Dark Angels: Lesbian Vampire Erotica
from Cleis Press
Dark Angels: Lesbian Vampire Stories
from Cleis Press
Vamps: An Illustrated History of the Femme Fatale
by Pam Keesey
from Cleis Pr
Books about goddesses, books about vampires, and books about film stars are common, but Vamps: An Illustrated History of the Femme Fatale is a rare treat: it combines all those topics and more within a historical context for understanding our long-time fascination with the dangerous, alluring female. The story starts in prehistory with the worship of a mother goddess who was also the Lady of the Beasts, and spans the centuries from ancient Greek and medieval views of harmful women through the hysterics of the romantic period. The history of film vamps goes from Theda Bara in A Fool There Was (1915) to Natasha Henstridge in the Species movies (1990s), and includes beautiful photographs of all the usual suspects--Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson, Tallulah Bankhead, Louise Brooks, Maila Nurmi (a.k.a. Vampira), the two Morticias, and many others.
A coffee-table-size paperback, Vamps is also an eye-catching blend of well-researched (but lighthearted) writing and dramatic black-and-white illustrations on every page. Author Pam Keesey is already known for her knowledge of dark female characters, having edited other Cleis publications such as Women Who Run with the Werewolves: Tales of Blood, Lust and Metamorphosis and Dark Angels: Lesbian Vampire Stories. She draws on an impressive range of sources, including The Malleus Maleficarum, Robert Graves's The White Goddess, 1950s fetish magazines, and even Pat Robertson on the subject of feminism. The artwork samples ancient stone carvings, medieval engravings, and portraits of dangerous women by John Singer Sargeant and Edvard Munch, among others. Included are a bibliography, a filmography of stars, a videography of titles, and an index.
The only thing that seems off-base about this book is that a whole chapter is devoted to Sharon Stone. Maybe Keesey is a big fan. --Fiona Webster
Popular vampirologist Pam Keesey invites you to feast in the company of the most beautiful, alluring and untamed women in history. From Dark Goddesses to flappers, Vamps: An Illustrated History of The Femme Fatale presents 2,000 years of campy, witty and dangerous Bad Girls -vampires, witches, bitches, vamps, femmes fatales, & screen trash together for the first time. Popular culture - especially film - is filled with images of the femme fatale, the woman who destroys those she seduces. According to Keesey, all bad girls can trace their origins to the vampire, that quintessential evil woman who uses sex as a weapon. From Greta Garbo to Sharon Stone, these irresistible women are marked as excessively sexual, creatures of great appetites who step outside the realm of acceptable feminine behavior to satisfy their desires. Keesey's fascinating cultural history is punctuated by excerpts of interviews with film stars and critics. Vamps book is a must-buy for vampire lovers and movie fans who treasure images of women as powerful, sexual beings. Includes 100 black and white photographs (including rare photographs of film favorites) along with complete annotated filmography, bibliography and video resources.
Daughters of Darkness: Lesbian Vampire Tales
from Cleis Press
The female vampire is so deliciously wicked that her powerful sexual nature was hidden for centuries. But the vampire story has always been one of submerged eroticism. The vampire emerges from the shadows, seduces her intended victim, and feeds on her, defying all rules in her pursuit of pleasure. In Daughters of Darkness, editor Pam Keesey brings the eroticism of the female vampire front and center with explicit tales from some of the finest contemporary queer writers.
Patrick Califia’s “The Vampire” confounds conventional views of the subject as he uncovers Sapphic bloodlust in the S/M netherworld. Katherine V. Forrest imagines the lesbian vampire cruising the galaxies in search of bed-and-blood partners in the witty sci-fi adventure “O Captain, My Captain.” In “Louisiana: 1850,” Lambda Award-winner Jewelle Gomez delights readers with a curious ménage in the antebellum South. Also included is the first major lesbian vampire tale, J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla” (1871).
Women Who Run With the Werewolves: Tales of Blood, Lust and Metamorphosis
from Cleis Pr
Sci-Fi WOMANthology (Ackermanthologies)
by Forrest J Ackerman
from Sense of Wonder
April 15, 2003 Lightning Source, 1246 Heil Quaker Blvd. La Vergne, TN 37086 615-213-5815 Attn: Olivia Tackett Rock Publishing Co., Jim/Lynne Rock 12403 Saint James Road, Rockville, MD 20850 301-294-2582 Voice 301-294-1683 FAX jarrock@sprintmail.com larrock@earthlink.net Submitting: SCI-FI WOMANTHOLOGY Total Page Count: 372 (12 pages FRONT, 360 text pages) Filenames: 0918736331_Cover.pdf Cover/4-color 0918736331txt_001.pdf FRONT MATTER (12 pages) 0918736331txt_002.pdf page 001 thru page 353 0918736331txt_003.pdf page 354 thru page 360 (BACK MATTER) FRONT MATTER: 12 pages, NO folios. Pages 1, 2 and 10 are blank. OTHER: Page 11 begins with arabic numeral 1 and numbering continues through page 353. Pages 354 through 360 have no folios. Page 360 is blank. Many thanks, Jim
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