Contents

4 The Problem with Vampire Hunters: Why are vampires so easily defeated these days?
6 Vampyre Hunters - Receptical Cleansers: The Facts; A brief insight into how the hunters operate
8 The Vampire and The Hunter: A look at how slayers fit with our notions of good and evil
12 The Feast of Blood: Real life vampire tales and those who had to destroy them
16 A Slayer’s Arsenal: Make sure that you are prepared
18 Wooden it be Luvverly!: Just what wood is best for making those stakes?
24 Van Helsing Promotional photos from the film
26 Blade: The Comic Book Before Wesley Snipes came along...
28 Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter Review of the best-selling books by Laurell K. Hamilton
30 Van Helsing Review: So after all that hype is it actually any good?
32: Gross Out: A novel not by Sean Hutson The second in our ‘not by’ novel series
34 Club Reviews: Out with the old and in with the new - alternative clubbing in London is seeing some changes
37 Dark City: Edinburgh Edinburgh goes Goth for Easter weekend
38 On Screen News: The usual look at what’s to come
42 Reviews: Books, games and DVDs...take your pick!
46 Abney Park: Who said that Goth music is dead?