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The Vampire Archives ed. Otto Penzler (Black Lizard, September 2009, 978-0-307-47389-9, $25.00, xix+1034pp, tp, an)
Vampire anthology with 78 stories, four poems, and three “true stories”. Authors include Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Rice, H.P. Lovecraft, and Stephen King; a biographical sketch of each author is included. Foreword by Kim Newman; preface by Neil Gaiman. This includes a 110-page “comprehensive” bibliography of vampire novels and stories compiled by Daniel Seitler.
 
      xi · Foreword · Kim Newman · fw xv · Preface · Neil Gaiman · pr xvii · Introduction · Otto Penzler · in  · Pre-Dracula3 · Good Lady Ducayne · M. E. Braddon · nv The Strand Magazine February 189619 · The Last Lords of Gardonal [The Innominato] · William Gilbert · nv The Argosy (UK) July 1867 (+2), as “The Lords of Gardonal” by The Author of “Doctor Austin’s Guests”40 · A Mystery of the Campagna · Anne Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1887, 1886, as by Von Degen59 · The Fate of Madame Cabanel · Eliza Lynn Linton · ss All the Year Round December 16 187269 · Let Loose · Mary Cholmondeley · nv Temple Bar April 189080 · The Vampire · Vasile Alecsandrai; translated by William Beatty-Kingston · pm The English Illustrated Magazine November 1886translated from the Romanian (“Strigoiul”).
83 · The Death of Halpin Frayser · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 19 189193 · Ken’s Mystery · Julian Hawthorne · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1883107 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3)147 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1900156 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838166 · The Old Portrait · Hume Nisbet · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper February 22 1896170 · The Vampire Maid · Hume Nisbet · ss Stories Weird and Wonderful by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White, 1900 · True Stories177 · The Sad Story of a Vampire · (Count) Eric Stenbock · ss Studies of Death: Romantic Tales by Stanislaus Eric & Count Stenbock, London, 1894, as “The True Story of a Vampire”183 · A Case of Alleged Vampirism · Luigi Capuana · ts 1907, as “A Vampire”192 · An Authenticated Vampire Story · Dr. Franz Hartmann · ar The Occult Review September 1909 · Graveyards, Castles, Churches, Ruins199 · Revelations in Black · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales April 1933213 · The Master of Rampling Gate · Anne Rice · nv Redbook February 1984229 · The Vampire of Kaldenstein · Frederick Cowles · nv The Night Wind Howls by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1938241 · An Episode of Cathedral History · M. R. James · ss The Cambridge Review June 10 1914252 · Schloss Wappenberg · D. Scott-Moncrieff · ss Not for the Squeamish by David Scott-Moncrieff, Background Books, 1948261 · The Hound [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales February 1924267 · Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Fur · Tanith Lee · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1984283 · The Horror at Chilton Castle · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Scream at Midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan, Macabre House, 1963293 · The Singular Death of Morton · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Tramp December 1910300 · The Death of Ilalotha [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales September 1937 · That’s Poetic311 · The Bride of Corinth · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · pm (r)translated from the German (“Die Braut von Korinth”, Die Horen, 1797).
315 · The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale · Lord Byron · pm John Murray, 1813318 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820.
 · Hard Times for Vampires323 · Place of Meeting · Charles Beaumont · ss Orbit v1 #2, 1953327 · Duty · Ed Gorman · ss Under the Fang ed. Robert R. McCammon, Pocket, 1991334 · A Week in the Unlife · David J. Schow · ss A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991 · Classic Tales341 · Four Wooden Stakes · Victor Rowan · ss Weird Tales February 1925349 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912358 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922367 · Doctor Porthos · Basil Copper · ss The Midnight People ed. Peter Haining, Leslie Frewin, 1968372 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905382 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904391 · When It Was Moonlight · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown February 1940401 · The Drifting Snow · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales February 1939408 · Aylmer Vance and the Vampire [Aylmer Vance] · Alice & Claude Askew · nv The Weekly Tale-Teller #274, August 1 1914, as “The Vampire”420 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.
428 · The Transfer · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life December 9 1911436 · The Stone Chamber · H. B. Marriott Watson · nv The Heart of Miranda by H. B. Marriott Watson, John Lane, 1898455 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871).
459 · The End of the Story [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales May 1930 · Psychic Vampires473 · The Lovely Lady · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927485 · The Parasite · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s Weekly November 10 1884 (+3)509 · Lonely Women Are the Vessels of Time · Harlan Ellison · ss MidAmeriCon Program Book 1976 · Something Feels Funny515 · Blood · Fredric Brown · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955517 · Popsy · Stephen King · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987526 · The Werewolf and the Vampire · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv The Monster Club by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, NEL, 1976543 · Drink My Red Blood · Richard Matheson · ss Imagination April 1951549 · Dayblood · Roger Zelazny · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May/June 1985 · Love…Forever557 · Replacements · Lisa Tuttle · nv MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992567 · Princess of Darkness · Frederick Cowles · ss Dracula’s Brood ed. Richard Dalby, Crucible, 1987580 · The Silver Collar · Garry Kilworth · ss Blood Is Not Enough ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1989589 · The Old Man’s Story · Walter Starkie · ss Raggle Taggle by Walter Starkie, John Murray, 1933596 · Will · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Green Window by Vincent O'Sullivan, Leonard Smithers, 1899translated from the French (“Le Scarabée Funèbre”, Mercure de France).
601 · Blood-Lust [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine May 1922611 · The Canal · Everil Worrell · nv Weird Tales December 1927621 · When Gretchen Was Human · Mary Turzillo · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2001630 · The Story of Chūgorō · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Kottō by Lafcadio Hearn, Macmillan, 1902 · They Gather637 · The Men and Women of Rivendale · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Night Visions 1 ed. Alan Ryan, Dark Harvest, 1984644 · Winter Flowers · Tanith Lee · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1993658 · The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady · Brian Stableford · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1988672 · Midnight Mass · F. Paul Wilson · na Axolotl Press, 1990 · Is That a Vampire703 · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924713 · A Dead Finger · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904724 · Wailing Well · M. R. James · ss Mill House Press, 1928732 · Human Remains · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. III by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984757 · The Vampire · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930762 · Stragella · Hugh B. Cave · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror June 1932777 · Marsyas in Flanders · Vernon Lee · ss For Maurice by Vernon Lee, John Lane, 1927; written 1900.786 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Complete Works by Guy de Maupassant, St. Dunstan Society, 1903translated from the French (“Le Horla” (revised and expanded version), Le Horla, Paul Ollendorff, May 1887).
800 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949 · This Is War813 · The Living Dead · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1967818 · Down Among the Dead Men · Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann · nv Oui July 1982 · Modern Masters835 · Necros · Brian Lumley · ss The Second Book of After Midnight Stories ed. Amy Myers, Kimber, 1986846 · The Man Upstairs · Ray Bradbury · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1947854 · Chastel [Lee Cobbett; Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VII ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1979868 · Dracula’s Chair · Peter Tremayne · ss The Count Dracula Fan Club Book of Vampire Stories ed. Jeanne Youngson, Adams Press, 1980a previously unpublished deletion from Tremayne’s novel The Revenge of Dracula, 1978.
875 · Special · Richard Laymon · nv Under the Fang ed. Robert R. McCammon, Pocket, 1991886 · Carrion Comfort · Dan Simmons · nv Omni September 1983 (+1)910 · The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be · Gahan Wilson · ss Playboy May 1967919 · The Vampire: A Bibliography · Daniel Seitler · bi  |