Michael A. Ventrella

My 2014 novel BLOODSUCKERS: A VAMPIRE RUNS FOR PRESIDENT has been out of print for a few years because Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire Press closed down after his death. It has now been reissued with a new cover from Fantastic Books. Here’s the press release they sent out for it:

It’s been a horrific election season. Supporters on both sides are quite certain the other candidate can’t be human. Maybe we’d be better off voting for an actual monster!

Should being outed as a real vampire disqualify one from running for the presidency of the United States?Michael A. Ventrella’s hilarious BLOODSUCKERS answers that question.

Disgraced journalist Steven Edwards considers the “Batties”—the loonies who believe that vampires are real and Norman Mark is one—just another crazy tin-foil-hat extremist group. Then someone shoots at Mark, changes into a bat, and flies away before Steve’s eyes, leaving him as the prime suspect. With the help of the Batties, Steve goes underground. The only way he can establish his innocence is by proving vampires exist—not an easy task while on the run from both the FBI and the bloodsuckers.

Fantastic Books is releasing a new edition of BLOODSUCKERS right now, timed to coincide with “the most consequential presidential election in American history.” But aren’t they all? We’ve been tuned in to news of this election non-stop for years; it’s time to take a break. Read BLOODSUCKERS, and put it all into perspective.

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