Vampires were the children of the goddess of death. So it was a bit funny to me that they feared it just as much as humans did. I watched them every time, and I saw the terror settle over their faces as they realized it was coming for them. At least in this, we were the same. At least we’re all fucking cowards in the end.

The fear of being eaten reaches its most graphic expression in Hansel and Gretel, the popular tale of a hapless brother and sister who happen across a gingerbread cottage