Most mutter platitudes; a few, however, speak the truth about vampire fiction.

Brutal As Hell made similar comments, but ended up being more positive stating the "borrowed" elements where already established tropes of vampire fiction.

Her novel Tinker features a young woman of extraordinary brilliance who is turned (somewhat reminiscently of vampire fiction) into an elf.

You mean the field of vampire fiction?

It introduced many of the tropes present in vampire fiction recognizable to modern audiences to this day.

Demon Dance might feature a vampire as the heroine but I certainly wouldn't label it vampire fiction.

Such central European locations became a standard feature of vampire fiction.

There are several recent series in vampire fiction, of variable literary quality.

Rice's writings have also been identified as having had a major impact on later developments within the genre of vampire fiction.

Jo will also be giving us her opinion on whether vampire fiction is finally coming to the end of the bloodline.