TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Foreword 1
- Acknowledgments 7
- Table of Contents 9
- Chapter 1 – What Are We Dealing With? 13
- The Supernatural Social Register 15
- Pop Culture Is a Vampire Tool 18
- Fifty Shades of Vampire 20
- The Real Goal? Control the Next Generation 22
- Mainstreaming Vampires = BAD 23
- Chapter 2 – Pop Goes the Vampire 27
- Monster Lodge Meetings Don’t Exist 28
- Animal Control Meets Mind Control 30
- Minor Movie / Book Detour 32
- Chapter 3 – Vamp History 101 37
- Greek Mythology: The Lamia 37
- And God Made Woman Version 1.0 39
- Tip of the Ice Berg 43
- Let’s Clarify Some Language 45
- Diabolical Evil 45
- Monsters 46
- Bad Humans aka Serial Killers 47
- How Are Vampires Really Made? 47
- How Do You Stop Vamps from Rising? 48
- Do You Have a Theory Rex? 50
- What Can Vampires Really Do? 54
- Chapter 4 – How to ID a Vampire 57
- Vampire Physiology 59
- Immortality is Hard to Pull Off 62
- Human Retainers 64
- Chapter 5 – Vampire Protection Strategies 65
- Garlic 65
- Other Useful Plants 67
- Silver 70
- Can You Get Silver Bullets? 71
- Not All Crosses Are Made Equal 73
- Running Water 74
- Holy Water 74
- Issuing Invitations 75
- Use Lots of Mirrors 76
- Destroying the Vampire’s Resting Place 77
- The Native Soil Thing is a Myth 78
- The Value of the Mix and Match 79
- Stake du Jour 79
- Crossbows Trump Mallets 80
- Resisting Mind Control 81
- Holy Water Dispersal Systems 82
- Chapter 6 – Anti-Vampire Toolbox 83
- Real Victorian Slayer’s Kit? 84
- A Modern, Practical Approach 86
- Maximum Survival Philosophy 87
- Practice Avoidance 90
- Being a Believer 90
- Chapter 7 – Vampire Terminology 95
- Afterword 103
- Relevant Websites 107
- Index 111
