The Penguin Book of Vampire StoriesAlan Ryan They're lurking under the cover of darkness … and between the covers of this book. Here, in all their horror and all their glory, are the great vampires of literature: male and female, invisible and metamorphic, doomed and daring. Their skin deathly pale, their nails curved like claws, their fangs sharpened for the attack, they are gathered for the kill and for the chill, brought frighteningly to life by Bram Stoker, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, Charles L. Grant, Tanith Lee, and other masters of the macabre. Careful—they are all crafty enough to steal their way into your imagination and steal away your hopes for a restful sleep. |
Contents
FRAGMENT OF A Novel 1816 | 1 |
THE VAMPYRE 1819 | 7 |
j VARNEY THE VAMPYRE OR THE FEAST OF BLOOD | 25 |
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