NEW BOOK! Bloodlines: A History of Vampires 🧛

It's been a hot minute since I posted on this blog, and I am back with exciting news. My brand new book BLOODLINES: A HISTORY OF VAMPIRES is now available in six formats: paperback, audiobook and Kindle e-book, in both English and Spanish!

The vampire isn't just a monster—it's humanity's most successful myth. We've used it for centuries to think about death, to explore predatory power, to dramatize desire and identity. When medieval villagers staked corpses, they were grappling with disease they couldn't understand. When Victorian readers thrilled to Dracula, they were processing sexual anxieties. When modern audiences watch teenage vampires or vampire romance, they are exploring questions about otherness, belonging, and transcending human limitations.

Bloodlines is the definitive cultural history of our most enduring monster. It doesn't just catalog vampire stories and their origins—it explores what makes this particular myth so enduring and adaptable. Through rigorous research presented in accessible prose, it shows how a creature born from folklore about death became a metaphor for capitalism, sexuality, addiction, authoritarianism, and the human condition itself.

Watch the trailer for the book here:

This was a super fun book to work on. It really takes a deep dive into the history and mythology of vampires, exploring what our fascination with these supernatural predators says about us as human beings.

Listen to me explain what inspired me to write a book about vampires:

And here, you can listen to me reading the book's introduction:

The book is available now in paperback, audiobook and Kindle e-book formats, in English and in Spanish. 

I hope you enjoy it!  🧛

- Dennis