Interlude: Lola's Playlist

Lola is Seth's hitherto absent, wayward vampire daughter - a flighty, flirtatious posh girl who fully embodies the spirit of youthful vampire hedonism that comes before the age and addiction that have worn down Seth and Mallory. "An English Girl in Prague" tells the story of how Lola became a vampire - the following songs are what she might have listened to once she went her own way.

Interlude: Seth and Mallory's Playlist

These tracks more or less sum up how both Seth and Mallory feel in the aftermath of the events of the Vampire Love Songs instalments "Euphoria" and "Holy Wine".

Interlude: Billy's Playlist

Billy is something of a mystery to Seth and Mallory.  While they are usually able to work out a person's story fairly easily, Billy has remained a closed book.  "Billy" isn't even his real name.  He's running from something, that's for sure, diving headfirst into sensory overload to avoid his ghosts.  Below are a few songs you might find in his battered, liquor-stained iPod.  In contrast to the more retro, melancholy tastes of his vampire bedfellows, these are the choices of a wild young thing who is very much of the modern age.

Interlude: Mallory's Playlist

Mallory is Seth's better half.  She has gentler manners and arguably more of a conscience - but that isn't to say she is any less complicated.  Every time Seth gives into his impulses, it is Mallory who shoulders the guilt.  Unless she's busy indulging her own vices.

Interlude: Seth's Playlist

Nothing gets under your skin like music.  And for me, nothing helps me get into a character's head better than a song - something they would listen to, something they feel a connection with.  Seth, one of the main characters in Vampire Love Songs, inhabits a sleazy underworld of addict anonymous groups, dive bars and cheap hotel rooms.  The first video in this playlist, a cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" by H.I.M., perfectly encompasses the trash and pleasure of such a world: