Unusual Vampires

 

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Unusual Vampires

Writers sometimes shy away from vampire characters because they’re so common. Fortunately, folklore is full of bloodsucking beasts. Check out my blog article for a few unusual vampires that might make good characters–including a case where undead really means un-dead: 

Living vampires

Vampires are often said to be created by conditions at death, whether it be an especially violent end, death in a state of sin, or death due to predation by another vampire. But in folklore there are also vampires created by conditions at birth, which cause people to spend their lives as vampires, pre-death. A partial list includes children born with a caul, the seventh child of a seventh child who are all the same sex, or a child born during the 12 days of Christmas (Dec 25-Jan 6). You can also have living vampires created by their own actions, such as sorcery, deals with the devil, or just being really evil.

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