2002-07 "Bite Me" interrogates Mark Benecke
Source: Bite Me Magazine (July 2002)
Nr. 9, page 46
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Questions by Arlene Russo, editor, Bite Me Magazine
Q: What is the last thing you would do if you had five minutes to
live?
Mark Benecke: Grab the editor of Bite Me and invite her for a final drink.
Q: What is the last thing you would do if you came face to face with
a real vampire?
Give him a copy of my book The Dream of Eternal
Life (Columbia University Press, 2002). He/she might not get the
point, however.
Q: What is the last thing you think of before you turn out the light?
Will my glasses fall down from the specter? (Explanation: To avoid crumbling
my glasses at night or in the morning, I put them in the eye socket of a
red plastic specter that is mounted to the wall over my bed.)
Q: What is the last book you read?
It was more staring than reading it. The Japanese translator of one of
my books sent me copies of his notes -- in Japanese text.
Q: What is the last horror film you watched?
Apart from Not A Girl/Crossroads starring Britney Spears, Wishmaster
2 and Eyes Wide Shut. Plus, I watched some of the alleged "Snuff" stuff for an article in the Archives of
Criminology.
Q: When was the last time you were scared?
When I found out that the landlord isolated the drainpipes in the basement
with asbestos.
Q: Who is the last person you would want to meet in a dark alley?
My insurance company sales guy.
Q: What would you like your last words to be?
Hello, flies.
(c) Bite Me & Dipl.-Biol. Dr. rer. medic. Mark Benecke.