Penguin Book of Vampire Stories - Alan Ryan

This book is an attempt to give a chronological overview, with examples, by way of stories, as opposed to a best stories or new stories type anthology. There is little editorial content about this, other than a small introduction, and some comment on each author before their story.

There is also a small list of vampire novels and vampire films in an appendix, with comments.


Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Fragment of a Novel - Lord George Gordon Byron
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Vampyre - Dr. John William Polidori
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Varney the Vampyre or The Feast of Blood - James Malcolm Rymer
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Mysterious Stranger - Anon
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Good Lady Ducayne - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Dracula's Guest - Bram Stoker
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Luella Miller - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : For the Blood Is the Life - F. Marion Crawford
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Transfer - Algernon Blackwood
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Room in the Tower - E. F. Benson
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : An Episode of Cathedral History - M. R. James
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : A Rendezvous in Averoigne - Clark Ashton Smith
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Shambleau - C. L. Moore
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Revelations in Black - Carl Jacobi
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : School for the Unspeakable - Manly Wade Wellman
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Drifting Snow - August Derleth
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Over the River - P. Schuyler Miller
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Girl with the Hungry Eyes - Fritz Leiber
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Mindworm - C. M. Kornbluth
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Drink My Blood - Richard Matheson
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Place of Meeting - Charles Beaumont
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Living Dead - Robert Bloch
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Pages from a Young Girl's Journal - Robert Aickman
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Werewolf and the Vampire - R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Love-Starved - Charles L. Grant
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Cabin 33 - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Unicorn Tapestry - Suzy McKee Charnas
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Following the Way - Alan Ryan
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Sunshine Club - Ramsey Campbell
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : The Men and Women of Rivendale - Steve Rasnic Tem
Penguin Book of Vampire Stories : Bite-Me-Not or Fleur de Feu - Tanith Lee


Exhumation surprise.

3 out of 5


This is very ordinary, there are many vampire stories you should read before this one. If you are seriously into vampire books, or the history in vampire literature, then give it a shot, even if only for research purposes, no real reason to bother with it otherwise.

2.5 out of 5


A compilation of a serial vampire story from the Penny Dreadful era. It is not that good, although Varney could perhaps be an ancestor of Spike's, from Buffy. It is worth a look for historical interest, and how it was done then, but modern angsty vampire fans aren't going to find much of interest here, I would think.

2 out of 5


Have at thee, vampire!

3.5 out of 5


Geez, that vampire chick's pretty hot.

4 out of 5


Servant sucking.

3 out of 5


Dracula's guest employs some of the creep local folk tales and legends. The significance of a blue flame from the ground, the howling of wolves, that sort of thing.

Here, a coachman in a coach drawn by midnight black horses, picks up a traveller. He is growing increasingly freaked out all the time.

4 out of 5


Local dying.

2 out of 5


Treasure and a draining woman.

3.5 out of 5


Dead earth man.

3.5 out of 5


Prefer accomodation without women rising from the grave, please.

4 out of 5


Scaredy dog from altar tomb terror.

3 out of 5


A wandering minstrel has finally organised a tryst. He doesn't expect
to get lost on the way there through a forest of ill repute. Nor does
he expect do do any vampire slaying in a sorcerous castle.

3.5 out of 5



Shoot vampire gorgon women, don't ask them in for dinner.

4.5 out of 5


Bad book, loony author, and a bloodsucker.

3.5 out of 5


A guy named Felcher, singing Satanist songs to people, in duet. And he's a lackey. I kid you not.

3 out of 5


Cold weather sucks. So do vampire girls. Stay inside.

4.5 out of 5


Revenant thirst.

3.5 out of 5


Supermodels possibly creepier than vampires.

3 out of 5


Vampire forgets he is not unique, meets Mr. Pointy and Mr. Reaper.

3.5 out of 5


Vampiric entreaty answered.

3 out of 5


When you run out of people it is bloodsucker sleepytime.

3.5 out of 5


Wartime castle holding vampire impersonation carried off entirely too well for continued good health of actor.

3.5 out of 5


Italian holiday ends in undead fashion.

3 out of 5


Dog people more at risk of lycanthropy. Priest bitten by werevamp, vampire and werewolf more at risk of who the hell knows?

3.5 out of 5


Shagging desperation.

3 out of 5


St. Germain's camping conversations turn up an exsanguinary suitor to stop.

3.5 out of 5


Vampire shrink session.

4 out of 5


Jesuit juice.

2.5 out of 5


Strange diet.

3 out of 5


Vampire family revelation.

3.5 out of 5


Lion bashing and bloodsucking.

3 out of 5


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