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The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories

Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, John William Polidori, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, August Derleth, James Malcolm Rymer, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Charles L. Grant, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert Aickman, Bram Stoker, Carl Jacobi, Steve Rasnic Tem, M.R. James, Charles Beaumont · back to the book

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Love in Vein: Twenty Original Tales of Vampiric Erotica

Kathe Koja, Barry N. Malzberg, Steve Rasnic Tem, Melaine Tem, Norman Partridge, W.H. Pugmire, Brian Hodge, Mike Baker, A.R. Morlan, Danielle Willis, Robert Devereaux, Thomas F. Monteleone, Wayne Allen Sallee, Gene Wolfe · 405 pages

Twenty stories of vampiric erotica, or more precisely depravity with sex prominently featured. People are skinned alive and a pair of women make love to a man until he dies. Edited by the author of Drawing Blood.

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Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction

Lafcadio Hearn, Joyce Carol Oates, C.L. Moore, Richard Matheson, Leslie Roy Carter, Suzy McKee Charnas, Susan Caspar, Hanns Heinz Ewers, E.F. Benson, Roger Zelazny, Tanith Lee, M.R. James, Charles Beaumont, Woody Allen, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Anne Rice, Edward Bryant, Laura Anne Gilman, Francis Mario · 384 pages

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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

Neil Gaiman · 400 pages

This is a duplicate. Please update your lists. See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL679359W.

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The Mammoth Book Of Vampires

Stephen Jones, Clive Barker, Dennis Etchison, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Brian Lumley, Peter Tremayne, Sydney J. Bounds, Melanie Tem, John A. Burke, Manly Wade Wellman, Howard Waldrop, Tanith Lee, Hugh B. Cave, Graham Masterton, Tina Rath, F. Paul Wilson, Brian M. Stableford, Nancy Holder, Les Daniels, N

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Great Horror Stories

H.G. Wells, Wilkie Collins, Oscar Wilde, Walter de la Mare, Daniel Defoe · 638 pages

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The Dark Descent

Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, John Collier, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates · 1,011 pages

pt. 1. The color of evil. The reach / Stephen King -- Evening primrose / John Collier -- The ash-tree / M.R. James -- The new mother / Lucy Clifford -- There's a long, long trail a-winding / Russell Kirk -- The call of Cthulhu / H.P. Lovecraft -- The summer people / Shirley Jackson -- The whimper of whipped dogs / Harlan Ellison -- [Young Goodman Brown](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4555

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Classic Tales of Horror

Rudyard Kipling, William Edmondstoune Aytoun, E.F. Benson, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, M.R. James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins · 240 pages

Contains: [Assignation](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645797W) [Berenice](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645808W) [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) [Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) Hop-Frog [Imp of the Perverse](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15481077W) King Pest Lig

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Gaslit Horror: Stories by Robert W. Chambers, Lafcadio Hearn, Bernard Capes and Others

Hugh Lamb, Lafcadio Hearn, Robert W. Chambers, Bernard Capes, J.E. Preston Muddock, Isabella Varley Banks, Charles J. Mansford · 256 pages

Includes : Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks - The Pride of the Corbyns (1882) ; Charles J. Mansford - Maw-Sayah (1894) ; Mrs. L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace - The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel (1897) ; Bernard Capes - The Black Reaper (1899) ; S. Levett-Yeats - The Devil's Manuscript (1899) ; Dick Donovan - The Mystic Spell (1899) ; Lafcadio Hearn - Nightmare-Touch (1900) ; Robert W. Chambers - Un Peu d'Amour

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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

Phyllis Cerf · 1,056 pages

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By Blood We Live

John Joseph Adams · 485 pages

From Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer; from Castlevania to Tru Blood, the romance between popular culture and vampires hearkens back to humanity's darkest, deepest fears, flowing through our very blood, fears of death, and life, and insatiable hunger. And yet, there is an attraction, undeniable, to the vampire archetype, whether the pale European count, impeccably dressed and coldly masculine,

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Teeth: Vampire Tales

Cecil Castellucci, Cassandra Clare, Melissa Marr, Holly Black, Neil Gaiman, Jeffrey Ford, Nathan Ballingrud, Kathe Koja, Catherynne M. Valente, Ellen Kushner, Lucrius Shepard, Genevieve Valentine, Emma Bull, Tanith Lee, Steve Berman, Christopher Barzak, Delia Sherman, Garth Nix, Suzy McKee Charnas, · 466 pages

Contains: Things to Know About Being Dead by Genevieve Valentine All Smiles by Steve Berman Gap Year by Christopher Barzak Bloody Sunrise by Neil Galman Flying by Delia Sherman Vampire Weather by Garth Nix Late Boomer by Suzy Mekee Charnas The List of Definite Ending by Kaaron Warren Best Friends Forever by Cecil Castellucci Sit the Dead by Jeffrey Fond Sunbleached by Nathan Ballingrud Baby by Kat

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The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire

Rachel Caine, Cecil Castellucci, Cassandra Clare, Melissa de la Cruz, Karen Mahoney, Maria V. Snyder, Holly Black, Kelley Armstrong, Libba Bray, Sarah Rees Brennan, Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguie, Lilith Saintcrow, Dina James · 416 pages

Thirteen vampire tales where supernatural forces and desires come alive.

