Top 10 Vampires for the More Mature Woman

Over the past few months I’ve seen different lists of top 10 movie vampires. My problem with most of those list is that they were written by people in their 20s or even younger. So for those of us who are women of a certain age I decided to put together my top 10 list of the hottest vampires.

10. Lucien La Croix from the television show Forever Knight played by Nigel Bennett. (That one is for you Jill.)

9. Nick Knight also from Forever Knight played by Geraint Wyn Davis.

Geraint Wyn Davis and Nigel Bennett

8. Angel from the television show Angel played by David Boreanaz.  Who needs vampires that sparkle when you have one like Angel?

David Boreanaz as Angel

7. Count Dracula from the movie Bram Stoker’s Dracula played by the wonderful Gary Oldman.

Gary Oldman

6. From the Lost Boys this is a double whammy. Kiefer Sutherland as David and Jason Patric as Michael. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen this movie and it never gets old.

5. Mick St. John played by Alex O’Loughlin in the short-lived vampire TV series Moonlight.

Alex O'Loughlin

4. From any and all Underworld movies Michael Sheen as Lucian.  I will put Bill Nighy in here as a honorable mention as Viktor. Not really hot, but a hell of an actor and vampire.

Michael Sheen

3. Wesley Snipes as Blade. What can I say, the man was a bad-a.

Wesley Snipes

2. Stuart Townsend in Queen of the Damned as Lestat de Lioncourt. I know I may get some flack for this and not choosing Tom Cruise (who you will notice is not on this list), but I never felt Cruise was actually Lestat.

Stuart Townsend

and finally my NUMERO ONO is

Jerry Dandridge from Fright Night. No. Not Colin Farell. I’m talking the first Jerry—Chris Sarandon.

Chris Sarandon

So there is my list what do you think. Is there someone I may have forgotten? If so, let me know.

My review of Black Numbers

Black Numbers by Dean Frank Lappi

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


As a professed geek I found the premise of Black Numbers rather intriguing. The idea of magic, math and sex being reliant upon each other is rather clever. The imaginary world Dean Lappi creates is as well described as his characters. It is very easy to climb into his world and imagine walking the road with his main character, Sid.



I will caution readers this may not be the book to read before going to bed. I made that mistake the first night. Lappi's monster, the Kopor, is one that gets under your skin. Maybe it is the anticipation of what the creature represents, but I found the Korpor to be one of the scariest characters I have come across in a while.



Overall, I enjoyed the book and am awaiting the sequel. I am giving it 4 stars because of keeping me awake that first night.



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Smile Through the Sneers

Why is it that those of us who work in the arts are always put under such scrutiny and ridicule? I don’t know how many times I was laughed at over the years when I told people I was majoring in music and planned on being a performer and teacher.  I have no idea the amount of times I heard “yeah, well that and a buck will buy you a cup of coffee, hardy har har.” I would simply smile and go on. I figured it wasn’t worth having a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.

Now I am a writer. I have a real publisher, a book on Amazon and everything. It still never fails when I tell someone I am a published author I get that little smirk and a “Right. Sure you are.” Or there is the ever popular blank stare that seems to happen more times than not. The stare becomes even more glazed over when I explain what my novel is about.

The thing that gets me about this is that when these people laugh or sneer, I actually want to smack some sense into them. Not out of anger, but as a wake-up call. I want to ask them if they read books, listen to music, watch movies, attended live theater or play video games. I would bet almost anything that each person would say yes to one, if not all, of those items. I want to ask them where they think all those things come from.  As far as I know, even though most of us will tell you our inspiration comes from out muses, it is not the muse that spends hours in front of the blank page or screen typing and correcting and sweating and crying. That would be the artist, the writer, the composer, the person that you make fun of for being “a starving artist or loser for not getting a real job.”

Truth is most of us have real jobs that take up 40 plus hours a week and we still find the time to do what we love. The greater truth is that without us, the world would be a rather quiet, colorless, and empty place.