Steakley's Vampire$ (1991) and David Wellington's " Vampire Series " (2006- ). Then, there are versions that walk the line, like Laurell K. Hamilton's " Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter " series (1993- ) and Joss Whedon's TV rendition of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003). The tug and pull between romanticisation and de-romanticisation will always