Blood Is Not Enough: 17 Stories of Vampirism - Hardcover

Fritz Leiber; Dan Simmons; Scott Baker; Sharon Farber; Gahan Wilson; Pat Cadigan; Tanith Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688085261 ISBN 13: 9780688085261

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1989

Synopsis

Seventeen tales revolving around the vampire legend explore diverse variations on the classic theme and include stories of a method actress who sucks emotion from co-stars, a nightmarish version of The Walrus and the Carpenter, and other chilling tales

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Datlow, the fiction editor of Omni , has put together an excellent collection whose premise is that some vampires have a taste for sustenance a bit less substantial than bloodone might call it the "life force." The two poems and 15 stories, all but seven of which are original to his collection, concern these subtler, less stylized, dangerous creatures. Dan Simmons's novella, "Carrion Comfort," depicts vampires as youthful but ancient decadents playing life-and-death games with mere mortals for amusement. Fritz Leiber's "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes" tells of a beautiful woman whose nighttime pick-ups are found dead the next day, and of the down-and-out photographer who falls under her spell. The standout of the book, however, is Scott Baker's "Varicose Worms," an amazingly inventive tale of a psychiatrist who leads an underground life and is also a shamanimmensely powerful, manipulative, corrupt. When he is challenged by unseen adversaries the story takes bizarre and thrilling turns. There are also excellent stories by Sharon Farber, Gahan Wilson, Pat Cadigan and Tanith Lee.
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About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0688085261
• ISBN 13: 9780688085261
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 319
• Editor: Ellen Datlow