Merticus has been a member of the Vampire Community since 1997. He is a founding member of the Atlanta Vampire Alliance (House AVA), co-founder of the vampirism and psi-related phenomena research company Suscitatio Enterprises, LLC, the co-organizer for TWILIGHT, the administrator for Voices of the Vampire Community (VVC), organizer for the Atlanta Vampire Meetup Group, and a principal contributing author and researcher for the Vampirism & Energy Work Research Study (VEWRS & AVEWRS). A native to Atlanta, GA, Merticus is active in both the online and offline Community; consulting not only with fellow members of the Community but also with academicians and the media on matters relating to modern psychic and sanguinarian vampirism. He has contributed to several academic and general media articles regarding vampirism; including an October 2007 interview with TAPS Paranormal Magazine, to an October 2008 interview with ABCNews.com, an November 2008 interview with the Washington Post, and interviewed by and consulted with Joseph Laycock on a paper delivered before the annual conference of the American Academy of Religion in November 2007. He has also attended and presented at gatherings throughout the U.S. and is a member of numerous forums and discussion groups.
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