The Vampire
The Vampire

Author: Nick Groom

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-10-30

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 0300240813

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An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scene Published to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori’s publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom’s detailed new account illuminates the complex history of the iconic creature. The vampire first came to public prominence in the early eighteenth century, when Enlightenment science collided with Eastern European folklore and apparently verified outbreaks of vampirism, capturing the attention of medical researchers, political commentators, social theorists, theologians, and philosophers. Groom accordingly traces the vampire from its role as a monster embodying humankind’s fears, to that of an unlikely hero for the marginalized and excluded in the twenty-first century. Drawing on literary and artistic representations, as well as medical, forensic, empirical, and sociopolitical perspectives, this rich and eerie history presents the vampire as a strikingly complex being that has been used to express the traumas and contradictions of the human condition.

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women

Author: Stephen Jones

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 825

ISBN-13: 1510723846

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Thirty-five uncanny and erotic tales of vampires written by supernatural fiction’s greatest mistresses of the macabre. "Fashions change, and the urbane vampire created by Byron and cemented in place by Stoker has had to move on . . . Are you, like me, ready for the new dusk?" —Ingrid Pitt, from her Introduction Prepare to arm yourself with garlic, silver bullets, and a stake. Featuring the only vampire short story written by Anne Rice, the undisputed queen of vampire literature, and boasting an autobiographical introduction and original tale by Ingrid Pitt, the star of Hammer Films' The Vampire Lovers and Countess Dracula, this is one anthology that every vampire fan—vampiric feminist or not—will want to drink deep from. From the classic stories of Edith Wharton, Edith Nesbit, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon to modern incarnations by such acclaimed writers as Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy Kilpatrick, Tanith Lee, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Angela Slatter, these blood-drinkers and soul-stealers range from the sexual to the sanguinary, from the tormented Good to the unspeakably Evil. Among those memorable Children of the Night you will encounter are Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Byronic vampire Saint-Germain, Nancy A. Collins' undead heroine Sonja Blue, Tanya Huff's vampiric detective Vicki Nelson, and Freda Warrington’s age-old lovers Karl and Charlotte. Nominated for the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Guild Award, and now revised and updated, The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women fulfils the bloodlust of the somnambulist horror fan, delivering the ultimate bite.

Forests of the Vampire
Forests of the Vampire

Author: Charles Phillips

Publisher: Time Life Medical

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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It's the cultural information that never seems to make it into history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests, magic symbols. This series captures, culture by culture, the intersection of imagination, history, wisdom, dream, and reality.

The Time of the Vampires
The Time of the Vampires

Author: Patricia Nead Elrod

Publisher: D A W Books, Incorporated

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780886776930

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In this all new anthology, 18 of todays top authors take a bite out of vampire lore with their own nightmarish visions. From a vampire blessed by Christ, to the truth about Oscar Wilde and the Bow Street Runners, such acclaimed authors as Tanya Huff, P.N. Elrod and Lois Tilton are among the writers brave enough to take on these thirsty lords of the night.

Amplified (The Vampires of Vegas Book III)
Amplified (The Vampires of Vegas Book III)

Author: Alexia Purdy

Publisher: Lyrical Lit. Publishing

Published: 2016-07-31

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13:

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Who wants to be the prey in a world full of hunters? In the aftermath of the end of her world, April Tate decides that it’s high time to leave the city that never sleeps, Las Vegas. After learning the origins of a Zompire Plague remedy, she risks her life to steal the antidote, makes the decision to separate from Jeremy for a while, and joins a small band of new and old comrades on a trip to the Pacific Coast. There they search out a legendary hive of vampires who are more than just wild, blood drinking creatures, they could be the very people she needs to help her. On a mission to save the last of humanity, April will use the antidote to save some from eternal damnation, but will her decision bring hope for the future or create an ever bigger, unforeseen devastation? Books in this series: Resonant Reign of Blood Disarming Amplified Elijah: A Vampires of Vegas Story Companion Brevity

Vampires
Vampires

Author: Agnes Hollyhock

Publisher: Wellfleet

Published: 2024-08-13

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1577154460

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Vampires is your beautifully illustrated mystical guide to the undead and their lore throughout the centuries.

A Brief History of Vampires
A Brief History of Vampires

Author: M.J. Trow

Publisher: Robinson

Published: 2013-02-07

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 147210773X

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A historical journey in pursuit of the history, legend and lore of vampires. Where do they come from? Why do they have so much appeal today? As Twilight hits the book charts and billboards, and True Blood is on TV there are vampires in downtown clubs and never has it been more fashionable to be pale. M J Trow looks at the story of vampires and charts its origins a long way from the shopping mall in the story of the warrior prince, Vlad of Wallachia.

The Oregon Vampires
The Oregon Vampires

Author: Casper Hutchinson

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2024-07-22

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13:

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When their father runs out on them, siblings Chase, Noelle, and Ethan move with their mother, Heather, a failed writer, to Cannon Beach, Oregon. There, they stay at the beach house of their mother’s old friend Kristie, who has two children their age, Morgan and Misty. At first, Chase and his siblings are happy with a change of scenery and make themselves at home at Kristie’s beach house—even if it does seem a little haunted. Chase is especially glad to be spending time with Morgan, his old childhood friend who has grown up to be a hottie with a motorcycle. Morgan is as sweet and attentive as Chase remembers and seems open to having a romantic relationship with him. Just as things are getting serious between Chase and Morgan, however, Chase learns that Morgan is a vampire who has fallen in with an evil coven who would make not only Chase but all the people of Cannon Beach their prey…