Indisputably the most famous Vampire story is Dracula. But how did we get to that point?
In this volume we present a roll-call of classic authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, M R James, E F Benson, John William Polidori, Uriah Derrick D'Arcy and many others who short story by short story establish the building blocks of this horrific yet thrilling genre. Here all manner of characters and narratives weave together to bring a unique yet intricate account of the beginnings of this most troubling of literary genres.
1 - Foundations of Fiction - Vampires - An Introduction
2 - Olalla - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson
3 - Olalla - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson
4 - The Room in the Tower by E F Benson
5 - Count Magnus by M R James
6 - The Vampire of Croglin Grange by Augustus Hare
7 - The Horror of Abbot's Grange by Frederick Cowles
8 - The Black Vampyre by Uriah Derick D'Arcy
9 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet
10 - Alymer Vance & The Vampire by Alice and Claude Askew
11 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda
12 - The Last of the Vampires by Phil Robinson
13 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman
14 - Mrs Amworth by E F Benson
15 - The Sumach by Ulric Daubeny
16 - For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford
17 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 1 by John William Polidori
18 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 2 by John William Polidori
19 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 1 by Ernst Raupach
20 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 2 by Ernst Raupach
