The Miss Lucy Westenra Society of the Undead
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| Fan Club | |
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| Name: | The Miss Lucy Westenra Society of the Undead |
| Dates: | 1980s-1990s |
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| Country based in: | Britain |
| Focus: | Vampires, Horror |
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The Miss Lucy Westenra Society of the Undead was a vampire fan club. It produced a newsletter and assisted in finding penpals.
It was named after Lucy Westenra from Dracula.
Reactions and Reviews
Lewis, aka Lucy's Keeper, also edited and produced The Red Pagoda: A Journal of Haiku, so no surprise to find an abundance of verse in the first Lucyzine. 30 pages, nine of them devoted to Leonard R. N. Ashley's scholarly article Tetrodotoxin: Have They Found The Secret Of The Zombies?. Unfortunately, much of the remainder is swallowed up by advertisements for COUNT DRACULA FAN CLUB merchandise, plus the mandatory Tribute To "The Prez." Scattered amidst the product placement, haiku and poetry by Elizabeth Hillman, Janet Oz ("I enjoy working at and for THE COUNT DRACULA FAN CLUB, writing poetry, and going to the movies. In that order."), James La Pointe, John W. Stock, Dr. Beth Gruber, Barbara La Borde (" ... is the mother-in-law of Dr. Beth Gruber and a member of THE COUNT DRACULA FAN CLUB"), Carl Brennan, Steven R. Skorich, and the editor. Artwork by Ray Schmitz, Bucky and a very sweet scribble of a coffin "courtesy of Naja at THE COUNT DRACULA FAN CLUB." A $10 subscription entitled you to a membership certificate, 3-4 newsletters per year, free ad space when available, and a MISS LUCY PEN. Let's just say there were way worse deals - and zines - on offer at the time and leave it at that.[1]