From Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from Castlevania to True Blood, the romance between popular culture and vampires hearkens back to humanity's darkest, deepest fears, flowing through our very blood; fears of death, and life, and insatiable hunger.
And yet, there is an attraction, undeniable, to the vampire archetype, whether the pale European count, impeccably dressed and coldly masculine, yet strangely ambiguous, ready to sink his sharp teeth deep into his victims' necks, draining or converting them, or the vamp, the count's feminine counterpart, villain and victim in one, using her wiles and icy sexuality to corrupt man and woman alike...
Edited and introduced by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams , By Blood We Live gathers together the best vampire literature from the preceding three decades, authored by many of today's most renowned writers of fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror.
Contents:
(Author, title )
01 - Neil Gaiman, Snow, Glass, Apples
02 - Anne Rice, The Master of Rampling Gate
03 - Harry Turtledove, Under St. Peter's
04 - Tad Williams, Child of an Ancient City
05 - Michael A. Burstein, Lifeblood
06 - Barbara Roden, Endless Night
07 - Garth Nix, Infestation
08 - Carrie Vaughn, Life Is the Teacher
09 - Nancy Kilpatrick, The Vechi Barbat
10 - Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Beautiful, The Damned
11 - David Wellington, Pinecones
12 - Norman Partridge, Do Not Hasten to Bid Me Adieu
13 - Sergei Lukyanenko, Foxtrot at High Noon
14 - Michael Marshall Smith, This Is Now
15 - Nancy Holder, Blood Gothic
16 - Jane Yolen, Mama Gone
17 - Joe Hill, Abraham's Boys
18 - Tanith Lee, Nunc Dimittis
19 - Gabriela Lee, Hunger
20 - Caitlín R. Kiernan, Ode to Edvard Munch
21 - L.A. Banks, Finders Keepers
22 - Brian Stableford, After the Stone Age
23 - Kevin J. Anderson, Much at Stake
24 - Elizabeth Bear, House of the Rising Sun
25 - Lilith Saintcrow, A Stand-Up Dame
26 - Kelley Armstrong, Twilight
27 - Eric Van Lustbader, In Darkness, Angels
28 - Barbara Hambly, Sunrise on Running Water
29 - Bruce McAllister, Hit
30 - Ken MacLeod, Undead Again
31 - Robert J. Sawyer, Peking Man
32 - Ben Lumley, Necros
33 - Catherynne M. Valente, Exsanguinations: A Handbook for the Educated Vampire by Anna S. Oppenhagen-Petrescu
34 - Charles Coleman Finlay, Lucy, In Her Splendor
35 - John Langan, The Wide, Carnivorous Sky
36 - Stephen King, One for the Road
37 - Ross E. Lockhart, For Further Reading
From Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from Castlevania to True Blood, the romance between popular culture and vampires hearkens back to humanity's darkest, deepest fears, flowing through our very blood; fears of death, and life, and insatiable hunger.
And yet, there is an attraction, undeniable, to the vampire archetype, whether the pale European count, impeccably dressed and coldly masculine, yet strangely ambiguous, ready to sink his sharp teeth deep into his victims' necks, draining or converting them, or the vamp, the count's feminine counterpart, villain and victim in one, using her wiles and icy sexuality to corrupt man and woman alike...
Edited and introduced by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams , By Blood We Live gathers together the best vampire literature from the preceding three decades, authored by many of today's most renowned writers of fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror.
Contents:
(Author, title )
01 - Neil Gaiman, Snow, Glass, Apples
02 - Anne Rice, The Master of Rampling Gate
03 - Harry Turtledove, Under St. Peter's
04 - Tad Williams, Child of an Ancient City
05 - Michael A. Burstein, Lifeblood
06 - Barbara Roden, Endless Night
07 - Garth Nix, Infestation
08 - Carrie Vaughn, Life Is the Teacher
09 - Nancy Kilpatrick, The Vechi Barbat
10 - Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Beautiful, The Damned
11 - David Wellington, Pinecones
12 - Norman Partridge, Do Not Hasten to Bid Me Adieu
13 - Sergei Lukyanenko, Foxtrot at High Noon
14 - Michael Marshall Smith, This Is Now
15 - Nancy Holder, Blood Gothic
16 - Jane Yolen, Mama Gone
17 - Joe Hill, Abraham's Boys
18 - Tanith Lee, Nunc Dimittis
19 - Gabriela Lee, Hunger
20 - Caitlín R. Kiernan, Ode to Edvard Munch
21 - L.A. Banks, Finders Keepers
22 - Brian Stableford, After the Stone Age
23 - Kevin J. Anderson, Much at Stake
24 - Elizabeth Bear, House of the Rising Sun
25 - Lilith Saintcrow, A Stand-Up Dame
26 - Kelley Armstrong, Twilight
27 - Eric Van Lustbader, In Darkness, Angels
28 - Barbara Hambly, Sunrise on Running Water
29 - Bruce McAllister, Hit
30 - Ken MacLeod, Undead Again
31 - Robert J. Sawyer, Peking Man
32 - Ben Lumley, Necros
33 - Catherynne M. Valente, Exsanguinations: A Handbook for the Educated Vampire by Anna S. Oppenhagen-Petrescu
34 - Charles Coleman Finlay, Lucy, In Her Splendor
35 - John Langan, The Wide, Carnivorous Sky
36 - Stephen King, One for the Road
37 - Ross E. Lockhart, For Further Reading