--- product_id: 5280348 title: "The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories" price: "€ 38.10" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.it/products/5280348-the-penguin-book-of-vampire-stories store_origin: IT region: Italy --- # The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories **Price:** € 38.10 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories - **How much does it cost?** € 38.10 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.it](https://www.desertcart.it/products/5280348-the-penguin-book-of-vampire-stories) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The terrifying and definitive collection of Vampire stories from the masters of literary horror They're lurking under the cover of darkness…and between the covers of this book. Here, in all their horror and all their glory, are the great vampires of literature: male and female, invisible and metamorphic, doomed and daring. Their skin deathly pale, their nails curved like claws, their fangs sharpened for the attack, they are gathered for the kill and for the chill, brought frighteningly to life by Bram Stoker, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, Charles L. Grant, Tanith Lee, and other masters of the macabre. Careful—they are all crafty enough to steal their way into your imagination and steal away your hopes for a restful sleep. Review: The Drifting Snow - Buy it just for August Derleth's "The Drifting Snow." Scariest and most atmospheric vampire story I've ever read. And not set in England or Romania, but right here in the USA. In the Midwest, in fact. You'll learn why you should never open the blinds at night when it's snowing. Review: you must own this book! - A must read for a true Vampire fan. Some stories are amateurish, but very enjoyable. The different beliefs about the night walkers are interesting ie. Some fear crucifixes, some don't. Really interesting and a fun read. Makes you want to write your own tale. Love this book! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #425,700 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #217 in Vampire Horror #618 in Horror Collections & Anthologies (Books) #3,477 in Short Stories Anthologies | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 137 Reviews | ## Images ![The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81jJdpMKndL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Drifting Snow *by F***T on August 9, 2018* Buy it just for August Derleth's "The Drifting Snow." Scariest and most atmospheric vampire story I've ever read. And not set in England or Romania, but right here in the USA. In the Midwest, in fact. You'll learn why you should never open the blinds at night when it's snowing. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ you must own this book! *by O***N on November 11, 2014* A must read for a true Vampire fan. Some stories are amateurish, but very enjoyable. The different beliefs about the night walkers are interesting ie. Some fear crucifixes, some don't. Really interesting and a fun read. Makes you want to write your own tale. Love this book! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ For the Blood is Life! *by P***R on August 27, 2011* This collection is a rarity in several sense, namely: - 1) Unlike similar heavy-named anthologies, this collection actually concentrates on packing a large no. of very good stories (including classics as well as almost unknown stories), from different authors who are very-very famous in their own fields, and thus creates an intense competition among themselves in the mind of the reader by having their differently styled (& themed) works placed side-by-side. 2) Most of the stories are very good, and collectively they cover nearly all kinds of 'vampirical' entities who can prey upon others (I would like to emphasise the 'prey' aspect, to differentiate them from the "Twilight"-sagan entities). The stories in this collection are: 1. Fragment of a Novel by George Gordon, Lord Byron 2. The Vampyre by John Polidori 3. Varney the Vampyre, or, The Feast of Blood by James Malcolm Rymer 4. The Mysterious Stranger by Anonymous 5. Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 6. Good Lady Ducayne by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 7. Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker 8. Luella Miller by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 9. For the Blood Is the Life by F. Marion Crawford 10. The Transfer by Algernon Blackwood 11. The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson 12. An Episode of Cathedral History by M. R. James 13. A Rendezvous in Averoigne by Clark Ashton Smith 14. Shambleau by C. L. Moore 15. Revelations in Black by Carl Jacobi 16. School for the Unspeakable by Manly Wade Wellman 17. The Drifting Snow by August Derleth 18. Over the River by P. Schuyler Miller 19. The Girl with the Hungry Eyes by Fritz Leiber 20. The Mindworm by C. M. Kornbluth 21. Drink My Blood by Richard Matheson 22. Place of Meeting by Charles Beaumont 23. The Living Dead by Robert Bloch 24. Pages from a Young Girl's Journal by Robert Aickman 25. The Werewolf and the Vampire by R. Chetwynd-Hayes 26. Love-Starved by Charles L. Grant 27. Cabin 33 by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 28. Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas 29. Following the Way by Alan Ryan 30. The Sunshine Club by Ramsey Campbell 31. The Men and Women of Rivendale by Steve Rasnic Tem 32. Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Feu by Tanith Lee This list should enable you to appreciate the breadth as well as the depth of this collection, which comprehensively covers the entire gamut of "vampiric" fiction, and in the process brings together some of the most seminal works in the field of horror together in a very-very reasonably priced volume. 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