Anne Rice's New Orleans Garden District home was the setting of the Mayfairs' ancestral home in the novels. For those who are not local to the area, The Garden District is just outside the Central Business District, and area is known for its opulent mansions and oak tree-lined streets, the St. Charles streetcar, Magazine street shopping and restaurants, the renowned Commander's Palace restaurant, and the historic Lafayette Cemetery No. 1
Anne Rice Catalog AMC acquired in 2020 that will be serialized for the Immortal Universe:
- The Vampire Chronicles Series - Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, Memnoch The Devil, The Vampire Armand, Pandora, Vittorio the Vampire, Blood and Gold, Prince Lestat, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, and Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat
- The Lives Of The Mayfair Witches Series - The Witching Hour, Lasher, Taltos
- The Vampire Chronicles/The Lives Of The Mayfair Witches Crossover Novels: Merrick, Blackwood Farm and Blood Canticle
The Witching Hour is the time late at night when the powers of a witch, magician, etc., are believed to be strongest.
In ancient cultures throughout the world, the raven is seen as a trickster or a messenger of the Gods.
The Talamasca group's official motto, which they printed on their business cards, was "We watch. And we are always here." Rice found the word "Talamasca" in a history book, learning it meant "animal mask" in Latin. (In some cultures, it meant witch or shaman.)