Carmilla

You figure that a heterosexual mother would have more female characters in her novels, but most of the important relationships (and families) are comprised of male members - again, this isn't a bad thing, but it seems the only gender that becomes empowered in vampire canons tend to be male - Carmilla is destroyed (so that the men can re-assert their masculinity, and hell, Laura isn't even involved in the discussion).

Paper: Wildean Morality - A study of Oscar Wilde's cosmopolitan principles fantasyecho 2006

In fact, in Sheridan le Fanu's original the vampire is called Carmilla (when she visits the lady telling the story), changed from an earlier incarnation Millarca (when she visits Laura) derived from her real name which was Mircalla (the Countess Karnstein).

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"Carmilla" she said again, admonishment in her voice, "just you keep out of it, at least for a while."

Archive 2009-06-01 Eric Dickens 2009

On the topic of sexy female vamps, check out 'Carmilla'.

Ten Reasons Why Vampires Aren't Sexy (For Me) Tia Nevitt 2008

'Carmilla', and went on to the next story in the collection, 'Green Tea'.

The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983

In fact, in Sheridan le Fanu’s original the vampire is called Carmilla (when she visits the lady telling the story), changed from an earlier incarnation Millarca (when she visits Laura) derived from her real name which was Mircalla (the Countess Karnstein).

Roger Vadim’s Blood and Roses (1960) 2007

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AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters 2009

John Anealio serves up another Sci Fi Song: "Beautiful Vampire", inspired by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Gothic novella "Carmilla".

SF Tidbits for 10/3/08 2008

"Carmilla," she said, "can you manage to keep your distance just this once.

Archive 2009-06-01 Eric Dickens 2009

Interestingly enough the first “modern” vampire novel was not Dracula, but Carmilla, published in 1871, about a lesbian vampire who preys on young women, but Carmilla has generally been forgotten, largely, I suspect, because it does not play on the basic trope underlying the Dracula-style vampire myth, even though there are historical antecedents to a female vampire, as well with the reputed blood-bathing of the Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary.

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