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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):
-
Wild Magnolia – Wanda Owen
-
Louisiana Lovesong – Wanda Owen
-
Louisiana Caress – Terri Valentine
-
New Orleans – Sara Orwig
-
New Orleans Legacy – Alexandra Ripley
-
Louisiana Dawn – Jennifer Blake
-
French Silk – Sandra Brown
-
Storyville – Lois Battle
-
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
