Whitby Vampyrrhic

By the way, I should add that Whitby Vampyrrhic is only out in the UK now. For the US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and so on it will probably be another month or so.

Severn House Publishers

The hardback of Whitby Vampyrrhic is now available! For more information follow this link for suspense, horror and vampires aplenty:
Severn House Publishers

YouTube - Whitby | Whitby - Stormy Seas

YouTube - Whitby | Whitby - Stormy Seas
If you'd like to see Whitby's ocean at its tempestuous check out the link above to a short video I found on YouTube. There are some extremely atmospheric images there, though the camera work is a bit lively in places. The film was made by AdamJohno.

Until next time...

Soon... very soon...

We're just a couple of months away from the publication of Whitby Vampyrrhic. All being well, there'll be some items of interest appearing here in the run up to the publication date, including extracts from the novel, the cover, and so on. In the meantime, I've been returning to Whitby to scout locations for a short video I'm making that links into the book. Of course the camera went, too, so here's a shot taken in Whitby, a town described by the Welsh visionary and author, Arthur Machen, as 'a town from a magic dream.'

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Soon I'll post the cover for WHITBY VAMPYRRHIC here(and it's a real beauty!). Meanwhile, just to let you know that Bad Moon Books have published my novella THIS GHOSTING TIDE. The inspiration came from when I made a series of ghost hunting programs for the BBC. I had a great time visiting supposedly haunted castles, mansions, jails and even a WW2 airbase. So THIS GHOSTING TIDE has a sprinkling of autobiography in there; it's also my first book that is intentionally humorous, albeit darkly, gruesomely and horrifically ;--) The tagline is 'When ghosthunters become the hunted.' And sums up the jist of the plot! Bad Moon Books have done a great job with the production and there are terrific illustrations by Zach McCain. For more on this title visit www.badmoonbooks.com

Until next time!

A Touch Vampyrrhic

My name is Simon Clark. I'm the author of Vampyrrhic, Blood Crazy, The Midnight Man and a whole veinful of other horror novels. In this blog I plan to post updates, photos, films and news about my new Vampyrrhic novel, Whitby Vampyrrhic.

The book will be out from Severn House in hardcover in December, 2009 (don't let me be the one to use the phrase 'ideal Christmas present for fans of all things eerie and vampiric ;--) ) Anyhow, this is the early days for the blog. There's lots more to come and I invite all my fellow night creatures to wing your way here whenever you wish.

The cover is being produced by the extremely capable and talented art department at Severn House. Meanwhile, here's the catalog description of WHITBY VAMPYRRHIC:

'In wartime Britain, vampires claim the night. Winter, 1942: Beth, Sally and Alec arrive in the mysterious seaport of Whitby to begin work on the feature film This Midnight Realm. They are the only guests in an eerie hotel that is connected to the ocean by a subterranean tunnel. What does hotelier Eleanor Charnwood hide in the basement? What caused the bite-marks on her reclusive brother, Theo? And what, exactly, roams the night-time streets in search of victims? Simon Clark takes the reader into the unique occult territory he created for his cult best-seller Vampyrrhic. Beware...Here you'll encounter Nosferatu, a Viking curse, and men and women that must fight for their very souls.'

At the top of the page is a photograph of Whitby - once described by Arthur Machen as 'a town of a magic dream.'This is the ancient seaport where Stoker's Dracula came ashore in England (there were earlier Viking invasions, too). Few people who visit can ever forget it. Prepare for more nocturnal enchantments to come...