March 22, 2008 (Orlando Sentinel / Adrian G. Uribarri) -- Vampire-cult leader Rod Ferrell claimed he would live forever. But as the convicted murderer serves a life sentence in prison, it's the story of his gruesome Lake County killings that just won't die.

I wish I could cut away the pain
like you cut away disease
To keep it from spreading
Because thats how it feels to me

loneliness and memories fester
warping and distorting
and poisoning they joy
I once had

I want to be rid of it
slice it away
like I do at myself
shown by wounds and scars

but it cant be cut away
and there are no pills to cure it
no secret solution or quick fix
only time will heal me

Koreena Venusvii Anchalis
August 3, 2001

You my dark angel have given me the dark gift,
For you have saved me from a mortal death,
My innocent blood surged through your veins more succulent than life itself.
You gave me immortality!

The spirit of a young woman cries out to be free,
From the body of a child that's me,
Yearning, burning for physical maturity,
But it shall never come,
It's forever that I shall be the age of eight,
Never experiencing puberty,
Never experiencing my first date or the rapture of a young man in my adolescent
Arms,

January 9, 2007 (Paris / AFP) -- An intriguing source of gamma rays linked to the high-energy collision of fundamental particles in the centre of our galaxy has been traced to vampire-like binary stars, a study says.

The recent re-release of George Lucas' epic has prompted me to compare Dracula and Star Wars. Although Dracula is an erotic horror novel and Star Wars is a science fiction adventure, there are many parallels between the world's best-selling novel and the most popular movie of all time.