Now the T-Shirt competition has ended on Vampirates.co.uk I was wondering if the crew would like to tell me their entries to add to the Dirty Dolphin.

The competition asked "what song you think best sums up Sidorio, and why." as "If anyone needs a personal soundtrack to listen to when getting psyched for the next Vampirate raid, it's Sidorio, King of the Vampirates."

My choice is After The Flesh by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult from the soundtrack of The Crow.

Why? well the first verse just describes what Sidorio is trying to do.

"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"There's a lot innocent people being crucified"

The last line describes his old life as a pirate wonderfully, well he thought he Julius Caesar had overreacted. Sadly the rest of the song goes into a major decline.

By second choice was Welcome to the Jungle by Guns and Roses. It was close but Jungle needed to be changed to Ocean, but the line "And when you're high you never Ever want to come down, Yeah" really described his reaction to unlimited blood.

The other that I found that was close was Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam and the Ants. But it is an occasional song to listen to not regularly.

From the home page of Vampirates central:
"To celebrate UK publication of Vampirates: Empire of Night (March 4th) - for one month only, you can download a FREE e-book of Demons Of The Ocean, the first book in the Vampirates sequence! This is a limited offer, and an amazing chance to set sail with the book that began the Vampirates phenomenon completely FREE! Simply click on the book cover right here!" (www.vampirates.co.uk)

Please note the small print at the bottom of the page - "Please ensure that you have Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) installed BEFORE you click on the download link."

Did you attend a Vampirate event last year? Vampirate Central now has a list of them all.
Check out www.vampirates.co.uk/events/2009AuthorAppearances

For forthcoming events please see www.vampirates.co.uk/events/EventDates

The first review of Empire of the night is out. The Ultimate Book Guide gave a good insight on what we are to expect next month. I also liked the fact that the Vampirate.co.uk website was described as an excellent website.

Please see theultimatebookguide.blogspot.com

Justin Somper will be at Silverdell Bookshop, Poulton Street, Kirkham, on Wednesday, March 24. The event is being held for the launch of Justin's latest book, Empire Of Night.
Please see http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Story-shorts--080210.6051296.jp