The last day of #Dracember - saving the best for last? A bunch of Draeneis in one place, ringing in the New Year together. Can you spot where Zhalara is?

Art by Anon. 💜
#Draecember #Draenei #WoW #WorldofWarcraft #NewYear

strange new world by vivian shaw, fourth book in dr. greta helsing book series cover, a hand is holding a martini glass with red liquid in it, and a pierced eyeball, with a semi-medical cross with a skull above it, with arched windows behind it, and a cityscape behind them, in reds, blues, and whites. black-framed lg tablet is placed on a grey wooden table, on top of a vampire hunter d manga, and a dracula tarot cards showing ace of stakes in flames, a few more red cards are visible face-down, alongside other items, such as bandana with skull pattern on it, and an ouroborus ring on a string. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris

Was very excited to pick up Strange New World by Vivian Shaw, fourth book in Dr. Greta Helsing series. The half-way book had Dracula as one of the protagonists, and, of course, he was here too. But sadly, plot revolved around the aftermath of book three. #booksky #dracember

Dracula a Love Tale screen from a ball in Paris, where Dracula in contemporary times, dressed in a tuxedo and a cylinder hat, turns to look at the woman approaching, for she looks like a reincarnation of his late wife elzabeta. watched on a pc screen, lit red via led light strip from behind, a gloved hands, glove with finger bones pattern, keeps steady on the keyboard, likely to pause. there's various objects visible on the table, such as an xbox controller, a balaclava with horns, a monster energy drink can. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris

Dracula: A Love Tale (2025) is one of those instances where despite a piece of media being mediocre, it’s good to enjoy it. A beautiful retelling of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. 🦇 wannabekingpin.substack.com | #dracember #dracula

bite of justice by R.L. Caulder, blood oath finale, fourth book, cover, portraying a blonde woman in metallic blood red dress on straps, with a long slit to show off her thigh, a large full moon behind her, and a gothic castle, everything blending into dark swirls of mist and blood. black-framed lg tablet is placed on a dark grey wooden table with various other items around, such as red tarot cards, nine of stakes the only one open, portraying vlad dracula in the forest of bodies, round black shades, lighter, snake charm, leather gloves. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris.

Waited a whole year to finish Blood Oath series with Bite of Justice by R.L. Caulder and it… Mostly didn’t disappoint. The supernatural world is about to change. Only natural not everyone cares about the new status quo. 🦇 #dracember #dracember2025 #draculabooks #booksky

Abraham's Boys movie intro screen on a pc, lit from behind by a green colored rgb strip, shows a path through a grassy valley, with a tree in the foreground, and a figure barely visible in the front. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris

We seem to be getting a lot of Dracula. And a lot of book adaptations. And a lot of gothic splendors in general. Whilst Abraham’s Boys(2025) wasn’t a great movie, it was still a delight. 🦇 wannabekingpin.substack.com | #dracember #dracember2025 #abrahamsboys #dracula

bitter waters by vivian shaw book cover, portraying a green inside of the house, with a tall french window through which a silhouette of a figure holding a smaller one is visible, with bats above them, implying something supernatural. black-framed LG tablet is placed on a dark grey wooden table, with various items strewn around, such as hellsing manga pages, lighter, a ring with coffin on it, earphones, leather gloves, round shades, black candle, a corner of a black faux leather notebook. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris

Love Vivian Shaw and her Dr. Greta Helsing series on a doctor for the supernaturals. I didn’t entirely expect more after the last book. Nor did I expect Bitter Waters to have Dracula in it. And so well written too. 🦇 wannabekingpin.substack.com | #dracember #dracula #vivianshaw #booksky

three yellow tickets with circle and an f letter in the middle of it scattered through it to a movie Nosferatu. There's various other data on it, such as the title of the cinema, QR code to scan, seat, row, time, date, price. Tickets are held by a hand with black painted nails, the rest remains very dark and indiscernible. Image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris

There were very many expectations going into Nosferatu (2024) movie, directed by no other than Robert Eggers. Cinematography, acting, story. Didn't expect it to be this genuinely horrifying, with a monster that has zero chance at redemption arc: wannabekingpin.substack.com #dracember

hungarian copy of Bram Stoker's "Drakula", white cover, with black silhouette of a castle, two red-lit round windows and the general shape of it reminicing that of a creature, a beast watching you, red roof framing the shoulders and top of the head, with spikes uptop like bat ears. red moon behind the top most peak, and bats flying across the white sky. the book is placed on a magazine with claes bang as dracula, all on a dark wooden table with various other items around, such as black leather gloves, a page from Hellsing manga which shows Alucard as Vlad Tepes, and a dragon ouroborus ring. image and post by wannabekingpin aka vakaris

