Download or read book Gothic Tales of Vampires Terrifying Tales of the Undead Fantasy and Horror Classics written by Various and published by Fantasy and Horror Classics. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the greatest vampire short stories, with the first great vampiric tale, 'The Vampyre' by John Polidori through authors such as Montague summers, M. R. James, Bram Stoker and Thomas Peckett Prest up to the modern age with 'The Believer' by Sydney Horler.

Download or read book The Tales of Nosferatu Short Stories showcasing the Evolution of the Vampire Legend written by Various and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Tales of Nosferatu” contains a collection of bone-chilling short stories concerning vampires and vampirism that delineate the evolution of the vampire tale from “The Skeleton Count” By Elizabeth Grey to “Vampirella” By Ron Goulart. These blood-curdling stories will appeal to those with a love of the macabre, and they are not to be missed by those with an interest in vampire fiction and it's origins, influences, and evolution. Contents include: “The Skeleton Count Or, The Vampire Mistress, By Elizabeth Grey”, “The Vampyre's Story By James Malcolm Rymer”, “The Pale Lady By Alexandre Dumas & Paul Bocage”, “The Grave Of Ethelind Fionguala By Julian Hawthorne”, “Let Loose By Mary Cholmondeley”, “A True Story Of A Vampire By Count Eric Stenbock”, “Grettir At Thorhall·stead By Frank Norris”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

Download or read book Behold the Undead of Dracula written by Matthew M Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic monsters have returned... again! During the gothic horror revival of the late 1950s through the 1970s, vampires, witches, devil worshipers, occultists, spirits, ghouls, and grave-robbing mad scientists returned to terrify a new generation of thrill-seeking movie audiences. Influenced by the social and cultural upheavals of the time and the ever-present specter of nuclear war, these classic terrors became more violent, more subversive--and more seductive. Behold the Undead of Dracula features stories inspired by the films of the gothic horror revival, dripping with blazing bright-red blood and radiating sex appeal. Eleven of the best authors in underground horror fiction offer up unique and terrifying takes on this special era of cinematic history, summoning spine-tingling tales sure to frighten and seduce unwary readers. Grab your popcorn, take a seat, and watch as the curtain rises on these gothic nightmares. Bear witness to the lurid and sensual horrors of Behold the Undead of Dracula! Featuring: "Go to the Devil" by Matthew M. Bartlett "Over the Violets There That Lie" by Gwendolyn Kiste "George Strait and the Black Orchard Grimoire" by Mer Whinery "Vengeance of the Blood Princess" by Dominique Lamssies "Diabolus in Musica" by William Tea "Taste of Fear in the Night (European Release Title: Curse of the Mountain Witches)" by Tom Breen "You Should Smile More: The Blood Coven of Arkana" by Heather L. Levy "Mina's Castle" by Sean M. Thompson "Cleaver Castle of Carnage Presents: The Coven Strikes Back" by Christa Carmen "The Bloody Cask of Rasputin" by Thomas C. Mavroudis "The Filthy Creation of Frankenstein" by Gemma Files Cover art by Trevor Henderson Interior illustration by Mat Fitzsimmons Editing and layout by Jonathan Raab

Download or read book A Beautiful Vampire Fantasy and Horror Classics written by Arabella Kenealy and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A Beautiful Vampire” is a 1896 short Gothic story by Arabella Kenealy. This classic vampire story will appeal to lovers of Gothic literature and would make for a chilling addition to any collection. Arabella Kenealy (1859 – 1938) was a British physician, writer, and eugenicist. Notably, she held the belief that that every part of the cosmos, each hemisphere of the world, and each half of the human body possessed a more female side. The second of the eleven children of Elizabeth and Edward Kenealy, her siblings included her brother Alexander, who became the editor of the Daily Mirror; and her sister Annesley, who was also a writer. Her father was Edward Kenealy, a notorious Queens Counsel barrister involved in the Tichborne Case. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

Download or read book The Best Vampire Stories 1800 1849 written by Joseph Le Fanu and published by Bottletree Books LLC. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this International Book Awards anthology finalist, the best vampire short stories from the first half of the 19th century are unearthed from long forgotten journals and magazines. They are collected for the first time in this groundbreaking book on the origins of vampire lore. Watch the book trailer: www.AndrewBarger.com/bestvampirestories1800.html The cradle of all vampire short stories in the English language is the first half of the 19th century. Andrew Barger combed forgotten journals and mysterious texts to collect the very best vintage vampire stories from this crucial period in vampire literature. In doing so, Andrew found the second and third vampire stories originally published in the English language, neither printed since their first publication nearly 200 years ago. Also included is the first vampire story originally written in English by John Polidori after a dare with Lord Byron and Mary Shelley. The book contains the first vampire story by an American who was a graduate of Columbia Law School. The book further includes the first vampire stories by an Englishman and German, including the only vampire stories by such renowned authors as Alexander Dumas, Théophile Gautier and Joseph le Fanu. As readers have come to expect from Andrew, he has added his scholarly touch to this collection by including story backgrounds, author photos and a foreword titled "With Teeth." The ground-breaking stories are: 1819 The Vampyre - John Polidori (1795-1821) 1823 Wake Not the Dead - Ernst Raupach 1848 The Vampire of the Carpathian Mountains - Alexander Dumas (1802-1870) 1839 Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter - Joseph Sheridan le Fanu (1814-1873) 1826 Pepopukin in Corsica - Arthur Young (1741-1820) 1819 The Black Vampyre: A Legend of Saint Domingo - Robert Sands (1799-1832) 1836 Clarimonde - Théophile Gautier (1811-1872)

