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Nancy Kilpatrick

Died
March 31, 2025
Age
78 years

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About Nancy Kilpatrick

Nancy Kilpatrick was a notable figure. Born in 1946, Kilpatrick died in 2025 at the age of 78.

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Nancy Kilpatrick (May 6, 1946 – March 31, 2025) was a Canadian author who wrote stories in the genres of dark fantasy, horror, mystery, erotic horror, and gothic subculture.

Kilpatrick is most known for her vampire-themed works.

Background

Kilpatrick lived and worked in Montreal. She also taught Short Story Writing at George Brown College. Kilpatrick died on March 31, 2025, at the age of 78. She was cremated; the whereabouts of her ashes are unknown.

Awards

Kilpatrick was a recipient of the Arthur Ellis Award. Fangoria called her "Canada's answer to Anne Rice".

Works

Fiction

  • Dracul: An Eternal Love Story (1998)
  • Eternal City (2003) with Michael Kilpatrick

The Darker Passions (under the pseudonym Amarantha Knight)

  • Dracula (1993)
  • Frankenstein (1995)
  • The Fall of the House of Usher (1995)
  • Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1995)
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (1996)
  • Carmilla (1997)
  • The Pit and the Pendulum (1998)

World of Darkness

Power of the Blood World

Friday the 13th: Jason X

Thrones of Blood

  • Revenge of the Vampir King (2017)
  • Sacrifice of the Hybrid Princess (2017)
  • Abduction of Two Rulers (2018)
  • Savagery of the Rebel King (2019)
  • Anguish of the Sapiens Queen (2020)

Collections

  • Sex & the Single Vampire (1994)
  • Endorphins (1997)
  • The Vampire Stories of Nancy Kilpatrick (2000)
  • Cold Comfort (2001)
  • Contos / Vampiros (Portuguese, 2011)
  • Vampyric Variations (2012)
  • Thirteen Plus-1 Lovecraftian Narratives (2023)

Anthologies under the pseudonym Amarantha Knight

  • Flesh Fantastic (1995)
  • Love Bites (1995)
  • Sex Macabre (1996)
  • Seductive Spectres (1996)
  • Demon Sex (1998)

Other Anthologies

  • In the Shadow of the Gargoyle (1998) with Thomas S. Roche
  • Graven Images: Fifteen Tales of Magic and Myth (2000) with Thomas S. Roche
  • 2001 World Fantasy Convention: "Je me souviens ..." (2001) with Matthew Frederick, Margaret Grady, and Hugues Leblanc
  • Outsiders: 22 All New Stories From the Edge (2005) with Nancy Holder
  • Tesseracts Thirteen: Chilling Tales of the Great White North (2009) with David Morrell
  • Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead (2010)
  • Evolve Two: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead (2011)
  • Danse Macabre: Close Encounters with the Reaper (2012)
  • Expiration Date (2015)
  • nEvermore! (2015) with Caro Soles

Nonfiction

  • The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined (2004)

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