Stories from 1816 to 1984. Almost every classic vampire story is here. The monsters range from the undead and psychic vampires to C. L. Moore's science fiction variation.

Contents:

• Introduction by Alan Ryan
• Fragment of a Novel by George Gordon, Lord Byron
• The Vampyre by John Polidori
• Varney the Vampyre, or, The Feast of Blood by James Malcolm Rymer
• The Mysterious Stranger by Anonymous
• Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
• Good Lady Ducayne by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker
• Luella Miller by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
• For the Blood Is the Life by F. Marion Crawford
• The Transfer by Algernon Blackwood
• The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson
• An Episode of Cathedral History by M. R. James
• A Rendezvous in Averoigne by Clark Ashton Smith
• Shambleau by C. L. Moore
• Revelations in Black by Carl Jacobi
• School for the Unspeakable by Manly Wade Wellman
• The Drifting Snow by August Derleth
• Over the River by P. Schuyler Miller
• The Girl with the Hungry Eyes by Fritz Leiber
• The Mindworm by C. M. Kornbluth
• Drink My Blood by Richard Matheson
• Place of Meeting by Charles Beaumont
• The Living Dead by Robert Bloch
• Pages from a Young Girl’s Journal by Robert Aickman
• The Werewolf and the Vampire by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• Love-Starved by Charles L. Grant
• Cabin 33 by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
• Following the Way by Alan Ryan
• The Sunshine Club by Ramsey Campbell
• The Men and Women of Rivendale by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Feu by Tanith Lee
• Appendix I: Vampire Novels
• Appendix II: Vampire Movies