to vampire fiction with real bite

    The spirit of the Vampire Slayer lives on in the kickass young heroines of urban fantasy fiction
  • I Like to Watch

    The polite vampires of HBO's "True Blood" rise from the dead for a second season of blood lust and moral ambiguity.
  • Finale wrap-up: "True Blood"

    The first season of HBO's "True Blood" ends with fried vampires, Bible thumpers and -- of course! -- even more unsolved mysteries.
  • "Twilight"

    Catherine Hardwicke's erotic vampire blockbuster finds the sweet spot where Gothic literature and the iPod meet.
  • Interview with a vampire's director

    Catherine Hardwicke discusses her eagerly awaited movie "Twilight" and why "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" doesn't matter.
  • I Like to Watch

    The sexy vampires of HBO's "True Blood" charm our mortal pants off, while the churlish motorcycle thugs of "Sons of Anarchy" stoop to a new low. Is the new fall TV season just a filthy tease?
  • Vampires that don't suck

    Alan Ball explains that the undead in his new HBO series don't just embody our deepest sexual yearnings -- they represent both gays and the Bush administration.
  • I Like to Watch

    Hot-tempered vampires are running amok, from Alan Ball's new HBO drama "True Blood" to CBS's "Big Brother 10" to Bravo's "Flipping Out"!
  • Touched by a vampire

    Preteen girls -- and their grown-up moms -- are sinking their teeth into Stephenie Meyer's gothic "Twilight" books by the millions. Move over, J.K. Rowling.
  • "Dracula's" secretary

    The resurfaced manuscript of Bram Stoker's legendary vampire novel reminds us that even a hack can create an immortal tale.
  • "Queen of the Damned"

    The late R&B star Aaliyah haunts an Anne Rice adaptation that feels like a vampire's life: It goes on forever.
  • Breaking up is hard to do

    "Buffy" hits a creative funk, but its spinoff "Angel" is in the groove.
  • Creature of the night

    If you like Harry Potter and love Buffy the Vampire Slayer, then we've got a writer for you.
  • City of Angel

    Buffy's guilt-ridden vampire squeeze lives by night in L.A. Also: "My So-Called Life" meets "The X-Files" in WB's new teen drama "Roswell"
  • Rag vs. rag

    Skeptic magazine should take a cue from its splashier, diametric opposite, Fate. Plus: Jerry Stahl on heroin -- again; yet another writer "discovers" eBay.
  • No fangs

    A review of the movie 'John Carpenter's Vampires,' starring James Woods, by Laura Miller
  • Anne Rice's "Servant of the Bones" Diary

    A child's garden of verses, a grown-up's history of S&M: Anne Rice answers her readers' questions
  • Submit to Anne

    Nurturing the Dark Flower: Anne Rice answers her readers' questions
  • Submit to Anne

    "Can vampires get infected from drinking AIDS-tainted blood?" Anne Rice answers Salon readers' questions.

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