The Paranormal Hypothesis

I wrote a book about vampires, even after I swore to myself that I wouldn’t do it because in a way I guess I didn’t want to jump on the vampire bandwagon. Still, vampires are so dark and sexy and different that I believe they’ll always have an appeal. Blood is essentially liquid life so a species that lives and feeds off of this is completely fascinating to a great many people.

My manuscript has recently been contracted so I’ll have more to come on that in the next few months, but today I want to concentrate on the paranormal hypothesis.  What makes the paranormal so fascinating?  Admittedly I don’t know the answer to this question so my ideas are pure hypothesis.

I personally believe that there is something incredible about the inexplicable.  How is it that vampires have super speed or can read minds? Isn’t it amazing that ghosts can walk through walls or witches can throw fireballs? Stick a human in one of these stories and give him/her these abilities and they’d immediately be termed a “freak”, but not vampires, witches, spirits or fae.  We pretty much accept these creatures at face value, knowing that they will be different. In fact, we whole-heartedly welcome these creatures into our minds due to their differences.

Earlier this month (Nov. 8th to be exact), we celebrated Bram Stoker’s birthday. He is often credited with making vampires ever so popular and I can see why when watching the movie or reading his book , Dracula. What makes Dracula so hypnotic as a character is that while he is evil and damned, he is also a tortured soul, losing all he loved and held dear. We readers can understand his anger and obsession. In short, he is a bad guy we feel for. Could it be a clear case of the bad boy appeal? Maybe. Maybe it’s the bad boy and the inexplicable. What about you all? What are your thoughts on the paranormal?

Filed under: Characters, Toni Kelly, vampires