July 14, 2008 (Prague Daily Monitor) -- Archaeologists have uncovered a 4000-year-old grave in Mikulovice, east Bohemia, with remains of what might have been considered a vampire at the time, Nova TV has reported. The experts made the terrifying find within their research of a burial site from the Early Bronze Age.

The cold rushes in
and knocks me from
my steady climb
and then I fall
further then ever.
There used to be a
safety net called
love, but that net
has turned to dust
and was blown as
was my strength
before and also as
was my wisdom of
long-past years,
blown from my grip
and out of my last
reach for you too.
Blown from my hope
and my love, blown
so far away just
like I'm blown out
of any's reach and
everyone's grace.

Prince Angel
January 4, 2002

September 23, 2007 -- Bloofer, a.k.a. Elizabeth Milller, is recognized internationally for her expertise on Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula -- its origins in folklore, literature and history, as well as its influence on the cultrue of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. She's now started a blog.

What should be expected from the interaction between vampirism and pregnancy depends on what characteristics one chooses for the vampiric infection, and may also be affected by one's suppositions as to whether a fetus should be considered human and/or alive.

People stand and stare at Me
eyes accusing, watching Me
makin' remarks and downin' Me
but still today I'm here.

They'd make me want to hurt Myself
want to break and bleed Myself
till My soul would leave this hell
but still today I'm here.

I got real strong to stop the tears
made Myself forget My fears
turned away and closed My ears
and today I am truly here.

Raevynn
September 17, 2001