The World of Vampire Fanfiction

By Emily Bex

What is fanfiction? Perhaps you are already familiar with it. Or, perhaps like me, you were like “fan what?” If you have read the first book in The Medici Warrior Series, The Blood Covenant, then hopefully you took the time to read the Acknowledgements page. I acknowledged the encouragement and collaboration of a close friend…

Vampires: From Monsters to Sex Symbols

By Emily Bex

For fans of vampire mythology, it has been an interesting transition over the years. The vampire has made the transition from monster to sex god, and what an interesting transition it has been. Most of us have seen the old black and white films, with the vampire played by Bela Lugosi in the 1940s who…

The Queen Takes Her Reign

By Emily Bex

ANCIENT RULES VERSUS NEW BEGINNINGS Powerful King Shade Medici wants to expand his coven into the U.S. The Medici Queen proves she can hold her own beside her king, with an ability believed thought extinct. She also holds a power never seen in the vampire world. What will that mean to their kind? Not everyone…

The Evolution of Shade

By Emily Bex

The evolution of Shade was a collaborative effort. My friend Joanna, who had been encouraging me to write, had been a fanfiction writer who worked with a group of other writers. She had a vision for this character of an Italian warrior vampire named Shade, but her writing group never saw a place for him…