Anne Rice's vampires don't sparkle

Join Emily and Vee as they explore the fascinating career of Anne Rice, from her Vampire Chronicles to the Jesus-y stuff. Emily details Anne's problematic relationship to fanfiction, which culminated in the infamous "Spec Writer Massacre." Warning: at least a third of this episode is giggling about Bryan Fuller's pride month posts on Instagram. 

Topics include: Anne Rice, Vampires, Interview with the Vampire, Lestat, fanfiction

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Sources from today's ep:

• QUEER LOVE! brought to you by Bryan Fuller
• Flop House Mini 152 - Pride
• Whump on Fanlore
• What exactly is whump? on Reddit
• White Wedding by Kathleen J. Woods
• Anne Rice on The Vampire Chronicles Wiki
• Tom Cruise IWTV thread on Reddit
• Anne Rice interview about gender
• Interview with Anne Rice about creating Lestat
• Anne Rice on identity, gender, faith, and writing IWTV on Reddit
• alt.books.anne-rice on Fanlore
• Anne Rice’s war on fanfiction: The Spec Writer Massacre by shasha not sasha
• Where has Anne Rice fanfiction gone? on Croatoan Fanfic
• Spec Writer Massacre on Fanlore
• Our episode with Marc Greenberg, Esq on copyright and fanfiction
• How fan fiction is conquering the internet and shooting up book charts by metrowebukmetro
• The Sleeping Beauty Quartet on Wikipedia
• Happy pride to Louis and Lestat

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