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Vampires Two Centuries of Great Vampire Stories - aka The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories
Author: Alan Ryan (Editor)

Seductive, erotic, doomed to immortality, and forever hungry, they're lurking under the cover of darkness. In this collection of the very best vampire stories ever told, we see this pale creature of the night emerge from the shadows of myth and legend. Here, in all their horror and all their glory, are the great vampires of liter... more »ature: male and female, invisible and metamorphic, doomed and daring. Their skin deathly pale, their nails curved like claws, their fangs sharpened for the attack, they are gathered for the kill and for the chill. Careful--they are all crafty enough to steal their way into your imagination and steal away your hopes for a restful sleep.

Contents:

Introduction (Vampires) (1987) • essay by Alan Ryan
Fragment of a Novel (1816) / short story by Lord George Gordon Byron [as by George Gordon, Lord Byron]
The Vampyre: A Tale [Lord Ruthven] (1966) / novelette by Dr. John William Polidori [as by John Polidori]
Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood (excerpt) [Varney the Vampyre (excerpts)] (1847) / short fiction by James Malcolm Rymer
The Mysterious Stranger (1854) / novelette by Karl von Wachsmann (trans. of Der Fremde 1844) [as by Anonymous]
Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] (1872) / novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
Good Lady Ducayne (1896) / novelette by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Dracula's Guest [Dracula] (1914) / short story by Bram Stoker
Luella Miller (1902) / short story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman [as by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman]
For the Blood Is the Life (1905) / short story by F. Marion Crawford
The Transfer (1911) / short story by Algernon Blackwood
The Room in the Tower (1912) / short story by E. F. Benson
An Episode of Cathedral History (1914) / short story by M. R. James
A Rendezvous in Averoigne [Averoigne] (1931) / short story by Clark Ashton Smith
Shambleau [Northwest Smith] (1933) / novelette by C. L. Moore
Revelations in Black (1933) / novelette by Carl Jacobi
School for the Unspeakable (1937) / short story by Manly Wade Wellman
The Drifting Snow (1939) / short story by August Derleth
Over the River (1941) / short story by P. Schuyler Miller
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes (1949) / short story by Fritz Leiber
The Mindworm (1950) / short story by C. M. Kornbluth
Drink My Blood (1951) / short story by Richard Matheson (variant of "Drink My Red Blood ...")
Place of Meeting (1953) / short story by Charles Beaumont
The Living Dead (1967) / short story by Robert Bloch (variant of Underground)
Pages from a Young Girl's Journal (1973) / novelette by Robert Aickman
The Werewolf and the Vampire (1975) / novelette by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Love-Starved (1979) / short story by Charles L. Grant
Cabin 33 [Count of Saint-Germain] (1980) / novella by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Unicorn Tapestry (1980) / novella by Suzy McKee Charnas
Following the Way (1982) / short story by Alan Ryan
The Sunshine Club (1983) / short story by Ramsey Campbell
The Men and Women of Rivendale (1984) / short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Feu (1984) / novelette by Tanith Lee

ISBN-13: 9780385185622
ISBN-10: 0385185626
Publication Date: 5/19/1987
Pages: 621
Rating:

Currently 2.9/5 Stars.

2.9 stars, based on 7 ratings

Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Laura L. (lleewisc) reviewed Vampires: Two Centuries of Great Vampire Stories (aka The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories) on 2/5/2009

Helpful Score: 1

What I liked best about this book was seeing how the vampire story has changed from it's very earliest incarnations (early 1800's) through the late 1980's. Authors include Lord Byron, Bram Stoker, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Suzy McKee Charnas and Tanith Lee.

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