In this contemporary retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Estonian writer Mati Unt offers a playful yet unsettling mixture of fact and fiction, combining pieces of Estonian political history—in particular the figure of Lydia Koidula (1843-1886), widely regarded as the first Estonian woman to express an Estonian longing for independence—with portraits of life in contemporary Estonia, all set against a backdrop of vampirism and the Gothic novel.

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Posted by Vladimir Mon, 08/04/2008 - 16:47

 

Crossroads

I stand at the crossroads
With no friend in sight
When an old man comes
And laughs at my plight
He goes down
My old path
I look to the left
And then to the right
I then look back
And see that man
Point left and disappear
I turn down the path
And it goes to my grave
I look back and then go ahead
I face death
And then I wake

Louis Giuseppi
October 3, 2001

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Chapter 29

The next morning's mail brought a letter from Ethel, a few lines of encouragement and affection. Yes, she was right; it would not do for him to stay under one roof with Reginald any longer. He must only obtain the manuscript and, if possible, surprise him in the attempt to exercise his mysterious and criminal power.

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Chapter 33: The Two Men

*noticing that some one is behind her, Saraphine stops and turns around in time to see the dashing man flying over head*

*not able to speak Saraphine just stands there as the beautiful lady walks up to them and listens to them talk*

Just as she is about to say something she and Lovely are put to sleep.

Saraphine Anura
14 May 2001

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A Poem

The listless wind doth blow
over the cemetary tonight
a santuary for me to roam
without the prying eyes and light
wrapped within the stars
the lullabye of the bats
the crimson light of lust
I hold my lover tight
until he takes his last breath

Scarlette Death
October 1, 2001

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Slaughtering To Catharsis

June 8, 2007 (Javno / Ivona Baric & Nenad Hervatin) -- The Austrian "Count Dracula" Hermann Nitsch and the geometry of bloodthirst on the mystery theatre orgies he conceived in his castle.

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