Dracula's Guest


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Even in the twenty-first century, the undead walk among us... Before Twilight and True Blood, vampires haunted the nineteenth century, when brilliant writers indulged their bloodthirsty imaginations, culminating in Bram Stoker's legendary 1897 novel, Dracula. Acclaimed author and anthologist Michael Sims brings together the finest vampire stories of the Victorian era in a unique collection that highlights their cultural variety. Beginning with the supposedly true accounts that captivated Byron and Shelley, the stories range from Aleksei Tolstoy's tale of a vampire family to Fitz James O'Brien's invisible monster to Mary Elizabeth Braddon's rich and sinister widow, Good Lady Ducayne. Sims also includes a nineteenth-century travel tour of Transylvanian superstitions, and finishes the collection with Stoker's own Dracula's Guest - a chapter omitted from his landmark novel. Vampires captivated Victorian society, and these wonderful stories demonstrate how Romantic and Victorian writers refined the raw ore of peasant superstition into a whole vampire mythology of aristocratic decadence and innocence betrayed.




Aylmer Vance: Ghost-Seer


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This is a collection of eight ghost stories, written by the remarkably prolific husband and wife team of Claude and Alice Askew, centering on Aylmer Vance, an investigator of the supernatural. Dexter, the narrator, meets Vance during a fishing holiday and Vance tells him three ghost stories on successive nights, each story involving Vance more closely in the action. The fourth story brings Dexter himself into the action, and reveals him to have unsuspected clairvoyant powers. The remaining stories feature Vance and Dexter as a sort of Holmes-and-Watson team investigating incidents not all of which prove to have supernatural causes. The final story, "The Fear" is very effective, describing a house in which a general feeling of extreme fear grips the inhabitants at various times and locations; the emotion of fear is effectively evoked and an interesting tale is constructed as Vance and Dexter work to assign the fear "a local habitation and a name".




Aylmer Vance and the Vampire (Fantasy and Horror Classics)


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Many of the penny dreadful stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.




The Vampire Archives


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The Vampire Archives is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories, as well as the most comprehensive bibliography of vampire fiction ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there’s no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now Otto Penzler—editor of the bestselling Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps—has compiled the darkest, the scariest, and by far the most evil collection of vampire stories ever. With over eighty stories, including the works of Stephen King and D. H. Lawrence, alongside Lord Byron and Tanith Lee, not to mention Edgar Allan Poe and Harlan Ellison, The Vampire Archives will drive a stake through the heart of any other collection out there. Other contributors include: Arthur Conan Doyle • Ray Bradbury • Ambrose Bierce • H. P. Lovecraft • Harlan Ellison • Roger Zelazny • Robert Bloch • Clive Barker




A Tale of a Vampire


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Musaicum Books presents to you this meticulously edited collection of the greatest vampire classics of all time: The Vampyre (John William Polidori) Dracula (Bram Stoker) Dracula's Guest (Bram Stoker) Clarimonde (Théophile Gautier) Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fanu) Vikram and the Vampire (Sir Richard Francis Burton) The Vampire (Jan Neruda) Varney the Vampire, or, the Feast of Blood (Thomas PeckettPrest and James Malcolm Rymer) The Vampire of Croglin Grange (Augustus Hare) Aylmer Vance and the Vampire (Alice and Claude Askew) The Vampire Maid (Hume Nisbet) The Room in the Tower (E. F. Benson) Mrs.Amworth (E. F. Benson) Vampires and Vampirism (Dudley Wright) I, the Vampire (Henry Kuttner) The House of the Vampire (George Sylvester Viereck) Vampires of Venus (Anthony Pelcher) Doom of the House of Duryea (Earl Peirce) Isle of the Undead (Lloyd Arthur Eshbach) Four Wooden Stakes (Victor Rowan) Each Man Kills (Victoria Glad)




