A. R. Vishny

Sep 17, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Dan Ben-Amos |Michael Solomonov |Steven Cook |A. R. Vishny

Okay, but what’s an estrie? It’s the single most common question I get, whenever I mention they’re the subject of my debut novel, Night Owls. The short answer is that they are Judaism’s vampires: women who appear as ordinary members of the community, but feed on the blood of unwitting men. They can shapeshift; and they can fly when their hair is let down; they are healed by bread and salt; the recommended way to kill one is to bury her.