Book description
Collected here for the first time are 34 strange and erotic tales
of vampires, created by some of supernatural fiction's greatest
mistresses of the macabre. From the classic stories of Edith Nesbit,
Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman and Mary Elizabeth Braddon, to modern
incarnations by such acclaimed writers as Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy
Kilpatrick, Tanith Lee, Caitlin R. Kiernan and Pat Cadigan, these
blood-drinkers and soul-stealers range from the sexual to the
sanguinary, from the tormented good to the unspeakably evil. Among
these children of the night you will encounter Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's
Byronic vampire Saint-Germain, Nancy A. Collins' undead heroine Sonja
Blue, Tanya Huff's vampiric detective Vicki Nelson and Freda
Warrington's age-old lovers Karl and Charlotte. Featuring the only
vampire short story written by Anne Rice, the undisputed queen of
vampire literature, and boasting an autobiographical introduction and
original tale by Ingrid Pitt, the star of Hammer Films' The Vampire
Lovers and Countess Dracula, this is one anthology from which every
vampire fan will want to drink deeply.