Our Vampires, Ourselves


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This “vigorous, witty look at the undead as cultural icons in 19th- and 20th-century England and America” examines the many meanings of the vampire myth (Kirkus Reviews). From Byron’s Lord Ruthven to Anne Rice’s Lestat to the black bisexual heroine of Jewelle Gomez’s The Gilda Stories, vampires have taken many forms, capturing and recapturing our imaginations for centuries. In Our Vampires, Ourselves, Nina Auerbach explores the rich history of this literary and cultural phenomenon to illuminate how every age embraces the vampire it needs—and gets the vampire it deserves. Working with a wide range of texts, as well as movies and television, Auerbach follows the evolution of the vampire from 19th century England to 20th century America. Using the mercurial figure as a lens for viewing the last two hundred years of Anglo-American cultural history, “this seductive work offers profound insights into many of the urgent concerns of our time” (Wendy Doniger, The Nation).




Vampires vs. Werewolves – Ultimate Collection


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In 'Vampires vs. Werewolves Ultimate Collection,' readers are invited into a gothic realm where the eternal struggle between the nights most iconic creatures unfolds across an array of literary styles, from romantic to horrific, poetic to prosaic. This anthology not only captures the historical essence and evolution of these mythical beings but also showcases the diversity and depth of storytelling through its breadth. The collection stands out for its inclusion of seminal works that have defined and redefined the vampire and werewolf genres, offering readers a comprehensive look into the thematic complexities and the variance in depiction of these creatures across different cultural contexts. The selection of stories and poems traces a lineage of fear and fascination that has persisted through the ages, highlighting especially compelling narratives that have left an indelible mark on the gothic literary landscape. The contributing authors, ranging from the well-known Bram Stoker and Rudyard Kipling to less mainstream but significantly influential figures like Clemence Housman and Eugene Field, bring a rich tapestry of backgrounds to the anthology. Their collective works, grounded in varied epochs and societies, not only underscore the lasting appeal of vampire and werewolf legends but also their ability to reflect and critique contemporary social mores and anxieties. These authors, through their exploration of the supernatural, contribute nuanced perspectives on human nature, morality, and the eternal battle between good and evil, aligning with and diverging from various historical, cultural, and literary movements. 'Vampires vs. Werewolves Ultimate Collection' is a must-read for aficionados of gothic literature and newcomers alike, offering a unique lens through which to explore the darkest corners of human imagination. This anthology, with its rich array of voices and tales, presents an unparalleled opportunity to engage with the myths of vampires and werewolves in a manner that is both intellectually stimulating and immensely entertaining. The diversity of narrative forms and thematic exploration makes it an educational journey through the landscape of horror and fantasy literature. Readers are encouraged to delve deep into this collection, discovering in its pages the profound impact that these mythical entities have had on our collective storytelling traditions and confronting the timeless question of what lurks in the shadowy boundary between man and monster.




Vampires vs. Werewolves Boxed-Set


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Musaicum Books presents to you a selection of the greatest horror classics,the greatest Vampire and Werewolf tales: Contents: Vampires: The Vampyre (John William Polidori) Dracula (Bram Stoker) Dracula's Guest (Bram Stoker) Clarimonde (Théophile Gautier) Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fanu) Vikram and the Vampire (Sir Richard Francis Burton) The Vampire (Jan Neruda) Varney the Vampire, or, the Feast of Blood (Thomas PeckettPrest and James Malcolm Rymer) The Vampire of Croglin Grange (Augustus Hare) Aylmer Vance and the Vampire (Alice and Claude Askew) The Vampire Maid (Hume Nisbet) The Room in the Tower (E. F. Benson) Mrs.Amworth (E. F. Benson) Vampires and Vampirism (Dudley Wright) I, the Vampire (Henry Kuttner) The House of the Vampire (George Sylvester Viereck) Vampires of Venus (Anthony Pelcher) Doom of the House of Duryea (Earl Peirce) Isle of the Undead (Lloyd Arthur Eshbach) Four Wooden Stakes (Victor Rowan) Each Man Kills (Victoria Glad) Werewolves: The Lay of the Were-Wolf (Marie de France) The Wolf Leader (Alexandre Dumas Père) Wagner the Wehr-wolf (George W. M. Reynolds) The Werewolf (Eugene Field) The Man-Wolf (ÉmileErckmann&AlexandreChatrian) The Mark of the Beast (Rudyard Kipling) The Horror-Horn (E. F. Benson) In the Forest of Villefére (Robert E. Howard) Wolfshead (Robert E. Howard) Werewolf of the Sahara (Gladys Gordon Trenery) The Werewolf Howls (Clifford Ball) The Were-Wolf (Clemence Housman) The Book of Were-Wolves (Sabine Baring-Gould) The Origin of the Werewolf Superstition (Caroline Taylor Stewart)




