Vampire Verses by LindaAnn LoSchiavo Receives Two Literary Awards

United States, 10th Dec 2025, -
 

Vampire Verses by LindaAnn LoSchiavo has received the Excellence in Literature Award from OneTribune Media and The Bookish Reader’s Pick Award from The Bookish Magazine. 

OneTribune Media identified the book’s treatment of myth and instinct, noting that it “awakens an ancient curiosity tucked somewhere between folklore and the unexplainable rhythms of the human psyche.” The review referenced the work’s structural range, stating that “the book moves from strict poetic forms—villanelles, haiku, Fibonacci sequences—to free verse and prose poems that read like miniature ghost stories,” and highlighted the way the poems “draw from Stroker’s world, Irish and Polish folklore, pandemic-era landscapes, and even the digitized halls of social media.” OneTribune also emphasized the psychological and biological framing, observing that the poems examine “how people evaluate danger, how charisma can disarm judgment, and how anonymity in technology amplifies vulnerability,” and further noted that “hunger is treated not only as a narrative device but also as a biological imperative,” which “transform[s] fictional predators into symbols of enduring instincts: persistence, survival, longing.”

The Bookish Magazine cited the book’s exploration of myth, perception, and memory as central to its selection. Its review stated that the work “asks you to consider what disbelief is made of,” and that it treats vampires as “reflections of what humans refuse to admit they’re curious about—duration, temptation, disappearance, and the odd certainty that parts of ourselves survive longer than we expect.” The publication noted the book’s use of nonlinear time, stating that “the poems slip between centuries as if flipping through weathered index cards,” and pointed to its treatment of risk by observing that “the psychological architecture of risk hasn’t evolved as quickly as our technology.” It also referenced the thematic continuity underlying myth, stating that “every myth persists because it answers a question we’re embarrassed to ask out loud,” and described the illustrations as ones that “feel like field studies of creatures glimpsed only briefly.”

About the Author

LindaAnn LoSchiavo is a dramatist, writer, and poet. She is a native New Yorker and a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, The British Fantasy Society, and The Dramatists Guild. Her work has received nominations for the Pushcart Prize, the Rhysling Award, Best of the Net, the IPPY Award, CLMP’s Firecracker Award, the Balcones Poetry Prize, and Dwarf Stars.

Her poetry chapbooks include Conflicted Excitement (Red Wolf Editions, 2018), Concupiscent Consumption (Red Ferret Press, 2020), Women Who Were Warned (Cerasus Poetry, 2022), and Messengers of the Macabre (Audience Askew, 2022), co-authored with David Davies. Her full-length collections include A Route Obscure and Lonely(Wapshott Press, 2019), an Elgin Award winner, and Apprenticed to the Night (UniVerse Press, 2023). Three of her short stories appear in A Feast of Narrative, Vol. 1 (Idea Press, 2020), edited by Tiziano Dossena.

About the Book

Vampire Verses is a poetry collection that examines themes including immortality, memory, transformation, mythology, predation, and cultural storytelling. The book uses structured forms and free verse and includes illustrations that support the content. The work incorporates scientific, historical, and cultural references related to mythmaking and human behavior. It is available via major retailers including Amazon.