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The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story by Julia
Reed
This book is about the house across the street from the Brevard-Rice house. It's been several years since I read it, but I remember I liked it a lot. It even discusses the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Click on the link below to purchase on Amazon.com:
Want to read more about the blending of humans with other beings?
I have taken the time to put a short list of books together that I've
read (or plan to read) and which I found excellent in terms of
being entertained. There are a variety of supernatural
beings in these books but what appeals to me most about them is that
they are about everyday people having extraordinary experiences.
They are fun reads and really beg the question of how we are
to blend the material world with the spiritual.
Anne Rice's own literary inspirations for what appears in
the Mayfair books appear elsewhere on this site. This is
really a contemporary list of what has been inspired by the work of
Anne Rice and Dracula by Bram Stoker (a must-read for anyone interested in
vampire lore and Victorian England).
Sooo...
If you are interested in what can be described as following the
tradition of the classic New England ghost story, here is a book I
read several years ago that the author self published in 2005 called
The Legend of Diadamia.
It is a sequel to the first book, Afterimages, also set in
Rhode Island. Unfortunately, I'm not able to find
Afterimages available anywhere at this time. That is a
real shame, since the author, who has a real knack for historical
research, wrote and published a fascinating tale worth reading more
than once.
The Legend of Diadamia also draws some inspiration from
something else Rhode Island is famous for: vampires. Although
this novel is not about vampires, it does draw inspiration in ways
from the tale of Mercy Brown, the young woman at the center of a
strange tale that is said to have been an inspiration for the novel,
Dracula.
The book can be purchased in print or ebook form from Authorhouse:
The Legend of Diadamia by C.J. Fisher
Fans of Dracula might be interested in these books by Fred
Saberhagen:
- The Dracula Tape
- A Coldness in the Blood
- An Old Friend of the Family
- Dominion
- A Matter of Taste
- A Sharpness on the Neck
- The Holmes-Dracula File
- Thorn
- A Question of Time
- Seance for a Vampire
The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer:
- Twilight
- New Moon
- Eclipse
- Breaking Dawn
The Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris:
- Dead Until Dark
- Living Dead in Dallas
- Club Dead
- Dead to the World
- Definitely Dead
- Dead as a Doornail
- All Together Dead (Set in New Orleans)
- From Dead to Worse
- Dead and Gone
- Dead in the Family
- Dead Reckoning
- Deadlocked
- Dead Ever After (Last in Series)
Charlaine Harris also has other series books out including Lily Bard,
Harper Connelly and Aurora Teagarden.
Heather Graham, a popular romance novelist, also has written some
excellent novels about ghosts (my real favorite) and the people who
can see them. Included are titles she wrote that concern
vampires. I've noted the books set in New Orleans and in
Louisiana:
- Haunted
- Ghost Walk (Set in New Orleans)
- The Vision
- The Seance
- The Dead Room
- The Death Dealer
- The Presence
- Kiss of Darkness
- Phantom Evil (Set in New Orleans)
- Heart of Evil (Set in Louisiana)
- Sacred Evil
- The Evil Inside
- Night of the Vampires
- Ghost Shadow
- Ghost Night
- Ghost Moon
- Nightwalker
- Night of the Wolves
- Unhallowed Ground
- Dust to Dust
- Deadly Gift
- Deadly Harvest
- Deadly Night (Set in Louisiana)
- Blood Red (Set in New Orleans)
If you're interested in romance set in New Orleans, whether historical
or contemporary, here is a list of novels I've read over the years and
have in my collection that are set there (yes, I know, some of the
titles are cheesy):
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Wild Magnolia – Wanda Owen
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Louisiana Lovesong – Wanda Owen
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Louisiana Caress – Terri Valentine
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New Orleans – Sara Orwig
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New Orleans Legacy – Alexandra Ripley
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Louisiana Dawn – Jennifer Blake
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French Silk – Sandra Brown
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Storyville – Lois Battle
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Ruby – V.C. Andrews
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Pearl in the Mist – V.C. Andrews
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All That Glitters – V.C. Andrews
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Hidden Jewel – V.C. Andrews
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Tarnished Gold – V.C. Andrews