Vlad the Last Confession by C.C. Humphreys book, blue, with an armored knight on an armored horse, wielding a sword and a banner with a dragon, its tail coiled, among many other soldiers, halbards and pikes posed to strike, implying ottoman empire soldiers due to crescent moon visible on one of the enemy's banners. the book is placed on a magazine spread on bbc (2020) dracula, with claes bang as dracula, and a candleholder. image and post by wannabekingpin aka vakaris.

Fifth year of #dracember, and it's better, more beautiful, than it has ever been. Come, join me in some dark revelry! 🦇 #decemberwithdracula #dracember2025

It seems we'll never be done with vampires, especially this one. After all, Stoker's "Dracula" novel was never out of print either, and in dark times like these, it only makes sense to seek comfort wherever we can get it (more on personal blog). #dracula #dracember
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bite of vengeance by R.L. Caulder, third book in blood oath vampire fantasy series, portraying a young woman in leathers and an overbust corset, standing among smoldering ruins, looking amused and determined. Black framed LG tablet is placed on a dark grey wooden table, atop a red sky painting, with full moon and clouds on it, a little bat in the corner. A tarot card of a stake in flames, round black shades, black leather gloves, and more red tarot cards in the background.

Onto third book of Blood Oath, with Bite of Vengeance by R.L. Caulder. Plot thickened; things got more interesting. So, either it got better, or I got invested, this being second half of the series already. | #dracula #dracember2024 #dracember #booksky | nightmodereading.wordpress.com

The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice movie title card, as viewed on a laptop, lit by white and blue lights from above. Keyboard, backlit with white light, has a hand on it, with a little ring in a shape of a bat.

The Librarian movie trilogy, with the last one, Curse of the Judas Chalice, telling a tale of a conspiracy to revive prince Vlad Dracul for quite surprising reasons, and even more surprising outcome. | #dracula #dracember #dracember2024 #thelibrarian

Blade Trinity movie title screen, with Blade himself in the foreground, and graphic design overlay over it. Red lit room, movie playing on a laptop with red lit keyboard, a hand is visible on the right side of the screen.

Blade’s a cult classic, there’s no arguing or denying that. One of the best vampire movies and franchises out there. And that club scene… That club scene is everything. And as all roads this December lead to Dracula, so has this. | #dracember #dracula #bladetrilogy | egonoctis.wordpress.com

black rose by karina halle, second book in dracula duet duology, red and black cover, with various flowers, a red rose burning in the middle. black framed lg tablet is placed on a dark grey wooden table, with various dark items strewn around, a tarot card with a stake, and fire around it, atop black leather glvoes. lighter, round shades, edge of notebook.

Eh, just went back-to-back with Dracula Duet and read Black Rose by Karina Halle, second and last book in the duology. It’s a strange story, definitely unique. Not sure if good though. | #dracember #dracember2024 #dracula #booksky | nightmodereading.wordpress.com

roasted pork and cucumber salad from the book "From Dill to Dracula" by Ashley M. Ruggirello, picture of two plates, half of each visible, connected at the center through a collage

Romanian food, as I guess is common across Eastern Europe, is not that wildly different from ours. Yes, there’s differences, but overall recipes were familiar. So, I picked what I thought would be the easiest: a cucumber salad, and some roasted pork. Results @ blog #dracember

Tzimisce clan novel by eric griffin, portraying a tzimisce licking blood off its fingers, with a wall of contorted beastly faces behind it. the book is placed atop various items, tarot cards with ace of stakes to represent Dracula's part in the Tzimisce clan, Dracula's novel, as per his acts in Vampire the Masquerade lore, and others

Afterdark Archives: Tzimisce Clan and Dracula's part in it | #vampirethemasquerade #vamily #tzimisce #dracember #dracember2024

I'll jump on #promosky too:
- Vakaris, he/him (transmasc), aro, poly
- Video games and books is best past time
- Prefer writing/reading blogs over video content
- Love Cyberpunk as an aesthetic overall, just best.
- Am big fan of Dracula, hence the #dracember
- Am burned out af 🐼

blood orange by karina halle, first book in dracula duet series, portraying red and orange and white flowers, with a blood orange slice in the middle. Black-framed LG tablet is placed on a dark grey wooden table, with various dark items strewn around, such as a tarot card, black candle, round black shades, lighter, facemask, black leather gloves.

