Sisters of the Night

by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Barbara Hambly (Editor / Contributor), Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Contributor)

Fourteen original stories of female vampires.

Genres: Vampires, Horror, Short Stories, Anthologies, Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Martin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.

For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.

Reviews

[Althea Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

As with any anthology, I liked some of the stories more than others, but overall this was a quite good collection of stories of female vampires. The fourteen selections were all exclusive to this volume, so I hadn't read them before (with the exception of the (long) Niven selection, which was later published in one of his Ringworld novels - not my favorite). There's also a high-tier collection of authors:
Contents:
Empty / M. John Harrison
The Bloodbeast / Diana L. Paxson
Madeleine / Barbara Hambly
Mama / Steve and Melanie Tem
Survival Skills / Deborah Wheeler
Tumbling Down the Nighttime / Dean Wesley Smith
La Dame / Tanith Lee
Sometimes Salvation / Pat Cadigan
In the Blood / Michael Kurland
Victims / Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Maríd and the Trail of Blood / George Alec Effinger
Food Chain / Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Song of the Night People / Larry Niven
Sister Death / Jane Yolen

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Song of the Night People by Niven, Larry March 16, 2000
La Dame by Tanith Lee March 18, 2000
Tumbling Down the Nighttime by Dean Wesley Smith March 20, 2000
Empty by M. John Harrison March 21, 2000
Food Chain by Nina Kiriki Hoffman March 22, 2000
The Bloodbeast by Diana L. Paxson March 23, 2000
Madeleine by Barbara Hambly March 25, 2000
Sometimes Salvation by Pat Cadigan March 26, 2000
In the Blood by Micheal Kurland March 27, 2000
Victims by Kristine Kathryn Rusch March 28, 2000
Marîd and the Trail of Blood by George Alec Effinger March, 29, 2000
Sister Death by Jane Yolen March 31, 2000
Mama by Steve & Melanie Tem April 1, 2000
Survival Skills by Deborah J. Wheeler April 2, 2000

and any book that earns a cover by John Jude Palencar...

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent collection of stories about female vampires. Some are funny, some dark and serious. None of the paranormal romance/Twilight crap here. Almost all the stories are good, but there are some real gems here. "Madeline" by Barbara Hambly is a humorous tale of revenge when a vampire is held accountable for her actions. "Bloodbeast" by Diana Paxson is about a creature terrorizing a viking village. "Tumbling Down the Nightime" by Dean Wesley Smith is effectively creepy. "Sister Death" by Jane Yolen gives us a glimpse of the extra-biblical Lilith.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent collection. The only one I'd read before was the Ringworld one.

My favorite is the humor in Survival Skills.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most of the stories are good. A few, however, stand out.

"The Bloodbeast" by Diana L. Paxson is a great vampire story set in a viking village. It's wonderful to read a story where the woman isn't ravishing beauiful but is repescted and loved for her intelligence and good sense.

"Madeline" by Barbara Hambly is a very interesting story about two female vampires. "Tumbling Down the Nighttime" by Dean Wesley Smith just might be the scariest one of the collection. Smith makes a very good point about what is horror in the story.

[Dorothy · Rating 2 out of 5]

some of the stories are better than others. something to do when you're stuck in a planetarium with no internet access and you've already seen the show 20 times. all about female vampires. sci fi mixed in with well, non-sci fi styles. One issue I had with this book is that some of the writers were trying way too hard to be spooky and gothic, know what I mean? Like to the point of cheesarama. But others were pretty good..

[colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

read 03.07.07

[Hunter · Rating 2 out of 5]

cheesy bloody goodness

[Holly Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love sexy short stories!!

[Brett]

Anthology,Horror