One would never think inspiration and interest in vampires would evolve from an English class. But in Alyce Wilson's case, it did.

Wilson, a 1992 broadcast cable graduate, took professor Jennifer Jackson's English 436 -- Contemporary American Fiction -- last Spring Semester. The class read Anne Rice's novel, The Vampire Lestat. From writing a paper on it, Wilson realized the wealth of the material, she said.

Wilson will host a special presentation at 7 tomorrow night on WPSU-FM titled, "In Search of the Vampire." Wilson has researched the presentation for about six months, she said.

The show will incorporate anything that has to do with vampires, ranging from readings from novels and movies to playing songs, Wilson said. She will also read a Woody Allen story.

The documentary features the different types of media in which vampires have been represented from ancient times to the Victorian period to present-day commercialism, Wilson said.

Wilson pointed out how today's image of the vampire is different from previous images.

"When (the vampire) was a myth, it was a disgusting monster," Wilson said. "Now it is seen as something seductive."

She cited a Coke commercial as an example -- a vampire seductively bites into a Coke can, instead of a neck.

Jackson said Wilson really gets "into this stuff."

The show will run until about 11 tomorrow night, said Andrew Fluke, who helped Wilson with some of the readings.

Fluke, a 1990 Liberal Arts graduate, added that he knows a couple of parties that will play the show Saturday night, and hopes more will.

Fluke said although people helped her with the readings, it is still an "Alyce Wilson production."