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The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women Author:Stephen Jones (Editor) Featuring the only vampire short story by Anne Rice, the undisputed queen of vampire literature, and an autobiographical introduction by Ingrid Pitt, star of the films The Vampire Lovers and Countess Dracula, this Mammoth collection brings together thirty-four uncanny and erotic tales by women who have redefined the genre of vampire fiction. Fro... more »m classic stories of the undead by writers like Edith Nesbit, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon to the work of such acclaimed contemporary authors as Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy Kilpatrick, Tanith Lee, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and Pat Cadigan, this terrifying and tantalizing volume turns the conventions of vampire fiction on their head and inside out as it refashions, and revamps, Bram Stoker's urbane Count Dracula in smart, modern, sexy terms. Original and inventive, the tales in this anthology offer a wide and varied range of undead heroines and doomed heroes, from the tormented good to the unspeakably evil. At large among them in the gardens of literature's longest night are Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Byronic vampire Saint-Germain, Nancy A. Collins's Vampire King of the Goth Chicks, Tanya Huff's vampiric detective Vicki Nelson, and Freda Warrington's age-old lovers Karl and Charlotte. In all, the quest continues -- for blood to drink, for souls to steal, for life among the undead.« less
Amanda B. (mune) reviewed The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women on
Helpful Score: 2
Some of the stories n ths book were pretty good, others were not so much. I noticed th first half of the book had better stories than the second half. I definently lost interest in the second half.
If you are a Caitlin R. Kiernan fan, then her short story about "Dead Girl" is on it's own well worth requesting this anthology for. There are four or five other short stories here that are nearly as good and that I found quite gripping and memorable.