Blood’s Will: Speculative Fiction, Existence, and Inquiry of Currere is an example of speculative fiction, and is a useful reading for courses examining roles of narrative, fiction and currere as fields of inquiry. ? ?

“ is a significant contribution—and really, a remarkable piece of work—by one of the nation’s most important scholar/authors in the curriculum studies, teacher education, educational policy, and research fields. This work isn’t merely a novel that you can’t put down, it is a window to so many salient themes that we think about in our work on a daily basis and have few innovative resources to address them in our work as individuals and with students. I believe this book will be read widely and should be taught in our courses.” —Tom Poetter, Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership at Miami University

“ is a speculative fiction in the vampire subgenre that also functions as a philosophical meditation on curriculum inquiry (with particular reference to the autobiographical method now known as ) and dramatizes ontological, epistemological, and axiological questions about human knowledges and understandings of living and dying. It is clearly informed by feminist, counter-heteronormative, and what I would call post-humanist positions. This book is a significant contribution to the literature of curriculum theorizing.” —Noel Gough, Professor Emeritus at La Trobe University

“Not since Madeleine Grumet’s have I fallen under the spell of a powerful and creative feminist text. Morna McDermott McNulty’s makes this passage between the public and private worlds for our contemporary times. No doubt, you too will devour this compelling postmodern feminist novel conveying larger life themes through the vampire archetype!” —Carol Mullen, Professor of Educational Leadership at Virginia Tech

“As a professor of literacy, I understand the value of narrative and inquiry in shaping our lives and the world around us. Morna McDermott McNulty offers a groundbreaking work of feminist ficto-currere that asks its readers the deeper questions about how the stories we tell create identity and the power of the imagination to reshape our worlds. Blood’s Will weaves together threads of memory, fiction, and existence to create a tapestry of transformative inquiry.” —Nancy Rankie Shelton, Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County

“The whole story is like this long ecstasy trip for women in my demographic.” —Darian Schiffman, Academic Advisor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County