Download or read book The Mysterious Stranger written by A. Nonymous and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the earliest known vampire stories, The Mysterious Stranger (1854) comes from the pen of an unknown, mysterious author. Telling a wild tale of the undead, set amidst the backdrop of the Carpathian Mountains (the traditional home of Dracula and vampires), the story concerns a strange count and a party of travelers trapped in a forbidden medieval keep. Will the woman who has attracted the interest of this beast escape alive? This gothic tale is a buried treasure of supernatural terror and fear! A horror classic! Published by Zem Books. Cover image: "All is Vanity" by Charles Allan Gilbert (1902). Online Store: www.lulu.com/spotlight/zem66 Facebook: www.facebook.com/zembooks

Download or read book Vampires written by David J. Skal and published by Black Dog & Leventhal Pub. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most wide-ranging collection of vampire tales ever features two centuries of spine-tingling writing, from John Polidori to Robert Block, Alexis Tolstoy to Bram Stoker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Henry Kuttner. Every page of Vampires features a column of commentary by the editor, expanding upon the stories and exploring the evolution of the vampire mystique in folklore, literature, and popular culture. More than 200 beautifully rendered black-and-white images of vintage engravings, film posters, and popular artifacts make this big book the “living end” of vampire fact, fiction, and lore.

Download or read book Night of the Harvest Moon Vampyre A Tale of the Living and the Undead written by Everett L. Winrow and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Night Of The Harvest Moon: Vampyre is a gothic horror narrative, one that delves deeply into the souls of its characters. The tale begins in the late 1800's in Central Europe, primarily Moldavia and Transylvania and expands to London and Sweden. Harvest Moon is a story of immense reprisals, hatred, and passion. Sorcery, demonology, and religion are essential elements that interweave within the physical and supernatural planes of existence of all those involved. The Vampyre learns of ancient knowledge that existed long before Egyptian civilization, the Ta Merians. The nosferatu also learns of other dimensions and secrets of man and god, another race of beings before the existence of humankind. With this knowledge the Vampyre's revenge is set in place with hatred that far surpasses that of, She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed and Kremhild of the Die Nibelungen, and the avenger of Siegfried. The Command Demon, Karcist and Rulers of the North and South Airts, Azazel and Pazuzu with the aid of the Bloodstone Ematille, are summoned by the antagonist Dijon. They are to do his bidding in the Circle Of Magic for one sole purpose: the sacrifice of human life in order to gain his immortal existence.

Download or read book The Vampyre Fantasy and Horror Classics written by John William Polidori and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John William Polidori’s classic gothic horror tale, The Vampyre, recounts one of the first vampire stories in English literature. Lord Ruthven is a mysterious newcomer among England’s social elite. A young gentleman named Aubrey is fascinated by the suave stranger and is intrigued by his often curious behaviour. While travelling in Europe amid rumours of vampire killings, the pair are attacked, leaving Ruthven on his death bed. As he draws his last breaths, he pleads with Aubrey to keep his death a secret for just over a year. When Ruthven reappears in London alive and well, Aubrey realises that his friend might be hiding dark and horrifying truths behind his seductive fabrication. The Vampyre was written during the ‘Lost Summer of 1816’, when John William Polidori was among the group of friends who accompanied Lord Byron to the Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva. This short, stormy stay in the mansion led to a horror story writing competition in which famous tales such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein were first produced. Decadent, sinister, and macabre The Vampyre started the enduring fascination with bloodsucking monsters that produced stories such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This chilling tale is not to be missed by lovers of fantasy and horror fiction.

Download or read book Famous Vampire Stories written by Tom Baker and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I was Dracula every year for Halloween! Some little tykes want to be policemen when they grow up. I wanted to be Bela Lugosi!" --From the editor's introduction Come thrill with us through the unhallowed halls of the sepulchral and distorted UNDEADas we thrill-ride through fifteen classic vampire tales certain to get your blood-chilling in your veins. Ranging from classic novellas such as Le Fanu's "Carmilla," to the spectral excursions of famed horrorologist H.P. Lovecraft, this unearthly tome recounts even TRUE vampire lore as well as the literary classics of chilling fright. So come on! Your casket is waiting, the coach is stamping in the castle courtyard, and the children of the night are making their music! For as Bela might say, "The blood is the life, Mr. Renfield! The blood is the life!" Stories by Byron, LeFanu, Conan Doyle, Polidori, and more!

