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Synopsis
Thematic collection of fiction inspired by the vampire legend, by (mostly) British and American authors and spanning the 19th and 20th centuries. Altogether, two novellas, two novel excerpts (and one unfinished fragment of a novel), and 26 short stories are included. This collection was originally published (by Doubleday) as Vampires: Two Centuries of Great Vampire Stories.
CONTENTS
Introduction by Alan Ryan
Fragment of a Novel (1816)
George Gordon, Lord Byron
The Vampyre (1819)
John Polidori
Varney the Vampyre, or, the Feast of Blood (excerpt) (1845)
James Malcolm Rymer
The Mysterious Stranger (1860)
Anonymous
Carmilla (1872)
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Good Lady Ducayne (1896)
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Dracula's Guest (1897)
Bram Stoker
Luella Miller (1903)
Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
For the Blood Is the Life (1911)
F. Marion Crawford
The Transfer (1912)
Algernon Blackwood
The Room in the Tower (1912)
E. F. Benson
An Episode of Cathedral History (1919)
M. R. James
A Rendezvous in Averoigne (1931)
Clark Ashton Smith
Shambleau (1933)
C. L. Moore
Revelations in Black (1933)
Carl Jacobi
School for the Unspeakable (1937)
Manly Wade Wellman
The Drifting Snow (1939)
August Derleth
Over the River (1941)
P. Schuyler Miller
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes (1949)
Fritz Leiber
The Mindworm (1950)
C. M. Kornbluth
Drink My Blood (1951)
Richard Matheson
Place of Meeting (1953)
Charles Beaumont
The Living Dead (1967)
Robert Bloch
Pages from a Young Girl's Journal (1975)
Robert Aickman
The Werewolf and the Vampire (1975)
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Love-Starved (1979)
Charles L. Grant
Cabin 33 (1980)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Unicorn Tapestry (1980)
Suzy McKee Charnas
Following the Way (1982)
Alan Ryan
The Sunshine Club (1983)
Ramsey Campbell
The Men & Women of Rivendale (1984)
Steve Rasnic Tem
Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur De Feu (1984)
Tanith Lee
Appendix I: Vampire Novels Appendix II: Vampire Movies
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About the Author
Alan Ryan has served as a judge for the Film Fantasy Awards and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. He regularly contributes to The Washington Post, USA Today, The Smithsonian, and Travel and Leisure, among other publications.
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