By Blood We Live

John Joseph Adams, Neil Gaiman, Anne Rice, Harry Turtledove, Tad Williams, Michael A. Burstein, Barbara Roden, Garth Nix, Carrie Vaughn, Nancy Kilpatrick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, David Wellington, Norman Partridge, Sergei Lukyanenko, Michael Marshall Smith, Nancy Holder, Jane Yolen, Joe Hill, Tanith Lee, Gabriela Lee, Caitlín R. Kiernan, L. A. Banks, Brian Stableford, Kevin J. Anderson, Elizabeth Bear, Lilith Saintcrow, Kelley Armstrong, Eric Van Lustbader, Barbara Hambly, Bruce McAllister, Ken MacLeod

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 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,...

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