

Their true stories shed light on a variety of topics, including awakening to vampirism, the compulsion to feed and feeding practices, donor ethics and etiquette, and vampire traditions and codes of behavior. Sometimes provocative, sometimes surprisingly down-to-earth, these candid firsthand accounts come from both psi vampires who feed on energy and sanguine vampires who drink actual blood. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion, and author of The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undeadįor this anthology, vampire Michelle Belanger convinced nearly two dozen real-life vampires to break the code of silence that has kept their fascinating subculture shrouded in secrecy. An important sourcebook for both the scholar and inquiring public."-J.

"Belanger gives empathetic access to an emergent new magical-religious community. Michelle Belanger, perhaps best known for her first book, The Psychic Vampire Codex, serves as editor for this unique anthology. Vampires in Their Own Words: An Anthology of Vampire Voices. "There's no book available on the vampire culture today with the range, depth, and diversity of Belanger's Vampires in Their Own Words."-Katherine Ramsland, author of Piercing the Darkness and The Science of Vampires Vampires in Their Own Words by Belanger Michelle from . by Misha Magdalene and Michelle Belanger Jan 8, 2020.
