Who do you blame when all your dreams come true?

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Fortunately not in person, ap_aelfwine just introduced me to Jack Parsons. I cannot imagine how I never heard of him before, but between the rocket science, the moonchild, and the fulminate of mercury, there's a beautiful secret history here. Has someone alerted Tim Powers?

I am so looking forward to PJ Harvey's new album, and not just because its songs are titled things like "Cracks in the Canvas" and "The Crow Knows Where All the Little Children Go."

This is merely lovely: death (and vampirism) in Venice.

"To kill the vampire you had to remove the shroud from its mouth, which was its food like the milk of a child, and put something uneatable in there," Mr Borrini said. "It's possible that other corpses have been found with bricks in their mouths, but this is the first time the ritual has been recognised."

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I'm also glad it wasn't in person, much as I'd have to say it would be interesting. ;-)

Glad to've introduced you to the historical character of him, in any event.

Has someone alerted Tim Powers?

I'd be surprised if he's not heard of Parsons. Perhaps you could write the secret history, yourself?

The vampire burial article is interesting--I've seen the story before, but that's a bit more detail than the previous ones I've read. I wish Borrino had cited his source for the brick-in-mouth thing--is that a commonplace of Italian vampire lore?--even though I understand that he might well have done and the journalist could have left it out.

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Perhaps you could write the secret history, yourself?

I have enough trouble with historical fiction as it is. Maybe when I'm more comfortable.

I wish Borrino had cited his source for the brick-in-mouth thing--is that a commonplace of Italian vampire lore?--even though I understand that he might well have done and the journalist could have left it out.

Yes; I'd never heard of it before. (Poppyseeds, yes. Lemons, yes. Bricks, no.) But I think it's fascinating.

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I have enough trouble with historical fiction as it is.

I can relate to that. I've not dared try to write historical fiction since I was twelve years old.

Maybe when I'm more comfortable.

That would be cool.

Yes; I'd never heard of it before. (Poppyseeds, yes. Lemons, yes. Bricks, no.) But I think it's fascinating.

I think so as well.

I'm half tempted to go feed a string along the lines of [brick & mouth & vampire] into JSTOR and see if anything comes up.

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It would be cool, someday, if you wrote such a thing, but I certainly don't mean to press you. I understand about needing to be comfortable with writing something.