Any TV junkies out there?

It's a good time to be a paranormal fan because the networks are following the trend and filling our weeks with numerous shows revolving around the make believe worlds we love so much. My DVR can barely keep up with the workload and I definitely can't find the time to watch every show I'm interested in...which is where you come in. Bite Club is looking for dedicated TV fans to recap some of the excellent shows out there, specifically Being Human, Game of Thrones, Grimm, Once Upon a Time and Supernatural.

If you are interested in reviewing for Bite Club email me a sample episode recap with the show in the subject line, and we'll go from there!

Guest post and Contest with Traci L. Slatton

Let's all show some love for author Traci L. Slatton, who is here today to talk about her favorite paranormal shows. I love her choices and have very fond memories of watching X files each week, starved for the truth that I was so sure would be revealed and never really was. I didn't care much for the movies but I attribute that to my overly high expectations at the time. The show was the first television show that I remember talking about with friends, testing theories and plotting possibilities. And Mulder was so hot!

My current favs are Bedlam, Supernatural and Dr. Who. What about you? Leave a comment and you could win a copy of Fallen! This contest is open to US/Canada only. The winner will be chosen at random next week. Good Luck!






My Favorite Paranormal TV Show
By Traci L. Slatton,
Author of Fallen

This question posed a dilemma: do I choose The venerable X Files, because of Fox Mulder's dry, noble passion for the truth, so beautifully counterbalanced by Dr. Scully's crystalline, analytical braininess? Or do I vote for Torchwood, charmed as I was by Captain Jack's lusciousness, and the wacky humor that often made me giggle through my shivers of fear?

Unforgettable images abound in The X Files: remember the slimy fluke man, with his gaping, fanged mouth? Those remorseless, unslaked, sucking prongs still show up in my nightmares. And Eugene Tooms, slithering through the narrowest openings to feast on human livers. But then there's the pterodactyl flying around the Torchwood hub, and the malignant weevils slipping through the rift to torment the citizens of Earth. The episode "Immortal Sins" featured a brain parasite that caused insanity and intended to make Nazi Germany victorious.

In terms of setting, there's the question of Cardiff vs. Vancouver, which I personally think is six of one and half-dozen of another. Neither of those shows depended on place so much as they did on inventiveness, originality, spookiness--and well-drawn characters. In The X Files, Mulder had his heart-rending back story: the abducted sister, his guilt, his anguish over his parents' possible complicity, and his determination and frustration. Scully wrestled with the evidence her own eyes kept showing her, evidence that repeatedly contradicted the scientific paradigm that stood at the heart of her life mission. And how was she to integrate her own abduction by extraterrestrials? In Torchwood, Captain Jack was immortal, warm-hearted, dutiful, and pan-sexual. He fell in love easily but lost his paramours. Police constable Gwen Cooper agonized over what and how much to tell her fiance. She is humane and grounded, leading the life of an ordinary house-holder while fiercely battling the supernatural elements that attack our very existence. She leads a double life, and it takes its toll.

Alas, I shall have to ramble along both roads at once, and name two favorite paranormal shows.

Author Bio

Traci L. Slatton, author of Fallen, is a graduate of Yale and Columbia, and she also attended the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, sculptor Sabin Howard, whose classical figures and love for Renaissance Italy inspired her historical novel Immortal and her contemporary vampire art history mystery The Botticelli Affair. Fallen is the first in a romantic trilogy set during the end times.

For more information please visit http://www.tracilslatton.com and follow the author on Facebook and Twitter

Tonight's the night!

Earlier in the summer I had to have surgery to remove a rather large and painful kidney stone which meant more than a few days hanging around watching TV. I used my time to catch up on shows that I was behind on, like Doctor Who and the BBC version of Being Human, or shows that I never could manage to watch but really wanted to, like Supernatural. Flyboy, being the awesome husband that he is, bought me season 1 and my addiction to Sam and Dean was born. I've since purchased all the other seasons and it has become a nightly ritual to curl up with the afore mentioned awesome husband and watch and episode or two before turning in. Since his deployment was cancelled, a very long story that involves much cursing, we've been scrambling to finish season 6 in time to catch the big season 7 premiere...and it looks like we'll make it!!!!

Who else is addicted to Supernatural? I've debated all summer but I think I'm adding both Winchester brothers to my fake boyfriend list. What about you~ Sam or Dean? Or Castiel? Any predictions for the new season? I'd recap each week but I'm honestly not very good at that, like really abysmal, so I'll leave the recaps to the professionals, namely Jen and Betty, but if anyone is interested, send me an email and we can talk. Otherwise, enjoy the show!