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VampGirl's Previous Featured Books: Page Three 2002
 The Vampyre : And Other Tales of the Macabre : Ed. Robert Morrison & Chris Baldick
The main title in this volume published by the Oxford University Press is Polidori's classic tale "The Vampyre"(1819) which was written on the same evening that Byron's ghost-story competition that also produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein occurred. The vampire of the tale, Lord Ruthven, is believed to be based largely upon Byron himself, and indeed, on first publication of the tale in 1819 there was some confusion as to who was the original author of the piece. The introduction discusses the central themes and techniques of "The Vampyre" and its developmental influence on later works whilst the Appendices contain material including Lord Byron's prose fragment "Augustus Darvell" which are closely related to its original composition and publication.
Other 'Tales of the Macabre' include the works of James Hogg, J.Sheridan LeFanu, Letitia Landon, Edward Bulwer, and William Carelton.
 The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women : Ed. Stephen Jones
Opening with an autobiographical introduction by the star of the Hammer movies 'The Vampire Lovers' and 'Countess Dracula' Ingrid Pitt, this Mammoth anthology features thirty-four vampire classics written by women from the 1800's to the 21st century. These authors have redefined the genre of vamp-fiction from a female perspective and will enthrall you with these pieces of work.
The first short story in this collection is Anne Rice's only short, 'The Master of Rampling Gate', written in Rice's traditional romantic style in 1986.
But Rice is not the only acclaimed writer in this volume: there are classic tales of vampirism from Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, a reprint of the 1896 novella 'Good Lady Ducayne' written by the victorian 'sensationalist' Mary Elizabeth Braddon and published a year before Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' with a storyline similar to Le Fanu's 'Carmilla' and I was also surprised to find Edith Nesbitt here with an excellent vampire tale : I devoured ALL of E. Nesbitt's work as a child: I loved 'The Phoenix and The Carpet' for example. Contemporary authors include Nancy Kilpatrick, Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy A. Collins's tale 'Vampire King of the Goth Chicks' and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Byronic Saint-Germain in 'A Question of Patronage'.
Disregard the cover illustration as it is somewhat misleading: this is a robust and entertaining collection of classic and contemporary female vampire fiction and is an essential volume to place in the 'anthology' section of your bookshelf.
 The Vampire Encyclopedia
: Matthew Bunson
This superb encyclopaedia contains around 2,000 entries and gives the reader almost everthing about vampires and vampirism they could possibly wish to know. It is in an A-Z format which makes information extremely easy to find and covers many diverse subjects ranging from the usual movie/literature facts to more obscure vampire stories such as the 'Ivan Vassili' incident and the relation of Butterflies with vampirism - which I certainly had no idea about before reading it here.
This is definately a 'must-have' for any vampire researcher and even comes in hardback with a removable dust jacket - just like a good reference book should hehe.
VampGirl's Previous Featured Books: 2002| Page One | The Beast Within
: Ed. Stewart Wieck
Tall, Dark and Gruesome
: Christopher Lee
The Mammoth Book of Dracula : Ed. Stephen Jones
Pandora : Anne Rice |
| Page Two | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vampires
: Jay Stevenson, Ph.D.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Pop Quiz
: Cynthia Boris
The Queen of the Damned : Anne Rice |
| Page Three | The Vampyre : And Other Tales of the Macabre
: Ed. Robert Morrison & Chris Baldick
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women : Ed. Stephen Jones
The Vampire Encyclopedia : Matthew Bunson |
| Page Four | Lost Souls
: Poppy Z. Brite
The Keep : F. Paul Wilson
Mina's Journal : Kimberley Zagoren |
VampGirl's Previous Featured Books: 2001| Page One | Dracula the Undead : Freda Warrington
Salem's Lot : Stephen King | | Page Two | The Vampyre: A secret history of Lord Byron : Tom Holland
Sunglasses After Dark : Nancy A. Collins
Love in Vein : Ed by Poppy Z. Brite | | Page Three | In Search of Dracula : Raymond T. McNally & Prof. Radu Florescu
Dracula : Bram Stoker
Lord of the Vampires : Jeanne Kalogrides
The Secret Life of Laszlo, Count Dracula : Roderick Anscombe | | Page Four | Sins of the Blood : Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Rulers of Darkness : Steven Spruill
Guilty Pleasures : Laurell K. Hamilton |
| Page Five | The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide : Stephen Jones
This Dark Paradise : Wendy Haley
Interview with the Vampire : Anne Rice |
| Page Six | The Vampire Book : J. Gordon Melton
Bad Dreams : Kim Newman
Vampire World I: Blood Brothers : Brian Lumley |
| Page Seven | Sips of Blood : Mary Ann Mitchell
The World on Blood : Jonathan Nasaw
Vampire : The Masquerade : White Wolf Publishing
Ravenloft: Vampire of the Mists : Christie Golden |
| Page Eight | Batman : Bloodstorm : Doug Moench & Kelley Jones
Batman vs Dracula : Red Rain : Doug Moench & Kelley Jones
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| Page Nine | The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Ed. Alan Ryan
Piercing The Darkness : Katherine Ramsland
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| Page Ten | Vampire$ : John Steakley
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Obsidian Fate : Diana G.Gallagher
The Deluxe Transitive Vampire : Karen Elizabeth Gordon
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