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September 9, 2025

Everything You Know About Vampires Is Wrong

A castle on top of a wooded hill. In the center is a tall tower with a pointed tile roof. To the right, the castle has a tile roof. Below are stone walls.

Ah, vampires. A staple of not just horror fiction but dark fantasy, urban fantasy and, of course, romantasy. Sometimes they're evil monsters. Sometimes they're brooding and misunderstood. Often they're the love interest.

And everything you know about them is wrong. Why?

Because there is literally no trait every single literary vampire has. No, not even that one. So, let's have some fun and find exceptions to the rules.

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