num_pages: 621
description: Thematic collection of fiction inspired by the vampire legend, by (mostly) British and American authors and spanning the 19th and 20th centuries. Altogether, two novellas, two novel excerpts (and one unfinished fragment of a novel), and 26 short stories are included. This collection was originally published (by Doubleday) as Vampires: Two Centuries of Great Vampire Stories.CONTENTSIntroduction by Alan RyanFragment of a Novel (1816)George Gordon, Lord ByronThe Vampyre (1819)John PolidoriVarney the Vampyre, or, the Feast of Blood (excerpt) (1845)James Malcolm RymerThe Mysterious Stranger (1860)AnonymousCarmilla (1872)J. Sheridan Le FanuGood Lady Ducayne (1896)Mary Elizabeth BraddonDracula's Guest (1897)Bram StokerLuella Miller (1903)Mary E. Wilkins-FreemanFor the Blood Is the Life (1911)F. Marion CrawfordThe Transfer (1912)Algernon BlackwoodThe Room in the Tower (1912)E. F. BensonAn Episode of Cathedral History (1919)M. R. JamesA Rendezvous in Averoigne (1931)Clark Ashton SmithShambleau (1933)C. L. MooreRevelations in Black (1933)Carl JacobiSchool for the Unspeakable (1937)Manly Wade WellmanThe Drifting Snow (1939)August DerlethOver the River (1941)P. Schuyler MillerThe Girl with the Hungry Eyes (1949)Fritz LeiberThe Mindworm (1950)C. M. KornbluthDrink My Blood (1951)Richard MathesonPlace of Meeting (1953)Charles BeaumontThe Living Dead (1967)Robert BlochPages from a Young Girl's Journal (1975)Robert AickmanThe Werewolf and the Vampire (1975)R. Chetwynd-HayesLove-Starved (1979)Charles L. GrantCabin 33 (1980)Chelsea Quinn YarbroUnicorn Tapestry (1980)Suzy McKee CharnasFollowing the Way (1982)Alan RyanThe Sunshine Club (1983)Ramsey CampbellThe Men &amp; Women of Rivendale (1984)Steve Rasnic TemBite-Me-Not or, Fleur De Feu (1984)Tanith LeeAppendix I: Vampire Novels Appendix II: Vampire Movies
language: English
title: The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories
titlecomplete: The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Gothic, Vampires, Anthologies, Horror, Paranormal, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Fantasy
ratings_count: 1165
publisher: Penguin