Journal of Vampire Studies is the official journal of the Vampire Studies Association, a not-for-profit founded to stimulate, disseminate and publish vampire scholarship. In this debut issue, Kamil Stachowski considers vampire etymologies not covered in his sprawling essay; Kevin Dodd, in the first of a two-part article, highlights variations on the Lord Ruthven character in the nineteenth century; Gerard P. O'Sullivan examines Montague Summers' "philosophy of vampirism," while Niels K. Petersen questions Summers' relevance to vampire studies today. All this and more!
Anthony Hogg is the Editor of the Journal of Vampire Studies, President and founder of the Vampire Studies Association
Andrew M. Boylan is the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Vampire Studies, Deputy President of the Vampire Studies Association, and author of The Media Vampire: A Study of Vampires in Fictional Media (2012).