Fangs


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The second immortal volume in this dark and fantastic series, Fangs is a scintillating and sinister collection of vampire stories and part of the now legendary Vampire Archives. Including Clive Barker, Anne Rice, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Many Many More. . . Featuring: · bloody fangs · dark and foreboding crypts · mysterious nighttime apparitions · languid ladies




The Occult Detective Megapack


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Occult detectives—sometimes called psychic investigators—have been in vogue since the middle of the 19th century. This collection goes back to the roots of the occult detective story. The earliest story in this collection—Fitz-James O'Brien's "The Pot of Tulips"—originally appeared in 1855. Rare stories by Mary Fortune and Bayard Taylor, famous tales from the end of the 19th century by E. and H. Heron, plus 20th Century stories by Robert E. Howard, Edmond Hamilton, Manly Wade Wellman, Seabury Quinn, and many more round out the book...29 classic tales in all! Included are: THE POT OF TULIPS, by Fitz-James O'Brien WHAT WAS IT? by Fitz-James O'Brien THE HAUNTED SHANTY, by Bayard Taylor Dr. Martin Hesselius in "GREEN TEA," by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu MR JUSTICE HARBOTTLE, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu THE UNINHABITED HOUSE, by Mrs. J. H. Riddell THE PHANTOM HEARSE, by Mary Fortune AYLMER VANCE AND THE VAMPIRE, by Alice and Claude Askew THE DOOR INTO INFINITY, by Edmond Hamilton Carnacki in "THE GATEWAY OF THE MONSTER," by William Hope Hodgson Carnacki in "THE HOUSE AMONG THE LAURELS," by William Hope Hodgson Carnacki in "THE WHISTLING ROOM," by William Hope Hodgson Carnacki in "THE HORSE OF THE INVISIBLE," by William Hope Hodgson Carnacki in "THE SEARCHER OF THE END HOUSE," by William Hope Hodgson Carnacki in "THE THING INVISIBLE," by William Hope Hodgson Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF SADDLER'S CROFT," by E. and H. Heron Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF BAELBROW," by E. and H. Heron Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF YAND MANOR HOUSE," by E. and H. Heron Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF KONNOR OLD HOUSE," by E. and H. Heron Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF THE SPANIARDS, HAMMERSMITH," by E. and H. Heron Flaxman Low in "THE STORY OF SEVENS HALL," by E. and H. Heron Steve Harrison in "FANGS OF GOLD," by Robert E. Howard Steve Harrison in "THE TOMB'S SECRET," by Robert E. Howard Steve Harrison in "NAMES IN THE BLACK BOOK," by Robert E. Howard Steve Harrison in "GRAVEYARD RATS," by Robert E. Howard THE HALF-HAUNTED, by Manly Wade Wellman Jules de Grandin in "THE JEST OF WARBURG TANTAVUL," by Seabury Quinn Jules de Grandin in "PLEDGED TO THE DEAD," by Seabury Quinn Jules de Grandin in "INCENSE OF ABOMINATION," by Seabury Quinn And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more great entries in this great series, covering mysteries, ghost stories, westerns, science fiction, historical, and much, much more!