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-Dracula
- 3 · Good Lady Ducayne · M. E. Braddon · nv The Strand Magazine February 1896
- 19 · 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 Degen
- 59 · The Fate of Madame Cabanel · Eliza Lynn Linton · ss All the Year Round December 16 1872
- 69 · Let Loose · Mary Cholmondeley · nv Temple Bar April 1890
- 80 · The Vampire · Vasile Alecsandrai; translated by William Beatty-Kingston · pm The English Illustrated Magazine November 1886
translated from the Romanian (“Strigoiul”).
- 83 · The Death of Halpin Frayser · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 19 1891
- 93 · Ken’s Mystery · Julian Hawthorne · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1883
- 107 · 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 1900
- 156 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838
- 166 · The Old Portrait · Hume Nisbet · ss The Penny Illustrated Paper February 22 1896
- 170 · The Vampire Maid · Hume Nisbet · ss Stories Weird and Wonderful by Hume Nisbet, F.V. White, 1900
- · True Stories
- 177 · 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, Ruins
- 199 · Revelations in Black · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales April 1933
- 213 · The Master of Rampling Gate · Anne Rice · nv Redbook February 1984
- 229 · The Vampire of Kaldenstein · Frederick Cowles · nv The Night Wind Howls by Frederick Cowles, Muller, 1938
- 241 · An Episode of Cathedral History · M. R. James · ss The Cambridge Review June 10 1914
- 252 · Schloss Wappenberg · D. Scott-Moncrieff · ss Not for the Squeamish by David Scott-Moncrieff, Background Books, 1948
- 261 · The Hound [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales February 1924
- 267 · Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Fur · Tanith Lee · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1984
- 283 · The Horror at Chilton Castle · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Scream at Midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan, Macabre House, 1963
- 293 · The Singular Death of Morton · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Tramp December 1910
- 300 · The Death of Ilalotha [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales September 1937
- · That’s Poetic
- 311 · The Bride of Corinth · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · pm 1797
- 315 · The Giaour: A Fragment of a Turkish Tale · Lord Byron · pm 1813
- 318 · La Belle Dame Sans Merci · John Keats · pm The Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats, Edward Moxon, 1848
written in 1819. A somewhat different version was published in The Indicator, May 10, 1820.
- · Hard Times for Vampires
- 323 · Place of Meeting · Charles Beaumont · ss Orbit v1 #2, 1953
- 327 · Duty · Ed Gorman · ss Under the Fang ed. Robert R. McCammon, Pocket, 1991
- 334 · A Week in the Unlife · David J. Schow · ss A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991
- · Classic Tales
- 341 · Four Wooden Stakes · Victor Rowan · ss Weird Tales February 1925
- 349 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912
- 358 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922
- 367 · Doctor Porthos · Basil Copper · ss The Midnight People ed. Peter Haining, Leslie Frewin, 1968
- 372 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Collier’s December 16 1905
- 382 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 391 · When It Was Moonlight · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Unknown February 1940
- 401 · The Drifting Snow · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales February 1939
- 408 · 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, 1914
written 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 1911
- 436 · The Stone Chamber · H. B. Marriott Watson · nv The Heart of Miranda by H. B. Marriott Watson, John Lane, 1898
- 455 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; translated by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920
translated from the Czech (“Vampyr”, Různé lidé, 1871).
- 459 · The End of the Story [Averoigne] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales May 1930
- · Psychic Vampires
- 473 · The Lovely Lady · D. H. Lawrence · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927
- 485 · 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 Funny
- 515 · Blood · Fredric Brown · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955
- 517 · Popsy · Stephen King · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987
- 526 · The Werewolf and the Vampire · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv The Monster Club by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, NEL, 1976
- 543 · Drink My Red Blood · Richard Matheson · ss Imagination April 1951
- 549 · Dayblood · Roger Zelazny · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May/June 1985
- · Love…Forever
- 557 · Replacements · Lisa Tuttle · nv MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992
- 567 · Princess of Darkness · Frederick Cowles · ss Dracula’s Brood ed. Richard Dalby, Crucible, 1987
- 580 · The Silver Collar · Garry Kilworth · ss Blood Is Not Enough ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1989
- 589 · The Old Man’s Story · Walter Starkie · ss Raggle Taggle by Walter Starkie, John Murray, 1933
- 596 · Will · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Green Window by Vincent O'Sullivan, Leonard Smithers, 1899
translated from the French (“Le Scarabée Funèbre”, Mercure de France).
- 601 · Blood-Lust [Dr. Taverner] · Dion Fortune · ss The Royal Magazine May 1922
- 611 · The Canal · Everil Worrell · nv Weird Tales December 1927
- 621 · When Gretchen Was Human · Mary Turzillo · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2001
- 630 · The Story of Chûgorô · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Kottō by Lafcadio Hearn, Macmillan, 1902
- · They Gather
- 637 · The Men and Women of Rivendale · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Night Visions 1 ed. Alan Ryan, Dark Harvest, 1984
- 644 · Winter Flowers · Tanith Lee · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1993
- 658 · The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady · Brian Stableford · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1988
- 672 · Midnight Mass · F. Paul Wilson · na Axolotl Press, 1990
- · Is That a Vampire
- 703 · The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1924
- 713 · A Dead Finger · Sabine Baring-Gould · ss A Book of Ghosts by Sabine Baring-Gould, Methuen, 1904
- 724 · Wailing Well · M. R. James · ss Mill House Press, 1928
- 732 · Human Remains · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. III by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984
- 757 · The Vampire · Sydney Horler · ss The Screaming Skull and Other Stories by Sydney Horler, Hodder, 1930
- 762 · Stragella · Hugh B. Cave · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror June 1932
- 777 · Marsyas in Flanders · Vernon Lee · ss For Maurice by Vernon Lee, John Lane, 1927; written 1900.
- 786 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903
translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886).
- 800 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, Avon, 1949
- · This Is War
- 813 · The Living Dead · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1967
- 818 · Down Among the Dead Men · Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann · nv Oui July 1982
- · Modern Masters
- 835 · Necros · Brian Lumley · ss The Second Book of After Midnight Stories ed. Amy Myers, Kimber, 1986
- 846 · The Man Upstairs · Ray Bradbury · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1947
- 854 · Chastel [Lee Cobbett; Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VII ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1979
- 868 · Dracula’s Chair · Peter Tremayne · ss The Count Dracula Fan Club Book of Vampire Stories ed. Jeanne Youngson, Adams Press, 1980
a 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, 1991
- 886 · Carrion Comfort · Dan Simmons · nv Omni September 1983 (+1)
- 910 · The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be · Gahan Wilson · ss Playboy May 1967
- 919 · The Vampire: A Bibliography · Daniel Seitler · bi
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