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Stories from 1816 to 1984. Almost every classic vampire story is here. The monsters range from the undead and psychic vampires to C. L. Moore's science fiction variation. Contents: Introduction by Alan Ryan Fragment of a Novel by George Gordon, Lord Byron The Vampyre by John Polidori Varney the Vampyre, or, The Feast of Blood by James Malcolm Rymer The Mysterious Stranger by Anonymous Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu Good Lady Ducayne by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker Luella Miller by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman For the Blood Is the Life by F. Marion Crawford The Transfer by Algernon Blackwood The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson An Episode of Cathedral History by M. R. James A Rendezvous in Averoigne by Clark Ashton Smith Shambleau by C. L. Moore Revelations in Black by Carl Jacobi School for the Unspeakable by Manly Wade Wellman The Drifting Snow by August Derleth Over the River by P. Schuyler Miller The Girl with the Hungry Eyes by Fritz Leiber The Mindworm by C. M. Kornbluth Drink My Blood by Richard Matheson Place of Meeting by Charles Beaumont The Living Dead by Robert Bloch Pages from a Young Girl’s Journal by Robert Aickman The Werewolf and the Vampire by R. Chetwynd-Hayes Love-Starved by Charles L. Grant Cabin 33 by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas Following the Way by Alan Ryan The Sunshine Club by Ramsey Campbell The Men and Women of Rivendale by Steve Rasnic Tem Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Feu by Tanith Lee Appendix I: Vampire Novels Appendix II: Vampire Movies