It seems that Anne Rice’s vow to never write another vampire story again after she found God a few years ago…wasn’t what she really meant. The writer just announced yet another Lestat book is on the way.

“One more book.” Those are the words Anne Rice fans have been dying to hear about the Vampire Chronicles ever since her shocking — and dismaying to many of his followers — turn to religious writing. Long seen as a committed atheist, four years ago the best-selling author drove a stake through the hearts of her followers when she vowed to abandon her sinister stories and instead write only of the Lord.

Turns out, vampires aren’t that easy to kill. In an interview with TIME, the best-selling author of Interview with the Vampire and The Queen of the Damned has revealed that she plans to write one last book about Lestat, the feared yet beloved blood-sucking main character in her gothic novel series. “When I published my first book about the Lord I said I would never write about those characters again,” Rice acknowledged. “But I have one more book that I would really like to write. It will be a story that I need to tell.”

Upon returning to the church after a more than three-decade absence, the author in 2005 dramatically and publicly declared that she would never again return to writing about vampires. Said Rice in an interview with Christianity Today: “I would never go back, not even if they say you will be financially ruined. I would be a fool for all eternity to turn my back on God like that.”

Do all that many people really care about this anymore? I mean, I read the original Lestat books back in the day, but that was mainly in a useless attempt at scoring with hot artsy chicks in college.

EDIT: Looks like Anne Rice dropped in by way of the comments section below with something to say about “fan” reaction.

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