Inhumi as mirror-images of vampires

Dan Rabin · 18 Feb 2001, 21:37 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: Dan Rabin <wolfe-lists at danrabin.com>
Subject: (whorl) Inhumi as mirror-images of vampires
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:37:47
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The nature of the inhumi may be one of Wolfe's trademark reversals.=20
Dracula-type vampires are ex-humans, and by preying on living humans,=20
make them vampires.  Inhumi are aspiring humans, and by preying on=20
living humans, try to become human themselves.

Having inhumi reflect vampires may be a little joke, since mirrors don't.

   -- Dan Rabin

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