O Negative

Let me interrupt your day to talk about the insanity that is Irish mythology
What am I talking about?

• O Negative is a novella
• It's about a leannan sídhe and a human on the road trip from hell.
• There is a romance subplot, because I like writing romance subplots.
• It's not cute though, sorry.
• There is a lot of gore, like a lot of it.

Ireland

So, you might ask yourself where in Ireland the characters go. It all starts in Belfast. From there on it go to Tiobraid Árann (Tipperary) on a slightly longer route. Paddy and Tess drive all of it in a pretty old car.

It's indeed a long way to Tipperary.

Vampires? Kind of...

The Leanhaun Shee (fairy mistress) seeks the love of mortals. If they refuse, she must be their slave; if they consent, they are hers, and can only escape by finding another to take their place. The fairy lives on their life, and they waste away. Death is no escape from her. She is the Gaelic muse, for she gives inspiration to those she persecutes. The Gaelic poets die young, for she is restless, and will not let them remain long on earth—this malignant phantom. 

W. B. Yeats in "Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry"

Leannan sídhe are essentially the vampiric muses of Irish mythology. They require blood to live and they acquire the blood by binding a mortal into a contract. The leannan sídhe will then exchange inspiration for the blood of the person who signed their contract. 

The Music

I made a playlist. Of course I made a playlist. There's even some Paganini, because Paddy likes to play the violin.

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Three fae and a mortal

O Negative, a novella set during the Nightmares of History series is  a novella set in Ireland that follows Paddy Kelly and Tess Le Fanu on their road trip through hell. Here's a sneak peak at the characters.

Two main characters

O Negative is a novella, so you don't have to deal with my usual too many POVs. All of it is from the perspective of Paddy Kelly.

Paddy Kelly 

Patrick Kelly was born in Belfast and drafted into the second world war at a far too young age. He and his sister Georgianna who is a nurse just about made it through the war. Back in Belfast, Paddy lifts bricks all day and it's killing him a bit inside. Paddy just wants to play violin which is why he accidentally summons the leanan sídhe Tess and they embark on a journey. Paddy hates journeys.

Tess Le Fanu

Tess is a leannan sídhe which means she needs blood to survive. During her years on earth, Tess never really learned to have her own interests. It was always about what the people whose blood she drank wanted. Tess is O Negative and can therefore only drink O Negative blood.

A couple of Villains

Arabella Bennett

Arabella never really wanted to be a leannan sídhe. Raised by Tess and a demigod, Arabella was spoiled rotten when she was little. She was raised as if she owned the world, so now she believes that she should. Arabella is AB+, so she could drink all blood, but she prefers O Negative.

 

Laoghaire

 Laoghaire has never been Tess' favourite leannan sídhe. Whereas most leannan sídhe have a grace about them, Laoghaire takes a more direct route to getting people to sign her contract.

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Hi, I'm Alice

Hello there,

I'm Alice de Sampaio and I write Gothic Horror. Ravens and books is a blog about my books and about what I read. At the moment, I am based in Antwerp, Belgium which is something you will definitely notice in my writing.




My main series is called Nightmares of History and based around mythological characters through the ages. It's the gods and creatures of ancient myths navigating time on their way to an inevitable Ragnarøkkr. If you want a slightly less fancy description, you could say it's a mythology crossover. One thing I do for the series is writing a lot of spin-offs centred around the vampiric characters in the series which include classical vampires and Leanhaun Shee which are vampiric muses from Irish Mythology. Nightmares of History started with the spin off novella O Negative.

O Negative

  Belfast, 1946

Paddy and Tess are on the road trip from hell. 

After the war, all Paddy wanted was playing music. Now, he can't even pick up his violin. His muse comes in the form of the mysterious Tess who trades inspiration for his precious blood. Together, they go on a journey to the caves of Cruachan and beyond, the others always on their trail. 

Will Tess be able to keep Paddy from the horror and betrayal her world holds?
For NaNoWriMo 2019, I'm working on Winged Pain which is the chronological start to Nightmares of History. It features Loki, Thanatos, and Thalia experiencing the battle of Troy while Loki tries to kick off Ragnarøkkr.

Winged Pain

The battle of Troy is raging. Thalia been watching and now a new player appeared. Loki has caused mayhem on the battlefield and Thanatos is hellbent on stopping him.

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