Contents

Features
6. The Lady Is A Vamp The legacy of Theda Bara and the women she inspired
9. Carmilla The original Femme Fatale and her lasting influence
14. Bela Lugosi’s dead Why the vampire no longer holds the horror that it once did
16. Exclusive Interview with Kim Harrison The author of ‘Dead Witch Walking’ and ‘The Good, The Bad and The Undead’ gives us an insight into her characters and inspiration
18. Scared Yet? The unusual fantasy art of Karen Ruffles
20. Transylvanian Folk Tales A selection of traditional stories from the Land beyond the Forest
22. The LVG Christmas Party The London Vampyre Group pay tribute to Neil Gaiman
26. An Introduction to J.S. Le Fanu’s Dublin A Literary Tour of Ireland’s Capital City
26. Dark Masquerade A Gothic Masquerade Ball in Oxford
28. The Goth Bible An in-depth review of the book by Nancy Kilpatrick
33. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines A review of the second computer game based on the popular White Wolf Roleplaying series
Regulars
5. The Dark Side of the News News on the London Vampyre Group and what’s upcoming on the silver screen
8. World Wide Weirdness Strange and interesting places to visit in Cyberspace
8. Vampyres The next installment of our regular comic strip
24. Chingscopes Predictions for the coming months
27. Letters Your views, comments and questions answered
30. Book Reviews
32. DVD Reviews

The Chronicles PO Box 487, London WC2H 9WA
E-mail: chronicles_ed@hotmail.com
Website: www.revamped.co.uk
Contributors (in no particular order): D. Logan Scott, Rakie Keig, Rutland Dedlock, Cardinal Cox, SG Fish, Susann Mann,
Michael Horton, Marcus Jones, Ken Naylor, Karen Ruffles, Duncan Newham, David Gedrych,
Tom Mulligan, D.J. Whillis, Gwilym Games, Claire Wain, Paul Smith, Wolfy
With Thanks to: Kim Harrison, Sister Doom, Sally Stratton, Tara Daynes, Mark Britton, Lawrence Brightman, Dave Calver
Editor: Becky Probert
Printers: Catford Print Centre
Front and Back Cover: Modelled by Mithre; Photography by Yatzek http://www.yatzek.prv.pl/
Illustrations Inside front and back covers: by Marcus Jones
Submission Deadlines For next issue: 20th May 2005
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