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Who needs UFOs when you have vampires!

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In case people have been wondering what I've been up to, a feature film about vampires has taken precedence over UFOs... here is the first trailer - the film is due for release in August 2009.


Of course, I've been investigating ghosts as well... which may be the subject of a future appearance on ye olde Paracast!

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Interesting film...look forward to seeing it.

I was drawn to this post cause I just completed Elizabeth Kostova's novel The Historian. Which is a based on the real Dracula, Vlad The Impaler. And that Vlad as a vampire still walks among us. Enjoyed the read. Wonderfuly complex. Movie slated for 2010.
 
paulkimball said:
In case people have been wondering what I've been up to, a feature film about vampires has taken precedence over UFOs... here is the first trailer - the film is due for release in August 2009.

Paul
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Okay, when I saw Paul's post I had to wrestle on whether I should post. I decided to post!

During my last few years prior to leaving active UFO research I wrote a well received novel on Vampires titled Past Sins. Forget the fuzzy and sexy and oh so highly desirable vampires ... al ah Buffy kind. Just what does mythology say they are? An undead corpse inhabited by a demonic enity that exists on blood taken from the living! An evil undead corpse that preys upon the living.

In Past Sins I took the approach of what if ... What if a vampire was real ... and what if back in the mid-1960's the Central Intelligence Agency got their hands on one in an attempt to weaponize it to use against the Soviet Empire? And what if ... at the dawn of the 21st Century it got away from them?? And now law enforcement and even the military have to deal with the aftermath of such a monumental blunder? Here are several reviews .....

But overall, Ecker has produced an original vampire story and twist on the Lilith myth. You won't find any latex clad half-vampire superheroes here, just real people in ultra realistic combat with a supernatural entity brought to life. Remove the vampire and the story still has immeasureable impact on a world where government conspiracy and the fear of terrorism are our reality. It's a gritty epic fueled by the scent of fear, testosterone, blood, sweat and the tears for the fallen.

If you're a vampire enthusiast or just an action junky, you'll enjoy the new life breathed on both genres. Don, bring on the sequel!
Vampress.net

Past Sins is a multi-layered pager turner for several reasons. Mr. Ecker's portrayal of elite soldiers and weary cops has the authenticity that comes from someone who understands both the hardware and the unique cultures, the way only an insider could. There are no cardboard super sleuths or indestructible Rambos to be found. Set in contemporary Los Angeles, the story is populated by characters the reader comes to care about, people that doubt, bleed and sometimes die.
Robert T. Leach

Past Sins is a superb scary tale of black ops, tough cops, and vampires, but is also much more than that. Past Sins is a scary book that gave me nightmares galore as I plowed through it compulsively. It is a page-turner, but for me one I could not read at night, and I don't even believe in vampires! It delves deeply into the folklore and history surrounding vampirism, and blends this seamlessly in the story line, but it is also a portrait of good and evil, evil of the vilest kind, and this is found not only in the undead. In this novel it is debatable who was more evil and ruthless, the vampires, or those who tried to wield them as a weapon.
Dr. John Brandenberg

And last but not least.....
...every now and then a vampire story comes along that totally breaks this mold. Don Ecker's "Past Sins: A Novel of Supernatural Horror" is one of them. What sets this book apart, aside from its engaging style, believable characters, and pace, is its premise: that in 1965 the CIA discovered a bona fide Hungarian vampire, and that its subsequent decision to turn the creature into a Cold War weapon ultimately went terribly wrong. This lifts Ecker's novel far above run-of-the mill, pseudo-Gothic vampire novels and fuses it with the kind of spy/Cold War literature associated with writers like Tom Clancy and John Le Carré. If you add in elements of a "police procedural," of the sort made famous by former LAPD detective Joseph Wambaugh, you have what amounts to a new literary genre: the techno-espionage-vampire tale, which, I hope, the author will soon augment by writing a sequel.
Dr. C. Scott Littleton

Hope you all forgive this plug but I am proud of this story. There have been some well known posters on this forum that have read Past Sins and I will leave it up to them if they wish to comment on it. However, if you are interested, go to Amazon. It is available in actual book form or in the new Kindle format. I also have it available as a PDF format. Contact me off the list if you are interested.

Amazon
Amazon.com: Past Sins: Don Ecker: Your Store

Decker
 
Decker said:
Okay, when I saw Paul's post I had to wrestle on whether I should post. I decided to post!

