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• xi • Foreword (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Kim Newman
• xv • Preface (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Neil Gaiman
• xvii • Introduction: They Will Have Blood (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 3 • M. E. Braddon (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 4 • Good Lady Ducayne • novelette by Mary Elizabeth Braddon [as by M. E. Braddon]
• 19 • William Gilbert (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 20 • The Last Lords of Gardonal • [The Innominato] • (1867) • novelette by William Gilbert
• 40 • Anne Crawford (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 41 • A Mystery of the Campagna • (1987) • novelette by Von Degen [as by Anne Crawford]
• 59 • Eliza Lynn Linton (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 60 • The Fate of Madame Cabanel • (1880) • short story by Eliza Lynn Linton
• 68 • Mary Cholmondeley (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 69 • Let Loose • (1890) • short story by Mary Cholmondeley
• 80 • Vasile Alexsandri (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 81 • The Vampire • (1886) • poem by Vasile Alecsandrai (variant of The Vampyre) [as by Vasile Alexsandri]
• 83 • Ambrose Bierce (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 84 • The Death of Halpin Frayser • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 93 • Julian Hawthorne (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 94 • Ken's Mystery • (1883) • novelette by Julian Hawthorne
• 106 • Sheridan Le Fanu (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 107 • Carmilla • [Martin Hesselius] • (1937) • novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [as by Sheridan Le Fanu]
• 146 • F. G. Loring (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 147 • The Tomb of Sarah • (1900) • short story by F. G. Loring
• 156 • Edgar Allan Poe (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 157 • Ligeia • (1838) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 166 • Hume Nisbet (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 167 • The Old Portrait • (1890) • short story by Hume Nisbet
• 170 • The Vampire Maid • (1890) • short story by Hume Nisbet
• 177 • Eric (Count) Stenbock (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 178 • The Sad Story of a Vampire • short story by Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (variant of The True Story of a Vampire 1894) [as by Eric (Count) Stenbock]
• 183 • Luigi Capuana (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 184 • A Case of Alleged Vampirism • short story by Luigi Capuana (trans. of Un Vampiro 1907)
• 192 • Franz Hartmann (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 193 • An Authenticated Vampire Story • (1909) • short story by Franz Hartmann
• 200 • Revelations in Black • (1933) • novelette by Carl Jacobi
• 213 • Anne Rice (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 214 • The Master of Rampling Gate • (1984) • novelette by Anne Rice
• 229 • Frederick Cowles (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 230 • The Vampire of Kaldenstein • (1938) • novelette by Frederick Cowles
• 241 • M. R. James (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 242 • An Episode of Cathedral History • (1914) • short story by M. R. James
• 252 • D. Scott-Monfrieff (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 253 • Schloss Wappenburg • (1948) • short story by D. Scott-Moncrieff
• 261 • H. P. Lovecraft (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 262 • The Hound • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1924) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 267 • Tanith Lee (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 268 • Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Fur • (1984) • novelette by Tanith Lee (variant of Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Feu)
• 283 • Joseph Payne Brennan (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 284 • The Horror at Chilton Castle • (1963) • short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• 293 • Algernon Blackwood (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 294 • The Singular Death of Morton • (1910) • short story by Algernon Blackwood
• 300 • Clark Ashton Smith (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 301 • The Death of Ilalotha • [Zothique] • (1937) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 311 • Johan Wofgang von Goethe (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 312 • The Bride of Corinth • (2005) • poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (trans. of Die Braut von Korinth 1797)
• 315 • Lord Byron (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 316 • The Giaour (excerpt) • (1813) • poem by Lord George Gordon Byron [as by Lord Byron]
• 318 • John Keats (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 319 • La Belle Dame Sans Merci • (1820) • poem by John Keats
• 323 • Charles Beaumont (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 324 • Place of Meeting • (1953) • short story by Charles Beaumont
• 327 • Ed Gorman (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 328 • Duty • (1991) • short story by Ed Gorman
• 334 • David J. Schow (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 335 • A Week in the Unlife • (1991) • short story by David J. Schow
• 341 • Victor Roman (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 342 • Four Wooden Stakes • (1925) • short story by Victor Rowan [as by Victor Roman]
• 349 • E. F. Benson (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 350 • The Room in the Tower • (1912) • short story by E. F. Benson
• 358 • Mrs. Amworth • (1922) • short story by E. F. Benson
• 367 • Basil Copper (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 368 • Doctor Porthos • (1968) • short story by Basil Copper
• 372 • F. Marion Crawford (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 373 • For the Blood Is the Life • (1905) • short story by F. Marion Crawford
• 382 • M. R. James (The Vampire Archives) [II] • essay by Otto Penzler
• 383 • Count Magnus • (1904) • short story by M. R. James
• 391 • Manly Wade Wellman (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 392 • When It Was Moonlight • (1940) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 401 • August Derleth (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 402 • The Drifting Snow • (1939) • short story by August Derleth
• 408 • Alice and Claude Askew (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 409 • Aylmer Vance and the Vampire • [Aylmer Vance] • (1914) • short story by Alice Askew and Claude Askew (variant of The Vampire)
