THE SILAS ARCHIVES

Exploring Vampire literature, Vampire history, queer theory, and the many faces of Carmilla Karnstein Archive Directory

[thesilasarchives]

Welcome to The Silas Archives

Welcome to the Archives, friends...

Here, you'll find gothic stories, discussions on gothic literature, queer theory, and all things vampiric and spooky...

For discussions about vampires, their history, and the queerness of it all, click here.

For discussions about The Carmilla Series, the novella, and everything in between, click here.

To subscribe to The Penny Dreadful, a Substack dedicated to the original Penny Dreadful stories and gothic literature we love, click here.

For the Penny Dreadful tag, click here.

For posts containing resources I've been gathering on vampires, queer theory, and the combination of the two, click here.

For a selection of playlists to accompany your time at the Archive, click here.

For in-character messages from The Archivist and other bits and bobs from Silas University, click here.

And for your pleasure, a menu of other tags to peruse...

Dracula

Carmilla

Gothic Literature

Vampires

Quotes

Book Quotes

Films

As a note —

Many of the quotes I post can be read as cis-centric due to technical academic language and discussions of gender non-conformity/genderqueer identities in the context of Victorian literature and culture. Also, many of the academic papers/books these quotes come from were written prior to 2000, and occasionally contain outdated queer terminology.

The Silas Archives is a safe space for all queer identities.

— The Archivist

[byelacey]

happy pride & remember: there is no such thing as a heterosexual vampire

[decayr]

[mer-se]

📷Marizacaps

[argyleheir-deactivated20260419]

Dracula Daily is over, but just to be clear: this is a year-round bat house 🦇

[thesilasarchives]

I ran to her in an ecstasy of joy; I kissed and embraced her again and again.

— Carmilla, Chapter 8 “Search” — J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 1872

[plathsbitch]

I could really use becoming a vampire right about now. it’s so romantic, so horrifying, so gruesome. gimme it

[remnantglow]

carmilla (1872) 🩸

[thesilasarchives]

I implored of Carmilla, if she had concealed herself, to play this cruel trick no longer — to come out and to end our anxieties.

— Carmilla, Chapter 8 “Search” — J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 1872

[sexyladyface]

MURDER HER FOR CHRISTMAS

[elyzas-archive]

[currentlyseldomonline]

“But look at you poor birds: Exhausted, all alone, so far from home! Let Mama whip you up a Christmas treat!”

[hollsteinsource]

“As Christmas company goes, you’re not so bad yourself… for a vampire.”

[nickichan]

And as Christmas company goes, you’re not so bad yourself.  For a vampire.

Carmilla The Christmas Special -  “The Gingerbread Affair” (2014) dir. Spencer Maybee

[wildwindsaredeath]

| “Merry Christmas, Carm.”

happy holidays, Creampuffs!

[natvanlispics]

Merry Christmas, creampuffs!

[thesilasarchives]

At the same time a light unexpectedly sprang up, and I saw Carmilla, standing, near the foot of my bed, in her white nightdress, bathed, from her chin to her feet, in one great stain of blood.

— Carmilla, Chapter 7 “Descending” — J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 1872