- Jul 23
- 2 min read
The vampires of Drake Hall are initially introduced in the Hall of Blood and Mercy trilogy and even though most of them are initially standoffish with Hazel, the female lead of that series, you quickly realize that they don't always act like typical vampires.
They really give themselves away in the related Magiford urban fantasy series and I'm going to highlight two very specific ways because I happen to have "props" for both of these!
Custom Greeting Card for Leila
The Court of Midnight and Deception trilogy focuses on half-fae Leila and her journey as the new Queen of the Night Court. Near the beginning of the series she mentions visiting the Drake Hall vampires to get a training refresh but I didn't have a chance to include it in the actual book. So I wrote a short story about it instead!
In How to Train with Vampires you see Lelia training with the vampires, and it also jumps ahead to her opening a card from them once she is crowned Queen.
One of my reader Champions, RayJay, was inspired by the card description to mock up an example of what it probably looked like just for fun, and she kindly allowed me to share it with you! Click here to see it - you can also print it out if you'd like your own version of it!
Josh's Scrapbooks
The fact that Second Knight vampire Josh maintains scrapbooks for his boss Killian and send them to Considine was confirmed in the Magic on Main Street series. And if you read this short story: The Annoyed Eminence you get to see Josh hard at work collecting photos for a new scrapbook starring Considine.
One of the fun activities during SheaCon 2024 was a dedicated Discord channel encouraging everyone to make a "scrapbook" page that could be added to the the scrapbooks that Josh maintains for Killian and Considine's "growth".
My team tried sharing these on social media, but they aren't default social media size so Instagram auto cropped them. :( :( :(
Because of that we knew we had to share them here on the blog as well so you could view them in their full glory!
Considine's emotional growth - created by BookDragon of Chaos
Happy Treason Day - created by AudreyRose
Fine Dining at Chez Killians - created by Alissande
Hand Drawn pages featuring Killian choosing a pony for Hazel - created by Pendragon
