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The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published

Otto Penzler

First published 2009
Series The Vampire Archives
Publisher Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Pages xix+1034
Price $25.00
ISBN 9780307473899

The cover is from a poster for the film "Le Cauchemar de Dracula".
Dedicated to Harlan Ellison.
Stories grouped by section:
Page 1: Pre-Dracula
Page 175: True Stories
Page 197: Graveyards, Castle, Churches, Ruins
Page 309: That's Poetic
Page 321: Hard Times for Vampires
Page 339: Classic Tales
Page 471: Psychic Vampires
Page 513: Something Feels Funny
Page 555: Love . . . Forever
Page 635: They Gather
Page 701: Is That a Vampire?
Page 811: This Is War
Page 833: Modern Masters

Year Reviewer Publication
2010 Gardner Dozois Locus, #588 January 2010

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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 M. E. Braddon (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
4 Good Lady Ducayne M. E. Braddon Novelette
19 William Gilbert (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
20 The Last Lords of Gardonal William Gilbert Novelette
40 Anne Crawford (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
41 A Mystery of the Campagna Anne Crawford Novelette
59 Eliza Lynn Linton (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
60 The Fate of Madame Cabanel Eliza Lynn Linton Short Story
68 Mary Cholmondeley (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
69 Let Loose Mary Cholmondeley Short Story
80 Vasile Alexsandri (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
81 The Vampire Vasile Alexsandri Poem
83 Ambrose Bierce (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
84 The Death of Halpin Frayser Ambrose Bierce Short Story
93 Julian Hawthorne (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
94 Ken's Mystery Julian Hawthorne Novelette
106 Sheridan Le Fanu (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
107 Carmilla Sheridan Le Fanu Novella
146 F. G. Loring (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
147 The Tomb of Sarah F. G. Loring Short Story
156 Edgar Allan Poe (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
157 Ligeia Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
166 Hume Nisbet (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
167 The Old Portrait Hume Nisbet Short Story
170 The Vampire Maid Hume Nisbet Short Story
177 Eric (Count) Stenbock (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
178 The Sad Story of a Vampire Eric (Count) Stenbock Short Story
183 Luigi Capuana (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
184 A Case of Alleged Vampirism Luigi Capuana Short Story
192 Franz Hartmann (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
193 An Authenticated Vampire Story Franz Hartmann Short Story
200 Revelations in Black Carl Jacobi Novelette
213 Anne Rice (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
214 The Master of Rampling Gate Anne Rice Novelette
229 Frederick Cowles (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
230 The Vampire of Kaldenstein Frederick Cowles Novelette
241 M. R. James (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
242 An Episode of Cathedral History M. R. James Short Story
252 D. Scott-Monfrieff (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
253 Schloss Wappenburg D. Scott-Moncrieff Short Story
261 H. P. Lovecraft (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
262 The Hound H. P. Lovecraft Short Story
267 Tanith Lee (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
268 Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Fur Tanith Lee Novelette
283 Joseph Payne Brennan (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
284 The Horror at Chilton Castle Joseph Payne Brennan Short Story
293 Algernon Blackwood (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
294 The Singular Death of Morton Algernon Blackwood Short Story
300 Clark Ashton Smith (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
301 The Death of Ilalotha Clark Ashton Smith Short Story
311 Johan Wofgang von Goethe (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
312 The Bride of Corinth Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poem
315 Lord Byron (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
316 The Giaour (excerpt) Lord Byron Poem
318 John Keats (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
319 La Belle Dame Sans Merci John Keats Poem
323 Charles Beaumont (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
324 Place of Meeting Charles Beaumont Short Story
327 Ed Gorman (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
328 Duty Ed Gorman Short Story
334 David J. Schow (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
335 A Week in the Unlife David J. Schow Short Story
341 Victor Roman (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
342 Four Wooden Stakes Victor Roman Short Story
349 E. F. Benson (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
350 The Room in the Tower E. F. Benson Short Story
358 Mrs. Amworth E. F. Benson Short Story
367 Basil Copper (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
368 Doctor Porthos Basil Copper Short Story
372 F. Marion Crawford (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
373 For the Blood Is the Life F. Marion Crawford Short Story
382 M. R. James (The Vampire Archives) [II] Otto Penzler Essay
383 Count Magnus M. R. James Short Story
391 Manly Wade Wellman (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
392 When It Was Moonlight Manly Wade Wellman Short Story
401 August Derleth (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
402 The Drifting Snow August Derleth Short Story
408 Alice and Claude Askew (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
