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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story | ||
|series= | |series= | ||
|main character= [[ | |main character= [[Imogen Tantry]], [[Lloyd Doihara]] | ||
|featuring= | |featuring= [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
|setting=[[ | |setting=[[Murigen]], [[June]] [[2609]] | ||
|writer= [[Philip Purser-Hallard]] | |writer= [[Philip Purser-Hallard]] | ||
|publication= ''[[The Vampire Curse]]'' | |publication= ''[[The Vampire Curse]]'' | ||
|prev= Possum Kingdom (short story) | |prev= Possum Kingdom (short story) | ||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''Predating the Predators''''' was the third and final story in the [[Bernice Summerfield]] anthology ''[[The Vampire Curse]]''. It was written by [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]. | '''''Predating the Predators''''' was the third and final story in the [[Bernice Summerfield]] anthology ''[[The Vampire Curse]]''. It was written by [[Philip Purser-Hallard]]. Characters from this story would reappear in the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' short stories ''[[A Hundred Words from a Civil War (short story)|A Hundred Words from a Civil War]]'', ''[[De Umbris Idearum (short story)|De Umbris Idearum]]'', and ''[[Unification Theory (short story)|Unification Theory]]''. | ||
== Summary of the publisher == | == Summary of the publisher == | ||
An aged Professor Summerfield is forced to confront the equally bloody past of a fellow attendee at the predictably ill-fated First Interdisciplinary Conference on Vampirology. | An aged Professor Summerfield is forced to confront the equally bloody past of a fellow attendee at the predictably ill-fated First Interdisciplinary Conference on Vampirology. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* | * Lloyd mentions the [[Mim]]. | ||
* | * [[Yesodi]] come from [[Kether]]. | ||
* [[ | * The [[Blood Citadel]] of [[Alukah]] has architecture with similarities to "everything from [[Osirian]] to [[Daemon]]ic". | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * Imogen notes that Bernice resembles [[Bernice Summerfield (clone)|the President]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Final Amendment (audio story)|The Final Amendment]]'') | ||
* The planet [[Entruria]] is the homeworld of the [[Entrustine Horde]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'') | |||
* Bernice says that she has fought [[demon]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infernal Nexus (novel)|The Infernal Nexus]]'') [[zombie]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[White Darkness (novel)|White Darkness]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Beyond the Sea (audio story)|Beyond the Sea]]'') and [[witch]]es; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Squire's Crystal (novel)|The Squire's Crystal]]'') eaten [[pizza]] with [[God (The Also People)|God]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People (novel)|The Also People]]'') played [[cricket]] with [[Sherlock Holmes]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'') been to [[Hell (planet)|Hell]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Emperor of the Daleks! (comic story)|Emperor of the Daleks!]]'') witnessed the fall of the dinosaurs, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Adolescence of Time (audio story)|The Adolescence of Time]]'') met [[Oscar Wilde]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel (audio story)|The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel]]'') and encountered vampires several times earlier. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood Harvest (novel)|Blood Harvest]]'', ''[[The Badblood Diaries (short story)|The Badblood Diaries]]'', ''[[Possum Kingdom (short story)|Possum Kingdom]]'') | |||
* [[Vlad III of Wallachia]] isn't a vampire. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | |||
* [[Krisztina-Judit Németh]] was previously seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]''. | |||
* [[Alukahite]] culture influenced Earth's early vampire myths. ([[TV]]: ''[[State of Decay]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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