Where Vampires Actually Came From
Long before anyone said the word “vampire,” people were already burying their dead wrongly on purpose. The fear seems to go back
Steffanie Edwins is a Sweden-based poet and writer, whose work includes themes of nature, identity, mortality, lore, and history. She writes in Swedish, English, Ibo, and Spanish, and her work has been published in six literary magazines.
When not writing, she can be found at ice skating rinks, the closest library, or simply hanging out with her rabbit, Oliver.
Published in Lore Lorn
Long before anyone said the word “vampire,” people were already burying their dead wrongly on purpose. The fear seems to go back
Once our eyes were wide as owl-eyes, sharp as any prowling fowl-eyes, seeing clean through pitch and shadow, no torch