The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women
- Publication
- 2001
About the Book
World Fantasy Award nominee 2002, British Fantasy Award nominee 2002, International Horror Guild Award nominee 2001.
Edited by Stephen Jones. Illustrated by Randy Broecker.
Collected together for the first time are thirty-four uncanny and erotic tales of vampires, written by some of supernatural fiction's greatest mistresses of the macabre. From the classic stories of Edith Nesbit, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman and Mary Elizabeth Braddon, to modern incarnations by such acclaimed writers as Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy Kilpatrick, Tanith Lee, Caitlín R. Kiernan and Pat Cadigan, these blood-drinkers and soul-stealers range from the sexual to the sanguinary, from the tormented good to the unspeakably evil. Among these children of the night you will encounter Chealsea Quinn Yarbro's Byronic vampire Saint-Germain, Nancy A. Collins' undead heroine Sonja Blue, Tanya Huff's vampiric detective Vicki Nelson and Freda Warrington's age-old lovers Karl and Charlotte. Featuring the only vampire short story written by Anne Rice, the undisputed queen of vampire literature, and boasting an autobiographical Introduction and original tale by Ingrid Pitt, the star of Hammer Films'The Vampire Lovers and Countess Dracula, this is one anthology from which every vampire fan will want to drink deep.
Contents:
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 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 VENGEFUL 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
- SERVICES 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
- JISAKO SAN by Ingrid Pitt
- BUTTERNUT AND BLOOD by Kathryn Ptacek
- SLEEPING CITIES by Wendy Webb
- THE HAUNTED HOUSE by E. Nesbit
- TURKISH DELIGHTS 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 Caitlín R. Kiernan
- A NORTH LIGHT by Gwyneth Jones
- JACK by Connie Willis
- VAMPYR by Jane Yolen
