Set at the turn of the twentieth century “Anatomy of a Vampire” follows the journey of Dr. Ariel Lucard commissioned by a mysterious benefactor to research the Vampire myth. Dr. Lucard is a skeptic, believing in the absolute power of science but takes the assignment on the basis of the lucrative reward involved. His journey takes him to the source of vampire lore in the Europe, the Carpathian mountains. It is here he discovers the factual basis for the myth which forces him to see the weaknesses in his own scientific knowledge and question the fine line separating reality and perception.


This is a romanticized illustrated novella containing some mythology, history, poetry and science with a short story interwoven tying it all together. It is the first part (conceptual prototype) of a probable 4 part series, the second being present day beyond that the future. Though this first part takes a naturalistic approach to the study of vampires, it is simply the beginnings of a more complex picture, a creature we do not fully understand. Because the story approaches this creature on a zoological level it dispels the supernatural notions and pushes vampires into the genre of science fiction.