Looking for Vampires? Read This- Vampires: The Recent Undead

Product DescriptionThe undead are more alive today than ever. Immortal? Indeed Nothing has sunk its teeth into twenty-first century popular culture as pervasively as the vampire. The fangsters have the freedom to fly across all genres and all mediums-there's even apps for vamps. Whether roaming into romance, haunting horror, sneaking into science fiction, capering into humor, meandering through mystery-no icon is more versatile than the vampire. Slack your insatiable thirst with the best sanguinary stories of the new millennium: terrifying or tender, deadly or delicious, bad-ass or beneficent, classic or cutting-edge . . .Slake your insatiable thirst and drink deeply of twenty-five of the best sanguinary stories of the new millennium...

* The Coldest Girl in Coldtown * Holly Black
* This Is Now * Michael Marshall Smith
* Sisters * Charles de Lint
* The Screaming * J.A. Konrath
* Zen and the Art of Vampirism *Kelley Armstrong
* La Vampiresse * Tanith Lee
* Dead Man Stalking * Rachel Caine
* The Ghost of Leadville * Jeanne C. Stein
* Waste Land * Stephen Dedman
* Gentleman of the Old School * /Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
* No Matter Where You Go * Tanya Huff
* Outfangthief * Conrad Williams
* Dancing with the Star * Susan Sizemore
* A Trick of the Dark * Tina Rath
* When Gretchen was Human * Mary Turzillo
* Conquistador de la Noche * Carrie Vaughn
* Endless Night * Barbara Roden
* Dahlia Underground * Charlaine Harris
* The Belated Burial * Caitlín R. Kiernan
* Twilight States * Albert Cowdrey
* To the Moment * Nisi Shawl
* Castle in the Desert: Anno Dracula 1977 * Kim Newman
* Vampires in the Lemon Grove * Karen Russell
* Vampires Anonymous * Nancy Kilpatrick
* The Wide, Carnivorous Sky * John Langan
* Selected Vampire Anthologies: 2000-2010 My Review: This is a great collection of vampire stories from a wide range of authors. I was thrilled to see some names I knew and have read and also discovering stories by new to me authors.I loved Tanya Huff's story, it was like catching up with an old friend. It featured Vickie and Mike Celluci from her Blood Books (and Blood Ties TV show). I did miss that Henry was not in the story though.I love short story collections because they give you a glimpse of a writer's style and sometimes characters and they make you want more. I know I haven't yet read much by Carrie Vaughn, Rachel Caine or Kelly Armstrong but thanks to their contributions to this and other anthologies I want to read their books.If you love vampires and you love short stories this is a must have book for your shelves.