Stephenie Meyer has a new way to milk that Twilight cash cow

How many times can “Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer go back to the well that first brought her fortune and fame? The world will never know, since Meyer has found yet another way to get her fans to shell out some dough on the terrible, terrible vampire love story. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first book, Meyer is introducing “Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined,” which features the same story re-told with the genders reversed. Instead of Bella you have Beau, and instead of vampire Edward you have … Edythe. Dear lord. Yes, that’s really the name.

Meyer insists that the idea behind the new version was to strike back against criticisms that the initial series was anti-feminist. “Gender and species aside, ‘Twilight’ has always been a story about the magic and obsession and frenzy of first love,” Meyer tells Good Morning America. “So I thought to myself, what if I put that theory to the test?” Or maybe it was just because, you know, money. Or I guess she just needed to do something, since “The Host” didn’t really pan out.

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