Sorrento

Sorrento is an old town in Italy where Clyde and Magreb have come to live in a lemon grove. The old-world town is reflective of the old world nature of Clyde and Magreb as vampires, and becomes a safe haven for them as they realize they can subsist on lemons. Sorrento is also the home of Fila and the lemon grove workers. It is in Sorrento, proper, that Clyde and Magreb go to see a movie which Magreb leaves early. On his way home, Clyde encounters Fila in Sorrento, during which times his true nature comes out when he feeds on, and kills Fila.

The Nineteenth Century

The Nineteenth Century is the era setting in which the stories "Reeling for the Empire," "Proving Up," and "The Barn at the End of Our Term" take place. "Reeling for the Empire" is set in late-1800s Japan during a period...