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Communist Vampires
| Official
homepage of Thomas M. Sipos.
It went online in February 2000 to promote his satirical horror novel,
Vampire
Nation, which was inspired by his adolescent travels in Cold War Transylvania,
visiting relatives.
Since then Sipos has published other books, articles, reviews, op-eds, blogs, etc., none of which concern Communist vampires -- yet the website's name stands. Ringu author Koji Suzuki and Sipos (right). The two were on a panel analyzing Japanese horror films at the 2006 World Horror Convention. |
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Sipos
is also the founder and director of the Tabloid
Witch Awards horror film contest & festival.
Sabrina Bertaccini (left, with Sipos) won the Best Supporting Actress trophy in 2005 for her work in Legion. Trophies were presented at Loscon, sponsored by the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society. |
| Sipos
is Director of Communications for the Los
Angeles County Libertarian Party, as well as Vice Chair of the Westside
Region.
He's a member of the California Libertarian Party's Writer's Bureau, whose op-eds are syndicated to over 2,000 newspapers and websites. He is also Editor of California Freedom, the CLP's monthly newspaper. Two-time Libertarian Party presidential candidate Harry Browne and Sipos (right) at the LP's 2004 national convention in Atlanta, GA. |
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