false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188996784m/1835806.jpg 1835806 1 Featuring the only vampire short story by Anne Rice, the undisputed queen of vampire literature, and an autobiographical introduction by Ingrid Pitt, star of the films The Vampire Lovers and Countess Dracula, this Mammoth collection brings together thirty-four uncanny and erotic tales by women who have redefined the genre of vampire fiction. From classic stories of the undead by writers like Edith Nesbit, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon to the work of such acclaimed contemporary authors as Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy Kilpatrick, Tanith Lee, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and Pat Cadigan, this terrifying and tantalizing volume turns the conventions of vampire fiction on their head and inside out as it refashions, and revamps, Bram Stoker's urbane Count Dracula in smart, modern, sexy terms. Original and inventive, the tales in this anthology offer a wide and varied range of undead heroines and doomed heroes, from the tormented good to the unspeakably evil. At large among them in the gardens of literature's longest night are Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Byronic vampire Saint-Germain, Nancy A. Collins's Vampire King of the Goth Chicks, Tanya Huff's vampiric detective Vicki Nelson, and Freda Warrington's age-old lovers Karl and Charlotte. In all, the quest continues--for blood to drink, for souls to steal, for life among the undead. 1835792 27 9 2001 Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories By Women total:1|3:1| 1 3 3 0 0 0 false false Mon May 25 10:57:24 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 10:57:35 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 29 12:01:22 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 12:01:22 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 04 22:32:46 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 22:32:46 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1835806