• 420 • Bram Stoker (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 421 • Dracula's Guest • [Dracula] • (1914) • short story by Bram Stoker
• 426 • Algernon Blackwood (The Vampire Archives) [II] • essay by Otto Penzler
• 427 • The Transfer • (1911) • short story by Algernon Blackwood
• 436 • H. B. Marriott Watson (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 437 • The Stone Chamber • (1898) • novelette by H. B. Marriott Watson
• 455 • Jan Neruda (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 456 • The Vampire • (1920) • short story by Jan Neruda (trans. of Vampyr 1871)
• 459 • Clark Ashton Smith (The Vampire Archives) [II] • essay by Otto Penzler
• 460 • The End of the Story • [Averoigne] • (1930) • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
• 473 • D. H. Lawrence (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 474 • The Lovely Lady • (1927) • novelette by D. H. Lawrence
• 485 • Arthur Conan Doyle (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 486 • The Parasite • (1894) • novella by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 509 • Harlan Ellison (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 510 • Lonely Women Are the Vessels of Time • (1976) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 515 • Fredric Brown (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 516 • Blood • (1955) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 517 • Stephen King (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 518 • Popsy • (1987) • short story by Stephen King
• 526 • R. Chetwynd-Hayes (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 527 • The Werewolf and the Vampire • (1975) • novelette by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• 543 • Richard Matheson (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 544 • Drink My Red Blood • (1998) • short story by Richard Matheson (variant of "Drink My Red Blood ..." 1951)
• 549 • Roger Zelazny (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 550 • Dayblood • (1985) • short story by Roger Zelazny
• 557 • Lisa Tuttle (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 558 • Replacements • (1992) • novelette by Lisa Tuttle
• 567 • Frederick Cowles (The Vampire Archives) [II] • essay by Otto Penzler
• 568 • Princess of Darkness • (1987) • short story by Frederick Cowles
• 580 • Garry Kilworth (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 581 • The Silver Collar • (1989) • short story by Garry Kilworth
• 589 • Walter Starkie (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 590 • The Old Man's Story • (1933) • short story by Walter Starkie
• 596 • Vincent O'Sullivan (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 597 • Will • (1899) • short story by Vincent O'Sullivan
• 601 • Dion Fortune (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 602 • Blood-Lust • (1922) • short story by Dion Fortune
• 611 • Everil Worrell (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 612 • The Canal • (1927) • novelette by Everil Worrell
• 621 • Mary A. Turzillo (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 622 • When Gretchen Was Human • (2001) • short story by Mary A. Turzillo
• 630 • Lafcadio Hearn (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 631 • The Story of Chugoro • (1902) • short story by Lafcadio Hearn (variant of
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  )
• 637 • Steve Rasnic Tem (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 638 • The Men & Women of Rivendale • (1984) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem (variant of The Men and Women of Rivendale)
• 644 • Tanith Lee (The Vampire Archives) [II] • essay by Otto Penzler
• 645 • Winter Flowers • (1993) • novelette by Tanith Lee
• 658 • Brian Stableford Otto Penzler • essay by Otto Penzler
• 659 • The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady • (1988) • novelette by Brian Stableford
• 672 • F. Paul Wilson (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 673 • Midnight Mass • (1990) • novella by F. Paul Wilson
• 703 • Arthur Conan Doyle (The Vampire Archives) [II] • essay by Otto Penzler
• 704 • The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire • non-genre • [Sherlock Holmes] • (1924) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 713 • Sabine Baring-Gould (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 714 • A Dead Finger • (1904) • short story by Sabine Baring-Gould
• 724 • M. R. James (The Vampire Archives) [III] • essay by Otto Penzler
• 725 • Wailing Well • (1928) • short story by M. R. James
• 732 • Clive Barker (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 733 • Human Remains • (1984) • novelette by Clive Barker
• 757 • Sydney Horler (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 758 • The Vampire • (1930) • short story by Sydney Horler
• 762 • Hugh B. Cave (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 763 • Stragella • (1932) • novelette by Hugh B. Cave
• 777 • Vernon Lee (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 778 • Marsyas in Flanders • (1900) • short story by Vernon Lee
• 786 • Guy de Maupassant (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 787 • The Horla • [Le Horla • 3] • (1910) • novelette by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of Le Horla 1887)
• 800 • Fritz Leiber (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 801 • The Girl with the Hungry Eyes • (1949) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 813 • Robert Bloch (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 814 • The Living Dead • (1967) • short story by Robert Bloch (variant of Underground)
• 818 • Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 819 • Down Among the Dead Men • (1982) • novelette by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• 835 • Brian Lumley (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 836 • Necros • (1986) • short story by Brian Lumley
• 846 • Ray Badbury (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 847 • The Man Upstairs • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 854 • Manly Wade Wellman (The Vampire Archives) [II] • essay by Otto Penzler
• 855 • Chastel • (1979) • novelette by Manly Wade Wellman
• 868 • Peter Tremayne (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 869 • Dracula's Chair • (1980) • short story by Peter Tremayne
• 875 • Richard Laymon (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 876 • Special • (1991) • novelette by Richard Laymon
• 886 • Dan Simmons (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 887 • Carrion Comfort • (1983) • novelette by Dan Simmons
• 910 • Gahan Wilson (The Vampire Archives) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 911 • The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be • (1967) • short story by Gahan Wilson