Episodes
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
S3 E9 - J.R. Ward’s BDB & Dracula-A Love Tale
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Coming up on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: New York Times best-selling author, J.R. Ward, will join us for the final episode of Season 3. J.R. will talk about her Black Dagger Brotherhood series of novels which has been adapted by Passionflix. Is the series as steamy as the books? We’ll find out. And Eva will review the new Dracula A Love Tale, currently out in Europe and to be released here in the States in January. It’s a great night all the way around!
Wednesday Oct 22, 2025
S3 E8 - Unremovable Couch Stains & The Immortal Blacula
Wednesday Oct 22, 2025
Wednesday Oct 22, 2025
Next time on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: How many couches does a vampire need? One for each victim! We’ll talk with Chris Hamilton and EA Logan about A Couch of Anguish and Blood, Book One of their On the Vampire’s Couch series. Then Brian Forrest will join us to share his expertise on the 1972 film, Blackula. Finally, Brian, Cris, Dan & Eva will have a roundtable discussion and review the film. It’s an amazing show!
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
S3 E7 - Taxi Cabs, ScareFest & A Female Van Helsing?
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: Uber and Lyft ain't got nothing on this! We'll talk with David Wilson, author of Confessions of a Vampire from the Back Seat of a New York Taxicab. Then we'll talk about ScareFest Weekend with event manager Adrienne Deakins Elder. Dan's review will explore a gender bending Van Helsing twist. And you can bet Eva and Dan will have lots to say about their trip to Richmond, VA, with Dacre Stoker.
Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
S3 E6 - V’s, Vampire Tours & PassionFlix BDB
Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: Vs, cops, symbionts -- oh my! We'll talk with Coryn Noble, author of Vesper Glen, a new vampire novel. Then Jeffrey Holmes will discuss his vampire-themed events which include an upcoming weekend in Richmond, VA, featuring Dacre Stoker and your Vamp Chat hosts! Finally, Eva reviews episode 1 of the new Passionflix series based on J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood novels.
Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
S3 E5 - Magnolias, Taliesin & Dan’s Guilty Pleasure
Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: Vampire Romance from a brand-new author. Jessica Lindsey will discuss her novel, Moonlight and Magnolias. We'll also speak again with Andy Boylan who reviews vampire content on his blog, Taliesin Meets the Vampires. Finally, Dan will reveal his "guilty pleasure" vampire film starring a 1980's rock singer.
Thursday Aug 28, 2025
S3 E4 - The Powers of Darkness & A Vampire In Brooklyn
Thursday Aug 28, 2025
Thursday Aug 28, 2025
This week on Vamp Chat with Dan & Eva: the mystery behind Dracula — the Icelandic “translation”. We’ll talk with Iris Ichishita, host of The Powers of Darkness, about a shocking re-interpretation of Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece. How was it discovered? What’s the importance of an earlier Swedish version? And was this controversy engineered by someone who stood to gain from it? Then, Eva will review the 1995 horror/comedy, Vampire In Brooklyn.
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
S3 E3 - J.M. Celi, Sven Granlund & The Fright Night Fight!
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
This episode on VampChat with Dan & Eva: Lisa Cooper can still pass for human because she's avoided tapping into her full vampire powers., though, the riskier it gets for anyone involved with her. We'll talk with the author of The Unlife of Lisa Cooper, J.M. Celi. Then they speak with Sven Granlund, founder of KY Creature FX. Eva and Dan will wrap up with a review of the two versions of Fright Night -- the 1985 original and 2011 remake.
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
S3 E2 - Marita Woywod Crandle, NOLA & Sinners
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
Join us on Vamp Chat as we tour through The French Quarter with Marita Crandle owner of The Boutique du Vampyre, The Vampire Cafe, Potions Absinthe speakeasy & The Apothecary. We chat about her books, the various vampire folklore of NOLA, & Marita’s own encounter with a vampire. Then Eva reviews the much talked about, and multi layered, 2025 movie Sinners.

About Us
Acclaimed authors of vampire fiction, Dan Klefstad
and Eva Vertrice, are teaming up to deliver a podcast for their fellow “creatures of
the night.” Their new production, VampChat with Dan & Eva, is devoted to vampire
fiction, fanged folklore, and the gothic imagination.
Klefstad and Vertrice each received excellent reviews for their own vampire novels,
Fiona’s Guardians and A Fury, and share a fascination for folk histories involving
vampire panics or individuals suspected of vampirism. They also love films and TV
shows about the undead or “nosferatu,” and will include a review in each episode of
VampChat.

