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Vampires, Werewolves,
Zombies: Compendium Monstrum
The situation is grave. Vampires are vamping.
Werewolves are shape shifting. And zombies are
lurching into the garden. Is this modern-day
ferment of paranormal activity, ah, normal?
Learn all about it in this nifty new pocket
guide to man's best fiends: VAMPIRES,
WEREWOLVES, ZOMBIES: Compendium Monstrum.Collected from the papers of 19th-century monstrologists, this
intriguing book includes:
- ''Notes and sketches,'' arranged with
some updating
- Transylvania travel section
- Fold-out maps
- ''Tracking the Beasties'' visual aid
- ''For Further Investigation'' resource
list
- Index
- ''Sightings Record Pages,'' in which
readers can record their own encounters,
location, moon phase, weapons, etc.
- Red ribbon marker
- Covers feature foil-enhanced accents
- Gothic/Victorian-style endpapers
Fascinating facts revealed in the book include documented ''sparkling
vampires'' in 19th-century folklore (page 26),
why wolfsbane is sometimes known as
''Dumbledore's Delight'' (page 92), and much
more.
Illustrated by Bruce Waldman, cartography by
David Lindroth, additional historical images
throughout.
Four sections:
- Vampires: There Will Be Blood
- A Vampire Hunter's Guide to
Transylvania: The Land Beyond the Forest
- Werewolves: What Big Teeth You Have!
- Zombies: They. Are. Coming.
Maps:
- Vampires Around the World
- Transylvania
- Were-creatures of the World
- Zombies Around the World
- Additional in-text maps
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