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themselves and try to rise above their superficial visages or reputations to solve a key problem, rather than trying to save the entire world.
Dan “Wolfman” Allen
Dan is also fascinated by Native American lore and shares both tribal and Viking blood in his genes. As much as possible, he attempts to follow shamanic teachings in combination with Christian philosophy. He has studied the paranormal and the mystical since he was a boy, and he has experienced many aspects of the so-called supernatural on a personal basis. Contact him at plan9 motorsports @charter.net.
Bill Oliver
Artist Bill Oliver is also a musician, composer, and award-winning song writer. His music is sometimes reflective and moody, and his compositions, like his art, often act as “sound photographs.” They are aimed at capturing a moment of life and freezing it in time for further contemplation—even if that moment of contemplation involves a vampire, zombie, UFO visitor, or a werewolf.
Bill Oliver
Oliver resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he has nourished a lifelong interest in the paranormal, UFOs, the metaphysical, and all things esoteric, stemming from many personal experiences. His enthusiasm for pursuing the unknown brought him into personal contact and interview opportunities with experiencers in all aspects of the paranormal. These encounters have had significant influences on much of Bill’s work.
Brad Steiger first became familiar with Oliver’s exciting artwork when the Canadian won the Christmas Art contest on the Jeff Rense Program in 2005. In the Art contest for Halloween 2006, Bill won honorable mention.
As the two men became better acquainted, Steiger was honored to learn that he had been one of Oliver’s boyhood heroes with his work on the paranormal, the esoteric, and things that go bump in the night.
“To be reading one of Brad’s classic books one day and being asked to do some art for one of his new books another is truly paranormal,” Oliver said. You can visit Bill Oliver’s website at www.boysoblue.com.
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS
Thanks go to the following people who contributed their personal tales of vampires, night stalkers, and creatures of the night for this publication.
Chris Holly
Chris Holly lives on Long Island, where she presently writes and publishes the site Endless Journey (endlessjrny.blogspot.com) with Chris Holly’s Paranormal World (www.fttoufo.com/chrishollysparanormalworld.htm) and the Knightzone (www.blog talkradio.com/Knightzone).
Although Chris has spent her life building different entrepreneurial ventures, her one true passion has always been writing. She feels it is her destiny to tell these true events to the world. Chris is working on a series of books based on her paranormal writing, which she hopes will be finished by late winter 2009.
Chris Holly
Chris is grateful to all her readers and extremely happy to receive and read the emails sent to her concerning the world of the paranormal. “I always read every email sent to me and try hard to respond to each and every one who takes the time to write to me.”
Sharon McCabe
Shannon “Ms. Macabre” McCabe is president of HPI (Haunted and Paranormal Investigations International), which seeks hard evidence to support alleged hauntings. She has been studying the paranormal for about 14 years and has been the president of HPI International since 2004. Her complete bio can be found at www.ShannonMcCabe.com.
Nick Redfern
Nick Redfern runs the U.S. Office of the British-based Center for Fortean Zoology. He has written dozens of articles on the paranormal, and his books on cryptozoology and strange creatures include There’s Something in the Woods, Memoirs of a Monster Hunter, Man-Monkey, and Three Men Seeking Monsters. He can be contacted at www.nick redfern.com.
Nick Redfern
Paul Roberts
Paul Dale Roberts is the general manager/ghostwriter of Haunted and Paranormal Investigations International (www.hpiparanormal.net). He is a prolific writer who has investigated ghosts, werewolves, witches, vampires, and demons. Roberts is pictured here with one of San Francisco’s real vampires.
Paul Roberts with a real vampire
Tim R. Swartz
Tim Swartz is an Indiana native and Emmy Award-winning television producer/videographer. He is the author of a number of popular books, including The Lost Journals of Nikola Testa, Time Travel: A How-To-Guide, and Admiral Byrd’s Secret Journey Beyond the Poles. As a photojournalist, Tim has traveled extensively and investigated paranormal phenomena and other unusual mysteries from such diverse locations as the Great Pyramid in Egypt to the Great Wall of China. As well, he is the writer and editor of the Internet newsletter Conspiracy Journal, a free, weekly email newsletter considered essential reading by paranormal researchers worldwide. Visit his website at www.conspiracyjournal.com.
Tim R. Swartz
Robin Swope
Pastor Robin Swope is known as the “Paranormal Pastor.” He has been a Christian minister for more than 15 years in both mainline and Evangelical denominations. He has served as a missionary to Burkina Faso in West Africa, and he has ministered to the homeless in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen. He is the founder and chief officiant of Open Gate Ministerial Services and a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Erie, Pennsylvania. His blog is at theparanormalpastor.blogspot.com.
Robin Swope
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In addition to the artists and writers mentioned in the Contributors section, I must give my sincere appreciation to the other dozens of men and women, the experiencers, who suffered attacks from vampiric spirit parasites and who chose to remain anonymous, but who told me their stories. Others, who were willing to present their stories with a first name only or a pseudonym, also receive my hearty thanks for their time and their courage in sharing their accounts with me.
Among the investigators into the strange and unknown who were kind enough to share their accounts and their research with is Angela Thomas, the executive coproducer and co-host of the P.O.R.T.A.L. Paranormal Talk Radio Show. Her website is http://www.oct13baby.com/.