During my last few years prior to leaving active UFO research I wrote a well received novel on Vampires titled Past Sins. Forget the fuzzy and sexy and oh so highly desirable vampires ... al ah Buffy kind. Just what does mythology say they are? An undead corpse inhabited by a demonic enity that exists on blood taken from the living! An evil undead corpse that preys upon the living.

In Past Sins I took the approach of what if ... What if a vampire was real ... and what if back in the mid-1960's the Central Intelligence Agency got their hands on one in an attempt to weaponize it to use against the Soviet Empire? And what if ... at the dawn of the 21st Century it got away from them?? And now law enforcement and even the military have to deal with the aftermath of such a monumental blunder? Here are several reviews .....

But overall, Ecker has produced an original vampire story and twist on the Lilith myth. You won't find any latex clad half-vampire superheroes here, just real people in ultra realistic combat with a supernatural entity brought to life. Remove the vampire and the story still has immeasureable impact on a world where government conspiracy and the fear of terrorism are our reality. It's a gritty epic fueled by the scent of fear, testosterone, blood, sweat and the tears for the fallen.

If you're a vampire enthusiast or just an action junky, you'll enjoy the new life breathed on both genres. Don, bring on the sequel!
Vampress.net

Past Sins is a multi-layered pager turner for several reasons. Mr. Ecker's portrayal of elite soldiers and weary cops has the authenticity that comes from someone who understands both the hardware and the unique cultures, the way only an insider could. There are no cardboard super sleuths or indestructible Rambos to be found. Set in contemporary Los Angeles, the story is populated by characters the reader comes to care about, people that doubt, bleed and sometimes die.
Robert T. Leach

Past Sins is a superb scary tale of black ops, tough cops, and vampires, but is also much more than that. Past Sins is a scary book that gave me nightmares galore as I plowed through it compulsively. It is a page-turner, but for me one I could not read at night, and I don't even believe in vampires! It delves deeply into the folklore and history surrounding vampirism, and blends this seamlessly in the story line, but it is also a portrait of good and evil, evil of the vilest kind, and this is found not only in the undead. In this novel it is debatable who was more evil and ruthless, the vampires, or those who tried to wield them as a weapon.
Dr. John Brandenberg

And last but not least.....
...every now and then a vampire story comes along that totally breaks this mold. Don Ecker's "Past Sins: A Novel of Supernatural Horror" is one of them. What sets this book apart, aside from its engaging style, believable characters, and pace, is its premise: that in 1965 the CIA discovered a bona fide Hungarian vampire, and that its subsequent decision to turn the creature into a Cold War weapon ultimately went terribly wrong. This lifts Ecker's novel far above run-of-the mill, pseudo-Gothic vampire novels and fuses it with the kind of spy/Cold War literature associated with writers like Tom Clancy and John Le Carré. If you add in elements of a "police procedural," of the sort made famous by former LAPD detective Joseph Wambaugh, you have what amounts to a new literary genre: the techno-espionage-vampire tale, which, I hope, the author will soon augment by writing a sequel.
Dr. C. Scott Littleton

Hope you all forgive this plug but I am proud of this story. There have been some well known posters on this forum that have read Past Sins and I will leave it up to them if they wish to comment on it. However, if you are interested, go to Amazon. It is available in actual book form or in the new Kindle format. I also have it available as a PDF format. Contact me off the list if you are interested.

Amazon
Amazon.com: Past Sins: Don Ecker: Your Store

Decker
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Don,

That sounds very interesting. I'll seek it out.

However, one should never forget about the sexy vampire women! ;)

Paul
 
I love vampire myth, its has been a passion of mine ever since I read Dracula when I was nine or ten and found out it was based on a real person. Most of the time truth is stranger than fiction. And I will definitely be checking out your flick looks very interesting.
 
thetruthisoutthere said:
I love vampire myth, its has been a passion of mine ever since I read Dracula when I was nine or ten and found out it was based on a real person. Most of the time truth is stranger than fiction. And I will definitely be checking out your flick looks very interesting.
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I've loved gothic literature, (including gothic romances, etc.) since I was nine, too!

One of my favorite books (and movie) is Anne Rice's 'Interview With The Vampire'

And now I like the Twilight series (and movie).
 
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