Download or read book Famous Vampire Stories written by Tom Baker (Ed ) and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come thrill with us through the unhallowed halls of the sepulchral and distorted LIVING DEAD, as we thrill-ride through fifteen classic vampire tales certain to get your blood chilling in your veins Ranging from classic novellas such as Le Fanu's ""Carmilla,"" to the spectral excursions of famed horrorologist H.P. Lovecraft, this unsightly tome recounts even true-life vampiric lore as well as the literary classics of chilling fright. So come on! Your casket is waiting, the coach is stamping int he castle courtyard, and the children of the night are making their music! For, as Bela might say, ""The blood is the life, Mr. Renfield! The blood is the life!"" Stories by Lovecraft, Byron, Le Fanu, Conan Doyle, and more!

Download or read book Children of the Night written by David Stuart Davies and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vampires, those dark children of the night, who rise from their coffins to suck the blood of the living, continue to hold a strange fascination and dread. This book presents vampire stories, some familiar, some less so.

Download or read book The Vampire Chronicles Collection written by Anne Rice and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hypnotic, deeply seductive novels of Anne Rice have captivated millions of fans around the world. It all began a quarter of a century ago with Interview with the Vampire. Now, in one chilling volume, here are the first three classic novels of The Vampire Chronicles. INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Witness the confessions of a vampire. A novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force, it is a story of danger and flight, love and loss, suspense and resolution, and the extraordinary power of the senses. “A magnificent, compulsively readable thriller . . . Anne Rice begins where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and penetrates directly to the true fascination of the myth–the education of the vampire.” –Chicago Tribune THE VAMPIRE LESTAT Once an aristocrat from pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the decadent 1980s, Lestat rushes through the centuries seeking to fathom the mystery of his existence. His is a mesmerizing story–passionate and thrilling. “Frightening, sensual . . . A psychological, mythological sojourn . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time.” –San Francisco Chronicle QUEEN OF THE DAMNED Akasha, the queen of the damned, has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. She has a marvelously devious plan to “save” mankind–in this vivid novel of the erotic, electrifying world of the undead. “With The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice has created universes within universes, traveling back in time as far as ancient, pre-pyramidic Egypt and journeying from the frozen mountain peaks of Nepal to the crowded, sweating streets of southern Florida.” –Los Angeles Times

Download or read book The Rivals of Dracula written by Nick Rennison and published by No Exit Press. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bram Stoker's Dracula, still the most famous of all vampire stories, was first published in 1897. But the bloodsucking Count was not the only member of the undead to bare his fangs in the literature of the period. Late Victorian and Edwardian fiction is full of vampires and this anthology of scary stories introduces modern readers to fifteen of them. Including works by both well-known writers of the supernatural such as M R James and E F Benson and less familiar authors too, The Rivals of Dracula is a collection of classic tales to chill the blood and tingle the spine.

Download or read book The House of the Vampire Horror Classic written by George Sylvester Viereck and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House of the Vampire is one of the first psychic vampire stories where a vampire feeds off more than just blood. Not realizing that his mind is under the spell of a vampire, a young writer Ernest Fielding starts to believe that he I losing his mind. Ethel Brandenbourg, a failed painter, who used to be under the same spell will try to help young Ernest before it's too late. The tale features a vampire of a different sort, the one who doesn't want his victim's blood, but his victim's mind, thoughts and life.

Download or read book Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Vol 1 written by R. Reginald and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.

Download or read book The Vampyre written by John William Polidori and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic vampire story has inspired generations of authors, from Bram Stoker to Charlaine Harris. A young English gentleman of means, Aubrey is immediately intrigued by Lord Ruthven, the mysterious newcomer among society’s elite. His unknown origin and curious behavior tantalizes Aubrey’s imagination. But the young man soon discovers a sinister character hidden behind his new friend’s glamorous facade. When the two are set upon by bandits while traveling together in Europe, Ruthven is fatally injured. Before drawing his last breath, he makes the odd request that Aubrey keep his death and crimes secret for a year and a day. But when Ruthven resurfaces in London—making overtures toward Aubrey’s sister—Aubrey realizes this immortal fiend is a vampyre. John William Polidori’s The Vampyre is both a classic tale of gothic horror and the progenitor of the modern romantic vampire myth that has been fodder for artists ranging from Anne Rice to Alan Ball to Francis Ford Coppola. Originally published in 1819, many decades before Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and misattributed to Polidori’s friend Lord Byron, The Vampyre has kept readers up at night for nearly two hundred years. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.