Anne Rices belovedVampire Chronicleswill be getting a companionAlphabettery, EW can announce exclusively.
Rice has written the introduction, and Mark Edward Geyer (Who Was Charles Dickens?)
has created beautiful illustrations to go along with the entries.

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Safe to say,The Alphabetteryis for anyone whos fallen in love with theVampire Chroniclesover the past several decades.
The Alphabetterywill be published by Anchor Books on Oct. 23.
The principal law throughout the Vampire Connection is that no killing is allowed inside a vampire bar.

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Immortals are prohibited from killing mortals and vampires here.
Thus, vampire bars in the Vampire Connection are a sanctuary for the Undead.
Nothing like this phenomenal truce has ever existed before among blood drinkers.
The Vampire Connection is also the means by which vampires promulgate secretive information about their kind.
The majority of these bars are named after people and characters who have affected vampire culture.
There is even an unnamed vampire bar in New Orleans.
The declaration states the events of the Vampire Lestats rise to fame with his autobiography and popular rock band.
The Vampire Connection appears inThe Vampire Lestat(1985) andThe Queen of the Damned(1986).