| Description |
379 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
I: The Classic Adventure Tale: The story of Chūgorō / Lafcadio Hearn -- Count Magnus / M.R. James -- For the blood is the life / F. Marion Crawford -- The drifting snow / August Derleth -- Salem's lot (excerpt) / Stephen King -- II: The Psychological Vampire: Luella Miller / Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman -- The transfer / Algernon Blackwood -- The girl with the hungry eyes / Fritz Leiber -- Torch song / John Cheever -- Bellefleur (excerpt) / Joyce Carol Oates -- III: The Science Fiction Vampire: Shambleau / C.L. Moore -- The hunger (excerpt) / Whitley Strieber -- I am legend (excerpt) / Richard Matheson -- Vanishing breed / Leslie Roy Carter -- Unicorn tapestry / Suzy McKee Charnas -- A child of darkness / Susan Casper -- IV: The Non-human Vampire: The spider / Hanns Heinz Ewers -- Negotium perambulans / E.F. Benson -- The stainless steel leech / Roger Zelazny -- Bite-me-not, or, Fleur de feu / Tanith Lee -- V: The Comic Vampire : Blood / Frederic Brown -- Blood brother / Charles Beaumont -- Count Dracula / Woody Allen -- VI: The Heroic Vampire: Hotel Transylvania (excerpt) / Chelsea Quinn Yarbro -- The master of Rampling Gate / Anne Rice -- Good kids / Edward Bryant -- Exposure / Laura Anne Gilman. |
| Summary |
An anthology of vampire tales by various authors to mark the 100th anniversary of Bram Stoker's Dracula, the book that started the genre. The editor analyzes the genre's popularity in our day. |
| Subject |
Vampires -- Fiction.
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Horror tales, English.
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Horror tales, American.
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| Added Author |
Wolf, Leonard.
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| ISBN |
0195115937 alkaline paper |
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9780195115932 alkaline paper |
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