Vamps

A multi-author anthology devoted to vampires. Its fifteen selections range across more than a century of writing, from nineteenth-century Gothic tales to later twentieth-century stories. Contributors include Stephen King, whose "One for the Road" opens the volume, and William Tenn, with "She Only Goes Out at Night." Other entries come from David H. Keller, Théophile Gautier, Robert Bloch, F. Marion Crawford, Manly Wade Wellman, Fritz Leiber, Julian Hawthorne, Seabury Quinn, August Derleth, Richard Matheson and Tanith Lee.

The remaining stories include "Heredity" by Keller, "Clarimonda" by Gautier, "The Cloak" by Bloch, "For the Blood Is the Life" by Crawford, "The Last Grave of Lill Warran" and "When It Was Moonlight" by Wellman, "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes" by Leiber, "Ken's Mystery" by Hawthorne, "Restless Souls" by Quinn, "The Drifting Snow" by Derleth, "Luella Miller" by Mary Wilkins Freeman, "Dress of White Silk" by Matheson, "Red as Blood" by Lee, and "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and published by B&P Books, the book suits readers who enjoy short horror and want to sample many different takes on the vampire in one place.