The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories ~ Shepard Edited with an introduction by Leslie Shepard Copyright 1977 Ever since Bram Stoker’s spine chilling Dracula revived an ancient superstition in the nineteenth century, the vampire theme has proliferated in novels, plays and films. With the discovery of a real prototype Dracula in the person of Vlad Tepes in the fifteenth Century Transylvania, popular interest in vampires has increased enormously. Dracula has been kept in print by many publishers in many languages and there has been an ever growing demand for all those long out of print vampire stories that thrilled and horrified other generations. Here for the first time, we have assembled the all time greats of vampire fiction in one volume, ranging from Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carnilla through Bram Stoker’s hair raising Dracula’s Guest. CONTENTS SHERIDAN LE FANU CARMILLA GU DE MAUPASSANT THE HORLA COUNT STENBOCK THE SAD STORY OF A VAMPIRE MARY ELIZABETH BRADDON GOOD LADY DUCAYNE F G LORING THE TOMB SEARCH F. MARION CRAWFORD FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE E F BENSON THE ROOM IN THE TOWER ALGERNON BLACKWOOD THE TRANSFER BRAM STOKER DRACULA’S GUEST JAN NERUDA THE VAMPIRE E F BENSON MRS. ARMWORTH VICTOR ROMAN FOUR WOODEN STAKES DR. FRANZ HARTMANN AN AUTHENTICATED VAMPIRE STORY This book is in good condition with some wear to the dust cover. It measures 9 ¼ by 6 ¼ inches with 269 pages