Contents

Features

8. The Twelve Feasts of Christmas When the Saints come marching in
10. City of Darkness Paris in Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles
12. The Grand Tour Terrible Tourists in Turbulent Times
14. The Myths of Christmas The false symbolism of the season
15. The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail A book, a meeting, Rat Scabies and a Moot
16. Crossing to the Dark Side A personal hair-day journey
17. Kinky Sex, Please The Goth’s preference?
17. A Who’s Who of Deities A short list of the important ones
18. The Faery Ball Love and Light in Penzance
20. Nazi Uniforms - why wear them? How to become smart - we discuss
23. The Witchery by the Castle High living in Edinburgh
24. From the Pages of “the Fop” For Fops, Dandies, Rakes and others
26. Going Clubbing A different game of snakes and ladders
29. Interview with the Blood Donor We discuss with a proponent
32. The Whitby Goth Weekend An outsider’s view outside
33. The Ghosts of Holborn An investigative walk
34. This year’s Infest Photos and views from the event
37. John Peel Day in East Anglia A small punky gig
37. Headbangers in Silk and Lace Xandria gig at the Underworld
38. The First Annual Vampire Ball in Michigan Our correspondent in the US reports
40.Chains on Velvet The industrial sound of Norwich
41. Dance of the Damned Vampire ball at the Clink prison
46. Corporate Goths A victim’s guide
51. Macabre Masquerade photos

Regulars

4. News from the Dark Side News and gossip, alongside what’s upcoming on the silver screen
6. Film News On screen vampyres
13. News from Nightmare Abbey Arsenic, Faustus and the Meaning of Night
28. The Matrix Trilogy The film dissected in some detail
42. Books reviewed The Horror Genre, Vampires Among Us, London Under Midnight, The Cinema of George Romero
44. Music reviews
45. Tour and Club News Lordi and Insanitorium
47. Letters page - your say
48. A Problem Shared... Answers to your problems from our very own agony aunt
49. Tales from the Graveyard
50. Book Review Unbecoming

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Contributors (in no particular order):
Tara Daynes Ken Naylor April Knight Anya J Davis Alyson Brewer Rob o’Connell Rosemary Burney Nancy Schumann
Rutland Dedlock Louisa Wright-Wastell Scott Whetton Rakie Keig Mick Smith Johann Fozzie Duncan Newham
John Williamson Gwilym Games Klif Fuller Marcus Jones Steve Wilson Ed St Boniface Esme Brown Ange Harper
Michelle Bullock Rebecca Summers Peter Aspden Andy Belladonna Mark Bakshi Billy Yull Zuul
Editor Mick Smith
Printers Polstead Press
Front Cover Picture by Dalmazio Frau
Illustrations Illustrative cartoons: Rob o’Connell Saints cartoons: Klif Fuller Vladders: Scott Whetton

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