Month: September 2026
When writing my upcoming Gothic mystery, Salome, I was a bit worried about venturing into well-trodden territory. Vampires, or Vampyres, as they are written in the book. Here’s what I learned about writing vampires.
Salome is a Gothic mystery novel about a young nun who trains to become a vampire slayer in 1880s Liverpool, so where does it fit in the wider Muldoon supernatural thriller series?
In the run up to the October 2026 release of Salome, I’m talking about the things that inspired this book and the characters within it. One of the major influences was Agatha Van Helsing, a character created for the BBC production of Dracula written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. It was loosely based on…
Salome was inspired by classic Gothic literature such as The Vampire by John Polidori and Dracula by Bram Stoker, offering its own take on the vampire. It is part of the wider Muldoon supernatural thriller universe, a series of Gothic mystery novels set in late-Victorian Liverpool that follow occult detective Daniel Muldoon.
Katharine Kapodistria on the story behind her coming-of-age fantasy novel that reimagines the classic Persephone myth.
