These tend to be a bit too frequent, over-amplified, and are occasionally awkwardly phrased, but not so much so that it hampers the enjoyment of the story. The bulk of McDoniel’s writing is filled with pop culture references, witty descriptions, and asides. Clearly a group in dire need of vanquishing. And we won’t even think about those Salvatore brothers.īile is pitted against a group of modern vampires who are intent on reshaping their society according to the rules of “Proper Vampirism,” complete with recruitment pamphlets, achieving optimal physiques before being turned, no cussing, and sexual prowess. Definitely not a romantic seducer like Edward Cullen or even Gary Oldman’s Dracula. Think The Master from the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Petyr from What We Do in the Shadows, or Max Schreck's Nosferatu. A thousand-year-old denizen of the night, Bile is awakened from a long hibernation to discover, among all of the other modern-day advances, that vampirism has taken a decidedly sparkly, GQ-cover-shoot turn for the not-so-horrible.īile is a proper monster, you see. In much the same vein (Pun intended!), Jim McDoniel's An Unattractive Vampire brings us the story of Master Yulric Dunnwulffe Bile.
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