Carpe Jugulum (Latin for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy novel by [[author:8OubHMSgZ5xE085v2chIQ|Terry Pratchett]], the twenty-third in the [[universe:vmE7j9NOECdpkckInaWvo|Discworld]] series. It was first published in 1998. In Carpe Jugulum, [[author:8OubHMSgZ5xE085v2chIQ|Terry Pratchett]] pastiches the traditions of vampire literature, playing with the mythic archetypes and featuring a tongue-in-cheek reversal of 'vampyre' subculture with young vampires who wear bright clothes, drink wine, and stay up until noon.