Anne Rice

Anne Rice Instagram – “Ramses The Damned – The Reign of Osiris”, the novel my mother and I completed shortly before her death, is now on sale. It seems inconceivable that we are releasing one of Anne’s novels out into a world that no longer has Anne in it. Especially this novel, which like so many of her great works is about death, miraculous resurrection, and the emotional labyrinth of immortality. In the late 1980’s, Anne traveled to Hollywood to sell producers on her idea of a romantic and rapturous and deeply diverse updating of the classic mummy tale. But it’s central premise would be as revolutionary as the idea of interviewing a vampire — what if, when the mummy’s wrappings came off, they revealed not a stalking, desiccated monster, but a figure who was gorgeous, soulful and infinitely wise? TV didn’t bite, so Anne wrote the book herself over a feverish few weeks. The result was “The Mummy or Ramses The Damned”. Even as her vampires came to rule and further sequels were temporarily abandoned, “Ramses”, as it was affectionately called, went on to gain its own legion of fans. After decades, their pleas for a sequel could go unheard no longer — our first collaboration,”Ramses The Damned – The Passion of Cleopatra” was the result, and now we bring you the third, “Ramses The Damned – The Reign of Osiris”. This Sunday, in our first unscripted podcast episode of “TDPS Presents CHRISTOPHER & ERIC” since Anne’s death, @ericshawquinn and I sit down to discuss the writing process of both sequels, including the rousing discussions of ancient history, the little quarrels and caffeinated note-taking sessions that came define my collaboration with Anne during her final years. What a gift it was that she invited me to join her in this world, with its delicious fusion of Edwardian English elegance and timeless high fantasy adventure and gothic Anne Rice romance. The hours I spent with Ramses and Julie and Cleopatra and Bektaten were also hours I spent with Anne, and now I can take heart in the fact that those hours have been enshrined in the words we wrote together. Thank you for all your loving messages of sympathy and support in the days since Anne left us. Love, @christopher.rice.writer | Posted on 01/Feb/2022 19:29:06