num_pages: 553
description: In 1897 English writer Bram Stoker put vampires on the map with his eerily atmospheric tale of terror Dracula. A ghoulishly unforgettable protagonist Stoker's famous Count is certainly the best-known vampire in the annals of literature; but as the 29 stories in this anthology amply prove he by no means stands alone. Here is Don Sebastian de Villeneuva hero of Les Daniels's Yellow Fog...Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia whose restless spirit attempts to inhabit a living soul...and Helene Esterhazy whose siren song permeates Robert Bloch's Hungarian Rhapsody. Ranging across two centuries these tales sample a variety of writing styles from the extravagant 1930s pulp verbiage of Hugh B. Cave's Stragella to Richard Christian Matheson's tone poem Vampire (expertly constructed of fewer than 200 words). Other contributors include Kim Newman Nancy Holder Clive Barker Basil Copper Peter Tremayne and Melanie Tem.
language: English
title: Book of Vampires
publisher: Barnes Noble Books