From dark Victorian melodramas to gritty contemporary tales, here is a stunning new collection of 31 stories, all centering around the theme of the curious and dreaded vampire.Lurking within this volume are vampires in all their variety, in all their horror - male and female, invisible and metamorphic, romantic and fearsome - all with a compelling, irresistible presence, waiting to make themselves known to us.This deliciously chilling volume includes works from such classic and modern masters of fantasy and horror as Bram Stoker, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, Charles L. Grant, and Tanith Lee.With a facinating introduction, headnotes, and annotated listings of vampire novels and movies by editor Alan Ryan, Vampires is a true collector's edition, sure to provide hours of spellbinding reading.Contents: and "Fragment of a Novel and " by George Gordon, Lord Byron and "The Vampyre and " by John Polidori and "Varney the Vampyre, or, the Feast of Blood and " [excerpt] by James Malcolm Rymer and "The Mysterious Stranger and " by Anonymous and "Carmilla and " by Sheridan Le Fanu and "Good Lady Ducayne and " by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and "Dracula's Guest and " by Bram Stoker and "Luella Miller and " by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman and "For the Blood is The Life and " by F. Marion Crawford and "The Transfer and " by Algernon Blackwood and "The Room in the Tower and " by E.F. Benson and "An Episode of Cathedral History and " by M.R. James and "A Rendevous in Averoigne and " by Clark Ashton Smith and "Shambleau and " by C.L. Moore and "Revelations in Black and " by Carl Jacobi and "School for the Unspeakable and " by Manly Wade Wellman and "Drifting Snow and " by August Derleth and "Over the River and " by P. Schuyler Miller and "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes and " by Fritz Leiber and "The Mindworm and " by C.M. Kornbluth and "Drink My Blood and " by Richard Matheson and "Place of Meeting and " by Charles Beaumont and "The Living Dead and " by Robert Bloch and "Pages from a Young Girl's Journal and " by Robert Aikman and "The Werewolf and the Vampire and " by R. Chetwynd-Hayes and "Love-Starved and " by Charles L. Grant and "Cabin 33 and " by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and "Unicorn Tapestry and " by Suzy McKee Charnas and "Following the Way and " by Alan Ryan and "The Sunshine Club and " by Ramsey Campbell and "The Men and u0026 Women of Rivendale and " by Steve Rasnic Tem and "Bite-Me-Not, or, Fleur de Feu and " by Tanith Lee