Vamps
Subtitle: blood-chilling tales of lady vampires
By: compiled by Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh
Edition: 2007 edition
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781435101296
Copyright date: 1987
Subjects: Vampires; Fiction
Description: A terrible beauty is abroad. In the guise of a woman it walks by night in search of sustenance, beguiling victims with its mysterious allure and otherworldly charms. It is sensual, seductive---and deadly. Beware the vamp: it preys upon the living and hungers for your blood.

Vamps is a connoisseur's collection of classic vampire tales devoted to the female of the species. Spanning more than a century and several continents, its sixteen selections present lady vampires in a variety of personas, ranging from sympathetic victim of circumstance to bloodthirsty predator. In pursuit of unholy nourishment, these voracious vamps cut a crimson swath through stories guaranteed to chill the blood and quicken the pulse.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: Why there are so many "ladies of the night" --; title: One for the road  -- Stephen King; title: She only goes out at night  -- William Tenn; title: Heredity  -- David H. Keller; title: Clarimonda  -- Theophile Gautier; title: The cloak  -- Robert Bloch; title: For the blood is the life  -- F. Marion Crawford; title: The last grave of Lill Warran  -- Manly Wade Wellman; title: The girl with the hungry eyes  -- Fritz Leiber; title: Ken's mystery  -- Julian Hawthorne; title: Restless souls  -- Seabury Quinn; title: The drifting snow  -- August Derleth; title: When it was moonlight  -- Manly Wade Wellman; title: Luella Miller  -- Mary Wilkins Freeman; title: Dress of white silk  -- Richard Matheson; title: Red as blood  -- Tanith Lee; title: Carmilla -- J. Sheridan Lefanu.