I’ve debated if Blood Orange by Karina Halle is a suitable book for Dracember, and came to conclusion that it really is. Dracula here is just some random man, but it’s still more than some other books I’ve read. | #dracula #dracember #dracember2024 #booksky | 💙📚 nightmodereading.wordpress.com

bite of betrayal by r.l. caulder, second book in blood oath series, portraying Alina, main character, with a sword in her hands, standing in what seems to be like a vortex of blood, with dark castle-like buildings and full moon behind her. black-framed lg tablet is placed on a dark grey wooden table, with various items strewn around, such as round shades, black leather gloves, lighter, leather braclet, tarot crads.

Funny, whilst the first book's problems are still present in Bite of Betrayal by R.L. Caulder, this second in the Blood Oath is far better. Story slightly picked up, there’s clearly more effort in providing a plot too. | #dracember #dracula #vampires #booksky | 💙📚 nightmodereading.wordpress.com

dracula 3000 movie title screen, watched on a laptop, lit by cold white light from above, a hand over keyboard holds a skull-shaped whiskey glass, with clear liquid in it.

There was a time when most of the classic horror genre movie franchises had that one instalment in sci-fi genre. Prince of the Darkness wasn’t spared this strange fate in Dracula 3000. | #dracula #dracember #dracember2024 | egonoctis.wordpress.com

hollywood gothic by david j. skal, a green and black poster of Dracula movie with Bela Lugosi at the forefront as Count Dracula. Black framed LG tablet is placed on a dark grey wooden table, with various items strewn around, such as tarot cards, paperback dracula book, black leather gloves.

What a fine book! Read “Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula” by David J. Skal, and it was amazing. About how Dracula came to be, and what was the character’s journey to where it is today. | #dracember #dracember2024 #dracula #booksky | 💙📚 | nightmodereading.wordpress.com

v rising video game dracula the immortal king character entry in the player journal, received after teh defeat. screen shown on a laptop, with red-lit keyboard, and arasaka sticker on the camera.

On the first half of this year, V Rising was finally released in full, providing us with the last bits of the story: the attempted return of the Immortal King, Lord Dracula. So, was it worth the grind? | #dracula #dracember #dracember2024
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bram stoker author of dracula, an illustrader bography by neil r. storey, a red hazy cover with whitechappel ruins in the background, and dracula's face emerging from the dark, author Bram Stoker himself in the foreground. Black-framed LG tablet is placed on a book with Vlad Dracula's birth-place, all on a dark grey wooden table, with various dark items strewn around, such as black leather gloves, earphones, notebook, lighter.

NetGalley has provided me with “Bram Stoker: Author of Dracula” by Neil R. Storey, a pretty solid work on, well, author of Dracula. Even if not Skal’s level, definitely worth a read. | #bramstoker #dracember #dracember2024 #booksky | 💙📚 nightmodereading.wordpress.com

vlad the last confession by c.c. humphreys, the epic novel of the real dracula, blue cover showing a knight ridding into war, forest of spears, and rain of arrows in a stormy cloud and fire ahead, as he carries a banner with a dragon. book is placed on a black-and-white magazine portraying Claes Bang as dracula from 2020 bbc dracula series.

There are many fine classic characters, heroes, monsters, even just vampires. But Dracula outlived all, having been so adaptable. Still, clearly there’s more to it than “they could, so they made more Dracula” So, why? | #dracember #dracember2024 #dracula | egonoctis.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/d...

a meme by micro flash fiction, satire on door-to-door evangelists. "Hello! Do you have a minute to talk about Dracula?" "No- wait, Dracula?" "Yes!" "You're vampires?" "Yes. We have pamphlets." "Vampires have missionaries?" "Where else would new vampires come from?" "I assumed you bit people." "There are many hurtful stereotypes. May we come in?"

A Vampire with Bite, black and white magazine article spread, with word "bite" half-painted red, to mimic blood, portrays Claes Bang as Dracula cast in BBC's 2020 Dracula series. Magazine is placed on top of a red marble table, with a cup of tea above it.

Welcome to #Dracember, year 4! Another December with #Dracula, where we rebel against tiring traditions bestowed upon us, even if it’s only done quietly, and celebrate the (vampire) Lord and Savior instead! nightmodereading.wordpress.com for books; egonoctis.wordpress.com for the rest