SOLVED. Middle Grade/YA Vampire Short Stories. Retelling of Nosferatu and The Most Dangerous Game and others. Cover: black, boy & girl (one has fangs). Read late 1990s/early 2000s. [s]

[Whitney]

I remember getting this book for free in the late 90s, early 2000s. Black cover with a cheesy illustration of a boy and girl, one has fangs. I think title was in red, "blood" font?

Collection of several short stories. One was a retelling of Nosferatu, main character talked about how bad the dirt in the vampire's coffin smelled.

Another story was a girl writing in her diary on a train. Train was late because a coffin was loaded on board. Girl writes in diary as passengers start disappearing (surprise, the coffin had a vampire in it!). Survives with another passenger by locking themselves in a (dining?) car and smearing the windows with garlic/shining mirrors at the vampire. Last diary entry is her waiting on an airplane, which is running late. Last sentence is that a coffin is being loaded onto the plane!

Last story I can remember is kind of a retelling of The Most Dangerous Game. Boy is adopted by rich couple. They are (surprise!) vampires and set him loose in the garden of their mansion, so they can hunt him with their friends. He kills them using things in the garden like garlic, a rose, and eventually survives.

Anyone else remember this oddball book?

[Kris]

The Hunt and More Fright with a Bite by Allen B. Ury?

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Subject: vampires short stories | 1970-2007 ? | Juvenile | Fiction | Book | English

Contains these short stories (128 pages) according to https://www.worldcat.org/title/bites-...

Hunt --
Death to vampires --
One hallow's eve --
Vampire's hideout --
Bloody good history lesson --
Curfew --
Cold turkey --
Vampire express --
Night in tombstone --
Living legend.

[Whitney]

This is totally it! Amazing! Thanks so much!

[Kris]

Great. Glad you found your book, Whitney. Your description of the cover image really helped.