A GOTHIC artist haunted the airwaves on the other side of the Atlantic after sinking his teeth into an American radio show about vampires.

Glenn James, of Malvern Road, St John's, Worcester, spoke on an American radio show called the American Perspective when he talked about his vampire novels, the Skaler Stories.

The dark seed of the idea germinated when he was holding a Halloween exhibition of his Gothic artwork in Pershore Library and decided to contact the American news service NewsBlaze, which runs the show.

NewsBlaze was so interested in his work they asked him to appear in their primetime slot in a pre-recorded 15-minute interview.

The interview went out in Florida on Thursday, February 13. Thanks to the show Mr James, aged 38, will be the feature artist of an exciting new comic Project called The Reluctant Ghost Hunter, being developed by American Journalist and Broadcaster, Judyth Piazza, who interviewed him for the show.

The Reluctant Ghost Hunter is a series of 13 comic novels following the adventures of a supernatural reporter.

The stories are based on the experiences of Judyth earlier in her career as a journalist, when she investigated a number of hauntings. The first story Mr James will illustrate is The Bell Witch Hauntings, an American Ghost story thought to have inspired the Blair Witch Project film.

Mr James said: "I'm really excited about this, and was a little unreal to hear her voice coming out on radio on the other side of the world. This connection has blossomed from the most unusual beginning, and it can honestly be said to be due to a show I put on at Pershore Library."

He has already sent in a trial piece of artwork to Judyth about a haunted house with the background based on an old stairway in The Commandery in Sidbury, Worcester.

His novel Skaler: Being The Tale of An Uncommon Bat is currently being considered by a publisher, and information about the characters and the book itself is available on his website www.skaler.co.uk