![]() ![]() I will not summarize all of the plot so I don’t give too much away. In Bite, he does the opposite, having the vampire show up in the very beginning. ![]() ![]() In The Traveling Vampire Show, Laymon holds the suspense as the characters go through the day anticipating the vampire show that evening. Therefore, some vampire and Gothic or horror fiction fans might be disappointed by it, but what it lacks in vampires, it makes up for in a suspenseful, sexually-charged story that keeps the reader turning the pages, constantly wanting to know what will happen next. Like The Traveling Vampire Show, Bite is low on vampire appearances, and although it’s been described as horror, it is not really scary. I have yet to read The Stake, so I’ll only discuss Bite here. Earlier this year, I reviewed The Traveling Vampire Show (2000), probably Laymon’s best-known vampire novel, but he wrote two others, The Stake (1990) and Bite (1996). I am no expert on horror writer Richard Laymon (1947-2001), but a friend encouraged me to read his vampire novels, and while I don’t find a lot to write about in them, I do find a lot to enjoy. ![]()
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