The Vampire Omnibus ed. Peter Haining (Orion, July 17, 1995, 1-85797-684-3, £8.99, 497pp, tp, an, cover by Button Design Co.)
Thematic anthology of more than 30 pieces - stories, excerpts and dramatisations - published between 1828 and the present day, including several originals. Peter Haining prefaces each piece with its publishing history and a biography of each author. A hardcover edition (-694-0, £15.99) is also available.
- 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 5 · “Destruction of Castle Dracula!” · Bram Stoker · ex
extract from the original manuscript of Dracula.
- 7 · I: The Prototypes
- 9 · The Skeleton Count or, The Vampire Mistress · Elizabeth Grey · ex The Casket Fall 1828
- 28 · The Vampyre’s Story · James Malcolm Rymer · ex from Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood, anonymously, E. Lloyd, 1847, uncredited.
- 45 · The Pale Lady · Alexandre Dumas (with Paul Bocage); translated by A. R. Allinson · nv from “A Day at Fontenay-aux-Roses”, Tales of the Supernatural by Alexandre Dumas, Methuen, 1907; given as by Alexandre Dumas & Paul Bocage.
translated from the French (chapters 12 to 15 of Les Mille et un Fantômes, Librairie de Tarride, 1849).
- 80 · The Grave of Ethelind Fionguala · Julian Hawthorne · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1883, as “Ken’s Mystery”
- 101 · Let Loose · Mary Cholmondeley · nv Temple Bar April 1890
- 117 · A True Story of a Vampire · Count Eric Stenbock · ss Studies of Death: Romantic Tales by Stanislaus Eric & Count Stenbock, London, 1894
- 126 · Grettir at Thorhall-Stead · Frank Norris · ss Everybody’s Magazine April 1903
- 139 · The Blood Fetish · Morley Roberts · ss Midsummer Madness by Morley Roberts, Lawrence, 1909
- 151 · The Land of the Time-Leeches · Gustav Meyrink · ss The Quest July 1920
- 160 · The Elder Brother [Josef Vitek] · Charles Caldwell Dobie · ss Harper’s Magazine February 1925
- 176 · I, the Vampire · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales February 1937
- 197 · II: The Films
- 199 · The Bride of the Isles · [uncredited] · nv 1820; given as by “Lord Byron”.
adapted from a play by James Robinson Planché based on “The Vampyre” by John William Polidori (The New Monthly Magazine, 1 April 1819).
- 222 · Les Vampires · Eugene Sue · ex from The Mysteries of Paris, 1842
- 230 · Nosferatu · Paul Monette · ss (r); prose version from part of film; provenance unknown.
- 243 · The Bat · Bela Lugosi · ss 1955
transcription of the 1955 NBC Broadcast.
- 248 · Son of Dracula · Peter Tremayne · ss
based on the 1943 screenplay.
- 266 · The Cat People · Val Lewton · ss Weird Tales July 1930, as “The Bagheeta”
- 283 · Dracula—Prince of Darkness · Jimmy Sangster · ex 1966; prose version of part of screenplay; provenance unknown.
- 299 · Incense for the Damned · Simon Raven · ex from Doctors Wear Scarlet, Anthony Blond, 1960
- 313 · Dark Shadows · Marilyn Ross · ex from The Secret of Collinwood (r)
- 324 · Return to ’Salem’s Lot [’Salem’s Lot] · Stephen King · ss Maine March 1977, as “One for the Road”
- 340 · Interview with the Vampire [Vampire Chronicles] · Anne Rice · ex Knopf, 1976
- 349 · III: The Archetypes
- 351 · Uncle Vlad · Clive Sinclair · ss Transatlantic Review #46/47, Summer 1973
- 364 · Sanguinarius · Ray Russell · nv Unholy Trinity by Ray Russell, Bantam, 1967
- 397 · Count Dracula · Woody Allen · ss Getting Even by Woody Allen, Random House, 1971
- 402 · West of October [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Toynbee Convector by Ray Bradbury, Knopf, 1988
- 416 · First Anniversary · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy July 1960
- 424 · So Near the Darkness · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Fantastic Universe November 1955
- 454 · Dayblood · Roger Zelazny · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May/June 1985
- 460 · Vampirella · Ron Goulart · ex (r); extract from a Vampirella book; provenance unknown.
- 466 · Getting Dead · William F. Nolan · vi Iniquities Spring 1991
- 471 · Reader, I Buried Him! · Basil Copper · ss; given as “Reader, I Buried Him” on the story itself.
- 481 · The Bleeder · Richard Laymon · ss New Blood Winter 1989
- 494 · Dracula: The Real Story · Jack Sharkey · ss Playboy; one of a spoof series; provenance unknown.
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