Bite me: Gay vampire fiction ideas

What’s more gay than vampires? LGBTQ+ vampire stories are as old as the vampire sub-genre itself, with Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu paving the way back in 1872. To continue the trend, I’ve pulled together 22 gay vampire fiction ideas to inspire new stories.

While I’ve compiled these based on ‘gay vampires’ as a theme, I’ve also included representation for polyamory, and all prompts can be interpreted for any gender identities.

Any acknowledgement or credit for using any of my writing prompts is always appreciated, whether it’s linking to my website from yours or a social media shoutout.

22 gay vampire fiction ideas

You can take just one prompt or combine any of the following for one story! Every prompt is entirely up to your interpretation.

You’ll find prompts for characters, words, settings, tropes, plotlines, and something sensory below.

Characters: A clockmaker. A dancer. A fashion-forward vampire.

Words: Diary. Touch. Velvet. Painting. Clasped. Waltz.

Settings: Botanical garden. Candle shop. Nightclub.

Tropes: Undead Barefooter. Dying Declaration of Love. I Just Want To Be Loved.

Plotlines:

• They fall in love together, all three of them.
• She offers her finest dress for her lover to wear.
• Their hand covers their throat, a touch as cold as ice.
• Eyes follow them across the dancefloor.
• The marble statue is overly familiar.
• They drown their lover in flowers and affection.

Sensory: Warmth.

Gay vampire character ideas

Here are some more ideas, in the form of gay vampire character ideas, to inspire a whole story or to slot into an existing story. You could use these as additional vampire writing prompts too.

• A vampire who has an aversion to the colour black, so dons every colour of the rainbow instead.
• An eccentric vampire and party lover who hosts a night-time Pride event every year.
• A coven of vampires who double as a polycule.
• A vampire and their maker who fall in and out of love over the decades.
• Three vampiric siblings with a shared “type” for their human companions.