Vampyre Tales

Explore the origins of vampire fiction through fifteen chilling tales of bloodsucking mayhem! From Gothic horror and traditional folklore to satire, psychological horror, and even romance, these tales introduce a diverse cast of undead characters-including literature's first Black vampire, gay and lesbian vampires, psychic vampires, some old, some young, but all share an unquenchable thirst for blood! This anthology also features the first vampire story ever set in the Carpathian region (The Mysterious Stranger, a possible influence on Bram Stoker), as well as Stoker's own story Dracula's Guest, excised by his publisher from his classic Dracula novel before release. CONTENTS: A Fragment (1816) - Lord Byron The Vampyre (1819) - John William Polidori The Black Vampyre (1819) - Uriah Derick D'Arcy Clarimonde (1836) - Théophile Gautier The Mysterious Stranger (1854) - Anonymous (Karl von Wachsmann) Carmilla (1872) - J. Sheridan LeFanu Ken's Mystery (1883) - Julian Hawthorne Manor (1885) - Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Good Lady Ducayne (1896) - Mary E. Braddon Dracula's Guest (1897) - Bram Stoker The Tomb of Sarah (1900) - F. G. Loring The Vampire Maid (1900) - Hume Nisbet For The Blood is The Life (1911) - Francis Marion Crawford The Room in The Tower (1912) - E. F. Benson The Transfer (1912) - Algernon Blackwood