From dark Victorian melodramas to gritty contemporary tales, here is a stunning new collection of 31 stories, all centering around the theme of the curious and dreaded vampire.
Lurking within this volume are vampires in all their variety, in all their horror -- male and female, invisible and metamorphic, romantic and fearsome -- all with a compelling, irresistible presence, waiting to make themselves known to us.
This deliciously chilling volume includes works from such classic and modern masters of fantasy and horror as Bram Stoker, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, Charles L. Grant, and Tanith Lee.
With a facinating introduction, headnotes, and annotated listings of vampire novels and movies by editor Alan Ryan, Vampires is a true collector's edition, sure to provide hours of spellbinding reading.
Contents:
"Fragment of a Novel" by George Gordon, Lord Byron
"The Vampyre" by John Polidori
"Varney the Vampyre, or, the Feast of Blood" [excerpt] by James Malcolm Rymer
"The Mysterious Stranger" by Anonymous
"Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu
"Good Lady Ducayne" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
"Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker
"Luella Miller" by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
"For the Blood is The Life" by F. Marion Crawford
"The Transfer" by Algernon Blackwood
"The Room in the Tower" by E.F. Benson
"An Episode of Cathedral History" by M.R. James
"A Rendevous in Averoigne" by Clark Ashton Smith
"Shambleau" by C.L. Moore
"Revelations in Black" by Carl Jacobi
"School for the Unspeakable" by Manly Wade Wellman
"Drifting Snow" by August Derleth
"Over the River" by P. Schuyler Miller
"The Girl with the Hungry Eyes" by Fritz Leiber
"The Mindworm" by C.M. Kornbluth
"Drink My Blood" by Richard Matheson
"Place of Meeting" by Charles Beaumont
"The Living Dead" by Robert Bloch
"Pages from a Young Girl's Journal" by Robert Aikman
"The Werewolf and the Vampire" by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
"Love-Starved" by Charles L. Grant
"Cabin 33" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
"Unicorn Tapestry" by Suzy McKee Charnas
"Following the Way" by Alan Ryan
"The Sunshine Club" by Ramsey Campbell
"The Men & Women of Rivendale" by Steve Rasnic Tem
"Bite-Me-Not, or, Fleur de Feu" by Tanith Lee