Vampire And Werewolf Stories

A collection of stories about vampires and werewolves, including Jane Yolen's "Mama Gone," Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Vampire," and an excerpt from Bram Stoker's "Dracula."

They are the fearful images that have stalked humanity’s nightmares for centuries, supernatural creatures that feast on flesh and haunt the soul, macabre and uncanny beings that frighten and fascinate the imagination. Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves, and Ghosts collects classic stories from literary masters inspired by folklore and mythology who dared to explore the darker side of human nature and crafted tales that defied convention, stirred up controversy, and gave life to a storytelling genre that has endured for generations. With stories by Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Henry James, Anne Sexton, Oscar Wilde, Yvonne Navarro, Fritz Leiber, Ramsey Campbell, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Angela Carter, and others…

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Vintage Anne Rice—a lushly written, gothic … metaphysical tale. This time, with werewolves.” —The Wall Street Journal When Reuben Golding, a young reporter on assignment, arrives at a secluded mansion on a bluff high above the Pacific, it’s at the behest of the home’s enigmatic female owner. She quickly seduces him, but their idyllic night is shattered by violence when the man is inexplicably attacked—bitten—by a beast he cannot see in the rural darkness. It will set in motion a terrifying yet seductive transformation that will propel Reuben into a mysterious new world and raise profound questions. Why has he been given the wolf gift? What is its true nature—good or evil? And are there others out there like him?

Monsters and shape-shifters have always held a special fascination in mythologies, legends, and folklore the world over. From ancient customs to famous cases of beasts and vampires and their reflections in popular culture, 600 entries provide definitions, explanations, and lists of suggested further reading.

Book #1 of the bestselling "Vampire Love Story" series! Out for a late-night jog, mixed martial artist, Josiah Reign, crosses paths with a group of drunken men assaulting a young woman. In a few short minutes, he takes care of her attackers...all five of them, in fact. Little does Josiah know that this one act of goodwill will introduce him to a strange new world of dreams...and nightmares. After all, the damsel in distress, Lena, is not who she seems, and her friends are the stuff of legends. Worse yet, Josiah finds himself falling in love with not one, but two of these deadly creatures of the night. Josiah will soon learn that befriending the undead has its consequences. And when he suffers a devastating loss that rocks his world, he will discover just who he really is... and what he's willing to fight for. Luckily, fighting is what Josiah does best.

Includes sixteen tales from Transylvanian folklore, arranged in three sections: Ghosts, Vampires, and Werewolves; Haunted Treasures; and Eerie Fairy Tales.

Lycanthrope Rising: The True Story Behind the Vampire-Werewolf Wars is Book II in The Toronto Vampire Chronicles. Headlines scream Toronto police have arrested Dragul Mangorian, a 'real vampire, ' and that he's the last of a race of vampires awakens a terrifying enemy. The Lycanthrope Clan's blood lust won't be satisfied until it completes the extinction of its mortal enemy, the vampire-like subspecies of humanity, the Homo Sanguinus. The Lycans are a special breed of humans whose mastery of technology, animalistic ferocity and alliance with wolves saved mankind from enslavement by the Homo Sanguinus 30,000 years ago. After learning of the Sanguinus' secret vulnerability, the Lycans used it to vanquish the Blood Eaters and believed them to be extinct. Mangorian's capture in Toronto raises him to celebrity status as the ultimate 'bad boy' in Toronto, a city that celebrates diversity. Mangorian enthusiastically agrees to work with scientists who want to unlock secrets held in his genome. He's 208 years old and is immune to cancer and blood borne pathogens. In exchange, Mangorian wants genetic and fertility support to revive his species. He's ecstatic when he discovers Skyla whose one-in-a-billion First Nations genome makes it possible for her to become the Eve to his kind. The rich and powerful Lycans recruit former playboy Tim Gracey and his stripper girlfriend to lead murderous forces that will stop at nothing to keep Mangorian and Sklya from mating. Lycanthrope Rising is part medical mystery, part horror, part action adventure, part sci-fi, and 100 per cent a fast-paced thriller. Lycanthrope Rising is a banquet of genres, leaping from dark fantasy, to police procedural, across social commentary, into reimagined history, back to the present as a medical/techno drama, Mafia crime story, special forces action adventure, political satire, and, of course, vampire horror. A dog's breakfast? Perhaps, but reviewers of Matsui's previous titles, Late Bite and Gravity Games, say the author is able to meld "all these genres flawlessly." On Late Bite: "What kind of novel is this? Late Bite is a page turner, but it is also a novel that will make you think. I'm not sure how to define this novel in terms of a genre. Thriller with mystery and horror elements? An action/ adventure packed crime novel? Or should we read it as a psychological and paranormal character study?" On Gravity Games: "You know when I mentioned that it was a mash-up? It was. From Foodie Thriller to Government Conspiracies to one hell of an awesome Con Game, all the while having all the trappings of SF, fantastic characters, and really tight plot? The novel not only shifted gears effortlessly, it even made it reasonable."