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I’m both thrilled and honored to be one of Dacre Stoker and John Guarnieri’s  invited Guest Authors attending the Netflix Watch Party June 5th,  8pm US eastern time zone.  

We are going to be watching the 1st episode of the BBC Netflix adaptation of “Dracula.”  

I have been asked to introduce myself and display a cover of one or more of my books about Dark Fiction, Horror, or Vampires. 

I am an international bestselling and award-winning author of dark fantasy and paranormal romance, best known for the Tales of the Black Rose Guard series. I am also a PhD candidate at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland and wrote my MA thesis on Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. I have traveled to Romania twice on trips which included visiting both Bran and Corvin Castle. I have also presented papers at conferences for the International Gothic Association (IGA), Gothic Association of New Zealand and Australia (GANZA), and San Diego Comic Con (SDCC). 

My vampire fiction novels include:

Undying Embrace: A Dracula Novella

Forever Chosen (Vampire Brides)

Immortal Skye (Vampire Mates)

Wicked Desires (Cursed Coven) 

Academic papers include:

“Location and the Vampire: The Impact of Fictional Stories upon Associated Locations,” in Dracula: An International Perspective;

“Tragic Monsters and Heroic Villains: Anne Rice’s Contribution to the Rise of the Heroic Vampire,” in Concerning Evil.

Leave the Lights On: Literary and Other Monsters – Editor

To attend the event: 

You will need a Netflix account and can access it on your computer using Google Chrome, it is easy to register, and it is FREE.

We ask that you are considerate and respectful of others with your comments. I know there are folks who hate this version of Dracula, there are others, myself included, who enjoy and respect originality, and the many different adaptations of Bram’s timeless classic.

This Watch Party is organized by Silver Spear Security and The Dracula Store, to register please email John Guarnieri of Silver Spear Security: guarnieri.john@gmail.com.

There will be book giveaways at the end of the Watch Party, in addition, all who register will receive a special 15% off discount coupon code to use at the Dracula Store on Etsy on June 6 and 7th.

Special Guests include: 

Dacre Stoker, the great-grand nephew of Bram Stoker and co-author of both the International Bestselling novels Dracula the Un-dead and Dracul. 

JD Barker is an International Bestselling Author of the 4th Monkey series, co author with Dacre Stoker of the International Bestseller, “Dracul”, co author with James Patterson “The Coast to Coast Murders” due out in early September.

JM Guarnieri the Chief Operating Officer of Silver Spear Security , a premiere private security firm. He is an avid fan of books and movies about Vampires, and Werewolves.

James A. Moore was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for “Best Novel” for his book “Serenity Falls”. In 2006, the novella “Bloodstained Oz “(co-authored by Christopher Golden) was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for “Best Long Fiction”.

Charles R Rutledge is the author of ‘Dracula’s Revenge’ and co-author of ‘Congregations of the Dead’, and a collector of books, movies, and comics involving Dracula and vampires.

Rena Mason is a Bram Stoker Award winning Dark Fiction author and monster fan of all things Dracula and Vampires.

Amanda DeWees is a scholar of 19th-century vampire literature and author of vampire fiction.

Darrell Grizzle is the author of ‘I Never Meant to Start a Murder Cult and Other Stories.’

Adam Messer is the author of “The Savannah Vampire Novel” series and publisher of Valhalla Books.

Cliff Biggerss is a horror/weird fiction author, a comic book writer, an a comics journalist who had to add an extra home to house his monstrous collection. He denies all rumors that he keeps the head of Bela Lugosi in a jar in his closet.

Greg Wilkey is the creator and writer of the Mortimer Drake series of YA vampire novels. His vampire cosmology is an adventurous mix of supernatural, mythological, and science fiction elements of storytelling.

Christopher Rondina is the author of Ghost Ships of New England and Vampires of New England and was a script consultant on the PBS documentary Ghost and Vampire Legends of Rhode Island, which was nominated for a regional Emmy.

Lev Butts is a Professor of Composition and Literature at The University of North Georgia, he is the award winning author of “Guns of Wasteland” series and co author with Dacre Stoker of two short stories related to “Dracula”, both to be released later this year.

For a change of pace the 2016 World Champion of Real Tennis Camden Scott Riviere will be joining us, he is the current World #1 ranked player and is preparing to get back to playing the unique game of Court, or Real, Tennis once this Coronavirus cloud lifts.

All are welcome!