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Vampiress Morbidia

© 2008 Laurie Franklin

I’m really excited about the release of the movie “Twilight” based on the vampire series written by Stephenie Meyers. There have been four books released in the series: Twilight, New Moon, Breaking Dawn, and Eclipse. Stephanie Meyers is said to be the best writer of vampire stories since Anne Rice. The writer chose Forks, Washington, a small economically struggling town in the Olympic Peninsula, as the setting for her stories. The town of Forks is less than a three-hour drive from where I live. But even more exciting to me is the fact that the movie was filmed in the little hillside town of Kalama where my son lives; just 8 miles from our home in Longview, Washington.

Kalama’s High School is an old brick school building, the likes of which are difficult to find these days. I’m sure it was the charm of the untouched school building that brought the movie producers to the little hole in the wall town of Kalama. But perhaps it wouldn’t have been discovered if Christian Brando had not chosen to establish his home on the Kalama River after he was released from prison for the shooting death of his sister’s lover. What a small world we live in.

I have listed Stephenie Meyers’ books for sale on the Books page and pre-release option to order the movie “Twilight” on the Movie page if you are interested.

The movie version of Twilight is scheduled for release next week. What perfect timing for introducing Laurie Franklin, the first of the 5 Star Artists to be featured on House of Shadows.net. The progression of Laurie’s work on her 2008 sculpture, Vampiress Morbidia, will be the subject of several posts beginning next week.

Thank you being our guest at House of Shadows. Stay tuned for more vampire stories…