By Blood We Live Author:John Joseph Adams (Editor) From Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer; from Castlevania to Tru Blood, the romance between popular culture and vampires hearkens back to humanity's darkest, deepest fears, flowing through our very blood, fears of death, and life, and insatiable hunger. And yet, there is an attraction, undeniable, to the vampire archetype, whether the pale ... more »European count, impeccably dressed and coldly masculine, yet strangely ambiguous, ready to sink his sharp teeth deep into his victims' necks, draining or converting them, or the vamp, the count's feminine counterpart, villain and victim in one, using her wiles and icy sexuality to corrupt man and woman alike ...
Edited by John Joseph Adams (Wastelands, The Living Dead), By Blood We Live gathers together the best vampire literature of the last three decades from many of today's most renowned authors of fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror, including Stephen King, Garth Nix,Kelley Armstrong, Brian Lumley, Lilith Saintcrow, L.A. Banks, Joe Hill, Sergei Lukyanenko, Tanith Lee, Anne Rice, Harry Turtledove, David Wellington, Tad Williams and Neil Gaiman.
Introduction / John Joseph Adams --
Snow, glass, apples / Neil Gaiman --
The master of Rampling Gate / Anne Rice --
Under St. Peter's / Harry Turtledove --
Child of an ancient city / Tad Williams --
Lifeblood / Michael A. Burstein --
Endless night / Barbara Roden --
Infestation / Garth Nix --
Life is the teacher / Carrie Vaughn --
The Vechi Barbat / Nancy Kilpatrick --
The beautiful, the damned / Kristine Kathryn Rusch --
Pinecones / David Wellington --
Do not hasten to bid me adieu / Norman Partridge --