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‘Excellent…There’s so much to LOVE here …a thoughtful and great beginning.’ Barry Cunningham, OBE - original publisher and pioneer of Harry Potter books.

'Fantastic story-telling,' Faber

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Book Signing

Robin Bennett, author and translator of Picus the Thief and the Small Vampires trilogy, will be signing books at Waterstone's Reading Oracle on 23 July.

The limited edition hardback of Picus the Thief is available now at Amazon. Or read Picus on Kindle.


But what are Small Vampires? In this video, Robin tells the amazing story about how the books were discovered.

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The Chalice

    A Folkloric feature of Central European and sometimes English mythology associated with the Hidden Kingdom. Seen by some historians of folkore as an early Grail myth (www.grail.com) associated with Vampires (Central European, blood, quest, adventure story, folklore (www.folklore.com )

    Most Chalice stories’ central plank is that long before the Wandering Kings had journeyed the wilds of the Hidden Kingdom and settled the Wild Woods, long before the Craggy Peaks had become the tottering foundations for their strongholds, and really not that long after the Great Father Of All pricked his finger and made the whole round world with a drop of his own blood, the Chalice was made.

    Some say it was forged in the fires of volcanoes from precious metals mined from another star; some say it was carved from the glaciers of the gods who inhabited the Snow Mountains, and made of an ice so ancient that nothing - not even the core of the Sun - could melt it.

    It is the most powerful and important of the Seven Treasures.

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Picus the Thief available on Amazon from July 15

"So here it is then, the secret history of Small Vampires. It is a story that started when the Empire of Man was still new and Vampires, the most powerful but also the best of all creatures, ruled with fairness, grace and good humour…"

Limited Edition Hardback of Picus the Thief, signed by the author for only £9.99, will be on sale from Amazon and all good bookstores from 15 July 2011. Go to Amazon NOW to pre-order.

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"Tyne Antiquarian & Rare Books"

"Just as I was about to pull away from the murky view I had of this old room with its lurking presence, something moved – right in front of my eyes. The figure was small – no larger than a few centimetres from head to toe – and it seemed to hover in front of my face. Just then, whatever it was moved closer and, for the briefest of instants, I had a very clear view of a pair of small but exceptionally piercing dark blue eyes that bored into mine. Almost as soon as the connection between me and It was made, it was severed as the creature flicked away from my view and was gone."

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The Discovery of Small Vampires

Robin Bennett, discoverer and translator of the Small Vampires books, explains how it all began...

Read more at http://www.smallvampires.com/

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Creatures of the Hidden Kingdom: Sanguine

Sanguine (aka Blutschpend)

Folkloric creature of Central European and sometimes English mythology associated with the Hidden Kingdom.

Early medieval tales from Central Europe talk of these originally wild, flightless creatures, rather like chubby Vampires without wings. Supposedly over hundreds of generations Vampires had bred them as a living food source. Sanguines have carried blood for Vampires when the Earth was mainly inhabited by fish. As the mammals took over and blood became plentiful, however, the Sanguines’ use changed from provider – much like Humans use cows for milk – to servant and now faithful companion, each attached to a particular Vampire family, sometimes for hundreds of years.

A sort of Butler-cum-buffet.

Sanguines have their own language and even their own god: a horned deer they called Vlad the Impala.

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