Vampires · the Recent Undead

The undead are more alive today than ever. Immortal? Indeed! Nothing has sunk its teeth into twenty-first century popular culture as pervasively as the vampire. The fangsters have the freedom to fly across all genres and all mediums - there's even apps for vamps. Whether roaming into romance, haunting horror, sneaking into science fiction, capering into humor, meandering through mystery - no icon is more versatile than the vampire.Slack your insatiable thirst with the best sanguinary stories of the new millennium: terrifying or tender, deadly or delicious, bad-ass or beneficent, classic or cutting-edge.

ContentsLa Vampiresse • (1999) • shortstory by Tanith LeeThe Coldest Girl in Coldtown • (2009) • novelette by Holly BlackThis Is Now • (2004) • shortstory by Michael Marshall SmithSisters • [Ottawa and the Valley] • (2002) • novelette by Charles de LintThe Screaming • (2004) • novelette by J. A. KonrathZen and the Art of Vampirism • [Women of the Otherworld Short Fiction] • (2009) • shortfiction by Kelley ArmstrongDead Man Stalking • (2008) • novelette by Rachel CaineThe Ghost of Leadville • (2009) • shortfiction by Jeanne C. SteinWaste Land • (2002) • shortstory by Stephen DedmanA Gentleman of the Old School • [Count of Saint-Germain] • (2005) • shortstory by Chelsea Quinn YarbroNo Matter Where You Go • (2010) • shortstory by Tanya HuffOutfangthief • shortfiction by Conrad WilliamsDancing with the Star • (2008) • shortstory by Susan SizemoreA Trick of the Dark • (2004) • shortstory by Tina RathWhen Gretchen Was Human • (2001) • shortstory by Mary A. Turzillo [as by Mary Turzillo ]Conquistador de la Noche • [Kitty] • (2009) • shortfiction by Carrie VaughnEndless Night • (2008) • shortstory by Barbara RodenDahlia Underground • (2010) • shortfiction by Charlaine HarrisThe Belated Burial • (2009) • shortfiction by Caitlín R. KiernanTwilight States • (2005) • shortstory by Albert E. CowdreyTo the Moment • shortfiction by Nisi ShawlCastle in the Desert: Anno Dracula 1977 • [Anno Dracula] • (2000) • shortfiction by Kim NewmanVampires in the Lemon Grove • (2007) • shortstory by Karen RussellVampires Anonymous • shortfiction by Nancy KilpatrickThe Wide, Carnivorous Sky • (2009) • shortfiction by John Langan