[Henry Fitzroy #5.6 - The Vengeful Spirit of Lak 01] • The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women

Featuring the only vampire short story by Anne Rice, the undisputed queen of vampire literature, and an autobiographical introduction by Ingrid Pitt, star of the films The Vampire Lovers and Countess Dracula, this Mammoth collection brings together thirty-four uncanny and erotic tales by women who have redefined the genre of vampire fiction. From classic stories of the undead by writers like Edith Nesbit, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon to the work of such acclaimed contemporary authors as Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy Kilpatrick, Tanith Lee, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and Pat Cadigan, this terrifying and tantalizing volume turns the conventions of vampire fiction on their head and inside out as it refashions, and revamps, Bram Stoker's urbane Count Dracula in smart, modern, sexy terms. Original and inventive, the tales in this anthology offer a wide and varied range of undead heroines and doomed heroes, from the tormented good to the unspeakably evil. At large among them in the gardens of literature's longest night are Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Byronic vampire Saint-Germain, Nancy A. Collins's "Vampire King of the Goth Chicks," Tanya Huff's vampiric detective Vicki Nelson, and Freda Warrington's age-old lovers Karl and Charlotte. In all, the quest continues—for blood to drink, for souls to steal, for life among the undead.

CONTENTS

Introduction: My Life Among The Undead by Ingrid Pitt

The Master Of Rampling Gate by Anne Rice

Homewrecker by Poppy Z. Brite

When Gretchen Was Human by Mary A. Turzillo

The Vengeaful Spirit of Lake Nepeakea by Tanya Huff

La Diente by Nancy Kilpatrick

Miss Massingberd and the Vampire by Tina Rath

The Raven Bound by Freda Warrington

Vampire King of the Goth Chicks by Nancy A. Collins

Just His Type by Storm Constantine

Prince Of Flowers by Elizabeth Hand

Service Rendered by Louise Cooper

Aftermath by Janet Berliner

One Among Millions by Yvonne Navarro

Luella Miller by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman

Sangre by Lisa Tuttle

A Question of Patronage by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Hisako San by Ingrid Pitt

Butternut and Blood by Kathryn Ptacek

Sleeping Cities by Wendy Webb

The Haunted House by E. Nesbit

Turkish Delight by Roberta Lannes

Venus Rising on Water by Tanith Lee

Year Zero by Gemma Files

Good Lady Ducayne by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Lunch At Charon's by Melanie Tem

Forever, Amen by Elizabeth Massie

Night Laughter by Ellen Kushner

Bootleg by Christa Faust

Outfangthief by Gala Blau

My Brother's Keeper by Pat Cadigan

So Runs The World Away by Caitlin R. Kiernan

A North Light by Gwyneth Jones

Jack by Connie Willis

Vampyr by Jane Yolen