The Mammoth Book of Vampires
Stephen Jones, Clive Barker, Hugh B. Cave, David J. Schow, Frances Garfield, Simon Clark, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Karl Edward Wagner, Basil Copper, Paul McAuley, Dennis Etchison, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Brian Lumley, Peter Tremayne, Sydney J. Bounds, Melanie Tem, John A. Burke, Manly Wade Wellman, Howard Waldrop, Tanith Lee, Graham Masterton, Tina Rath, F. Paul Wilson, Brian M. Stableford, Nancy Holder, Les Daniels, Neil Gaiman, Steve Rasnic Tem, Harlan Ellison, Kim Newman, Michael Marshall Smith, Ramsey Campbell, Nancy Kilpatrick, Robert Bloch, Christopher Fowler, Richard Christian Matheson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
3.75
· 8 ratings · 584 pages · Published: 27 Mar 1992
This anthology collects the very best in vampire fiction which blends sheer horror with dark humor, deadly tenderness with tingling terror. For the classic vampire, as this volume amply shows, the Blood is the Life. From Hugh B. Cave's pulp thriller "Stragella" through to Harold Waldrop's bizarre mix of vampire and Nazis in "Der Untergang Des Abendlandesmenschen" and Christopher Fowler's "The Legend of Dracula Reconsidered as a Primetime TV Special."
In between lie artful chillers by the likes of Clive Barker, Brian Lumley, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Robert Bloch and John Burke, along with new and original stories by Niel Gaiman with "Cards from a Vampire Tarot," and Kim Newman with "Andy Warhol's Dracula: anno Dracula 1978-79."
You can sink your teeth, too, in F. Paul Wilson's fast-paced thriller "Midnight Mass," Manly Wade Wellman's "Chastel," offering bloody intrigue and adventure with Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant; and Les Daniel's "Yellow Fog," which features his enigmatic vampire-hero Don Sebastian de Villanueva.
CONTENTS
Introduction: The Children of the Night by Stephen Jones
Human Remains by Clive Barker
Necros by Brian Lumley
The Man Who Loved The Vampire Lady by Brian Stableford
A Place To Stay by Michael Marshall Smith
The Brood by Ramsey Campbell
Root Cellar by Nancy Kilpatrick
Hungarian Rhapsody by Robert Bloch
The Legend of Dracula Reconsidered as a Prime-Time TV Special by Christopher Fowler
Vampire by Richard Christian Matheson
Stragella by Hugh B. Cave
A Week In The Unlife by David J. Schow
The House At Evening by Francis Garfield
Vampyrrhic Outcast by Simon Clark
The Labyrinth by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Beyond Any Measure by Karl Edward Wagner
Doctor Porthos by Basil Copper
Straight To Hell by Paul McAuley
It Only Comes Out At Night by Dennis Etchison
Investigating Jericho by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Dracula's Chair by Peter Tremayne
A Taste For Blood by Sydney J. Bounds
The Better Half by Melanie Tem
The Devil's Tritone by John Burke
Chastel by Manly Wade Wellman
Der Untergang Des Abendlandesmenschen by Howard Waldrop
Red As Blood by Tanith Lee
Laird of Dunain by Graham Masterson
A Trick of the Dark by Tina Rath
Midnight Mass by F. Paul Wilson
Blood Gothis by Nancy Holder
Yellow Fog by Les Daniels
Fifteen Cards From a Vampire Tarot by Neil Gaiman
Vintage Domestic by Steve Rasnic Tem
Try A Dull Knife by Harlan Ellison
Andy Warhol's Dracula: Anno Dracula 1978-1979 by Kim Newman
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