Staring out the window
At the cotton covered sky
I'm reminded of a story
Of two friends
Who should have been lovers
But were afraid
Too bad
It wasn't a very good book.

Diarmuid O'Duibhne
January 14, 2002

December 24, 2002 (Newspaper Publishing PLC) - Rumours that Western aid agencies are collecting human blood in return for food aid have spread panic among villagers in famine-stricken Malawi, who are barricading their homes out of a fear of vampires. The anxiety is so great in parts of southern Malawi that farm workers in one of Africa's poorest countries are staying at home.

July 3, 2007 (AP / BUCHAREST, Romania) -- An heir of Romania's former royal family put ''Dracula's Castle'' in Transylvania up for sale Monday, hoping to secure a buyer who will respect ''the property and its history.''

*returns Demon's hug enthusiastically* Demon, old man! How've you been? *looks at the bar for a moment and laughs softly* Don't worry about it. I haven't fixed a drink for anyone but myself in so long that I can barely remember how. *runs his hand along the bar a moment...soaking up the memories that had been carved into the oak...then smiles at LB and Venusvii* Ladies...It has been too long.

Deadend
9 May 2001

September 11, 1997 (NEWPORT, R.I./AP) - Rhode Islanders have been guarding themselves for months against mosquitoes infected with a potentially deadly virus, but Christopher Rondina says the state's past is filled with stories of a far scarier bloodsucker: vampires.