Portland's gothic, steampunk, Victorian and vampire communities can seem all too fragmented today -- like the repudiated children of Cthulhu and The Cure. But there is one place in Portland where ...

A Victorian vampire kit contains all the necessary equipment for hunting down vampires A new exhibition at the British Library in London looks at the changing taste for the Gothic in British writing.

Vampires have become so prevalent in fiction and film that it’s increasingly difficult to wring any new changes on such a hoary supernatural trope. A few recent writers have successfully risen to the ...

A mysterious vampire slaying kit - complete with holy water, a mallet and a set of wooden stakes - is going on show in a new exhibition dedicated to the strange and supernatural world of the gothic.

Before Edward, before Bill Compton and before Buffy, there was the Count. Not our monocled friend from Sesame Street, but Dracula himself. He struck fear into the straight-laced Victorians of days ...