false 500051 1 Perhaps more than any region, the American South is haunted by the past. Ghosts of history, of the dead, of wars and lineages, of slights to honor - all linger vividly. One reason for this is the importance of religion in the South. The belief in, and fear of, God gives rise in the South to a host of superstitions, both petty and grand; one of the strongest is the mythology of the vampire, returned from the dead to drain life from the living. All the stories in Southern Blood are set in the South, from Florida to Texas, North Carolina to Arkansas. They include: "The Cursed Damuzel, Manly Wade Wellman; "Blood Kin," Delia Sherman; "She Only Goes Out at Night," William Tenn; "The Silver Coffin," Robert Barbour John; "The Flame," Fred Chappel; "Blessed by His Dying Tongue," Tracy A. Knight; "Claim-Jumpin' Woman Got a Stake in My Heart," Esther Friesner; "Like a Pilgrim to the Shrine," Brian Hodge; "God-Less Man," James Kisner; "Carpetbagger," Susan Schwartz; "The Smell of Magnolias," Lawrence Schimel; "Carrion Comfort," Don Simmons 488163 9 1997 Southern Blood: Vampire Stories from the American South (American Vampire Series) total:9|4:3|3:4|2:2| 9 28 28 1 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 12:25:06 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 12:25:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 13 16:37:58 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 16:37:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 13 14:56:19 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 14:56:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 31 18:11:25 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 18:11:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 10:55:42 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 10:55:42 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 31 01:00:53 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 01:00:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 07 20:54:56 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 20:54:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 04 15:19:22 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 15:19:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 31 14:46:01 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 14:46:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 30 10:23:33 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 10:23:33 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Mar 11 09:00:58 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 09:00:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 23 08:29:14 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 08:29:14 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 17 10:24:59 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 10:24:59 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 06 22:56:43 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 22:56:43 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Feb 06 05:18:02 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 05:18:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 04 11:17:57 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 11:17:57 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 29 10:46:49 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 10:46:49 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jan 28 18:46:15 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 18:46:15 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 18 19:49:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 19:49:00 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jan 11 07:49:54 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 07:49:54 -0800 2009