409 Aylmer Vance and the Vampire Alice Askew & Claude Askew Short Story
420 Bram Stoker (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
421 Dracula's Guest Bram Stoker Short Story
426 Algernon Blackwood (The Vampire Archives) [II] Otto Penzler Essay
427 The Transfer Algernon Blackwood Short Story
436 H. B. Marriott Watson (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
437 The Stone Chamber H. B. Marriott Watson Novelette
455 Jan Neruda (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
456 The Vampire Jan Neruda Short Story
459 Clark Ashton Smith (The Vampire Archives) [II] Otto Penzler Essay
460 The End of the Story Clark Ashton Smith Novelette
473 D. H. Lawrence (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
474 The Lovely Lady D. H. Lawrence Novelette
485 Arthur Conan Doyle (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
486 The Parasite Arthur Conan Doyle Novella
509 Harlan Ellison (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
510 Lonely Women Are the Vessels of Time Harlan Ellison Short Story
515 Fredric Brown (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
516 Blood Fredric Brown Short Story
517 Stephen King (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
518 Popsy Stephen King Short Story
526 R. Chetwynd-Hayes (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
527 The Werewolf and the Vampire R. Chetwynd-Hayes Novelette
543 Richard Matheson (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
544 Drink My Red Blood Richard Matheson Short Story
549 Roger Zelazny (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
550 Dayblood Roger Zelazny Short Story
557 Lisa Tuttle (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
558 Replacements Lisa Tuttle Novelette
567 Frederick Cowles (The Vampire Archives) [II] Otto Penzler Essay
568 Princess of Darkness Frederick Cowles Short Story
580 Garry Kilworth (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
581 The Silver Collar Garry Kilworth Short Story
589 Walter Starkie (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
590 The Old Man's Story Walter Starkie Short Story
596 Vincent O'Sullivan (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
597 Will Vincent O'Sullivan Short Story
601 Dion Fortune (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
602 Blood-Lust Dion Fortune Short Story
611 Everil Worrell (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
612 The Canal Everil Worrell Novelette
621 Mary A. Turzillo (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
622 When Gretchen Was Human Mary A. Turzillo Short Story
630 Lafcadio Hearn (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
631 The Story of Chugoro Lafcadio Hearn Short Story
637 Steve Rasnic Tem (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
638 The Men & Women of Rivendale Steve Rasnic Tem Short Story
644 Tanith Lee (The Vampire Archives) [II] Otto Penzler Essay
645 Winter Flowers Tanith Lee Novelette
658 Brian Stableford Otto Penzler Otto Penzler Essay
659 The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady Brian Stableford Novelette
672 F. Paul Wilson (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
673 Midnight Mass F. Paul Wilson Novella
703 Arthur Conan Doyle (The Vampire Archives) [II] Otto Penzler Essay
704 The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire Arthur Conan Doyle Short Story
713 Sabine Baring-Gould (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
714 A Dead Finger Sabine Baring-Gould Short Story
724 M. R. James (The Vampire Archives) [III] Otto Penzler Essay
725 Wailing Well M. R. James Short Story
732 Clive Barker (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
733 Human Remains Clive Barker Novelette
757 Sydney Horler (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
758 The Vampire Sydney Horler Short Story
762 Hugh B. Cave (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
763 Stragella Hugh B. Cave Novelette
777 Vernon Lee (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
778 Marsyas in Flanders Vernon Lee Short Story
786 Guy de Maupassant (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
787 The Horla Guy de Maupassant Novelette
800 Fritz Leiber (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
801 The Girl with the Hungry Eyes Fritz Leiber Short Story
813 Robert Bloch (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
814 The Living Dead Robert Bloch Short Story
818 Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
819 Down Among the Dead Men Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann Novelette
835 Brian Lumley (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
836 Necros Brian Lumley Short Story
846 Ray Badbury (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
847 The Man Upstairs Ray Bradbury Short Story
854 Manly Wade Wellman (The Vampire Archives) [II] Otto Penzler Essay
855 Chastel Manly Wade Wellman Novelette
868 Peter Tremayne (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
869 Dracula's Chair Peter Tremayne Short Story
875 Richard Laymon (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
876 Special Richard Laymon Novelette
886 Dan Simmons (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
887 Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons Novelette
910 Gahan Wilson (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay
911 The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be Gahan Wilson Short Story
xi Foreword (The Vampire Archives) Kim Newman Essay
xv Preface (The Vampire Archives) Neil Gaiman Essay
xvii Introduction: They Will Have Blood (The Vampire Archives) Otto Penzler Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published Cover 2010 Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC Trade Paperback Anthology 05-1030 xix+1034