Cecil Black is a gay man afflicted with a terrible disease. Cecil Black is dying. Cecil Black has a tale he must tell before he dies. Cecil Black knows no one will believe him. Cecil Black thinks he has lived for 148 years. And Cecil Black claims he is a vampire.
Inspired by classics of the genre such as John Polidori’s The Vampyre (1819), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), and Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (1976), P.H. Davies takes the vampire novel back to its roots while also modernising it for contemporary audiences. In the process he distils over a century of gay history and vampire lore through the lens of his central character, Cecil Black, and offers a new terrifying vision of vampirism.
Inspired by classics of the genre such as John Polidori’s The Vampyre (1819), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), and Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (1976), P.H. Davies takes the vampire novel back to its roots while also modernising it for contemporary audiences. In the process he distils over a century of gay history and vampire lore through the lens of his central character, Cecil Black, and offers a new terrifying vision of vampirism.
