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For the foreseeable future, we’ll be releasing Varney the Vampyre, which was originally serialized from 1845-1847, but will now be serialized from 2023-2024. Over 96 chapters, we’ll come to see the origin of most tropes present in vampire fiction.

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Personal essays masquerading as reviews about games, books, movies, and whatever strikes my fancy. Also, serialized fiction and short stories.