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The Winter Spirits

Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Natasha Pulley, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Stuart Turton, Catriona Ward, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, Susan Stokes-Chapman · 464 pages

THE DAZZLING SECOND GHOST STORY COLLECTION FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON, NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.'Terrific - every bit as good as an MR James collection' ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHANFeaturing new and original stories from:Bridget Collins Imogen Hermes Gowar Kiran Millwood Hargrave Andrew Michael Hurley Jess Kidd Natasha PulleyElizabeth Macneal Laura Purcell Susan Stokes-Ch

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American Vampire, Vol. 6

Scott Snyder, Greg Rucka, Jason Aaron, Jeff Lemire, Becky Cloonan, Francesco Francavilla, Gail Simone, Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon

"You are cordially invited to a party--to die for! This volume of American Vampire collects eight amazing stories set in the world of American Vampire, with "lost tales," new characters and old favorites. Don't miss these stories brought to you by series creators Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque, as well as other awesome comics talent like Becky Cloonan (BATMAN), Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon (DAYT

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Vampires: The Recent Undead

Paula Guran · 430 pages

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Many Bloody Returns

Christopher Golden, Bill Crider, Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher, P.N. Elrod, Rachel Caine, Jeanne C. Stein, Tanya Huff, Carolyn Haines, Tate Hallaway, Elaine Viets · 361 pages

Never-before-published vampire stories by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, and many others.Suspenseful, surprising, sometimes dark, sometimes humorous-these all-new stories will ensure that readers never think of vampires (or birthdays) in quite the same way again.In New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's "Dracula Night," Sookie Stackhouse is the only human at the ann

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In a Glass Darkly

J. Sheridan Le Fanu · 339 pages

In a Glass Darkly collects together five short stories from gothic horror and mystery writer Sheridan Le Fanu. The book, published in 1872 a year before Le Fanu's death, is named from a passage in Corinthians which speaks of humankind perceiving the world "through a glass darkly." The stories are told from the posthumous writings of an occult detective named Dr Martin Hesselius. In Green Tea a cle

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

William L. Hedges · 358 pages

Originally entitled, "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.", this collection of essays, sketches, and tales established Washington's reputation as America's foremost professional author. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" are classics of American fiction and display Irving's ability to depict American landscapes and culture. This volume also contains a number of gently ironic

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Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2

Scott Allie, Laura J. Burns, Rebecca Rand Kirshner, Todd McIntosh, Michael Reaves, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Melinda Metz, Max Allan Collins, Matthew V. Clemens, Greg Cox, Kara Dalky, Jane Espenson · 368 pages

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Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 1

Doranna Durgin, Christie Golden, Yvonne Navarro, Nancy Holder, Greg Rucka, Mel Odom · 320 pages

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100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories

Charles Dickens, Steve Rasnic Tem, Donald A. Wolheim, Henry Slesar, Richard T. Chizmar, Avram Davidson, Gary Raisor, E.F. Benson, Saki, Frances Garfield, Rudyard Kipling, Phyllis Eisenstein, William F. Nolan, Ed Gorman, Eric Frank Russell, Melissa Mia Hall, Ruth Berman, Edward D. Hoch, James Gunn, R · 496 pages

Contains: Adventure of my grandfather / Washington Irving Adventure of my aunt / Washington Irving Adventure of the German student / Washington Irving Ants / Chet Williamson Assembly of the dead / Chet Williamson At the bureau / Steve Rasnic Tem Babylon : 70 M. / Donald A. Wollheim [Berenice](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645808W) / Edgar Allan Poe Beyond the wall / Ambrose Bi

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Essential Tales and Poems

Edgar Allan Poe · 642 pages

Creator of the modern detective story, innovative architect of the horror genre, and a poet of extraordinary musicality, Edgar Allan Poe remains one of America's most popular and influential writers. His tales and poems brim with psychological depth, almost painful intensity, and unexpected—and surprisingly modern—flashes of dark humor and irony. This anthology offers an exceptionally generous se

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