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The Mammoth Book Of Vampires by Richard Christian Matheson, Harlan Ellison, Basil Copper, Stephen Jones, John A. Burke, F. Paul Wilson, Brian Lumley, Tina Rath, Manly Wade Wellman, Steve Rasnic Tem, Brian Stableford, Nancy Kilpatrick, Simon Clark, David J. Schow, Robert Bloch, Kim Newman, Ramsey Campbell, Francis Garfield, Howard Waldrop, Nancy Holder, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Paul McAuley, Christopher Fowler, Sydney J. Bounds, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Hugh B. Cave, Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, Les Daniels, Peter Tremayne, Dennis Etchison, Karl Edward Wagner, Michael Marshall Smith, Clive Barker, Graham Masterton, Melanie Tem

jamieh2024's review against another edition

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3.0

A pretty fair assortment of classic and (at the time) new tales of vampires.
I've highlighted the ones I've particularly liked. This includes:

Human Remains by Clive Barker
Necros by Brian Lumley
The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady
For the Blood is the Life by F. Marion Crawford
The Brood by Ramsey Campbell
Hungarian Rhapsody by Robert Bloch
Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe
Vampire by Richard Christian Matheson
Stragella by Hugh B. Cave
A Week in the Unlife by David J. Schow
The House at Evening by Frances Garfield
The Labyrinth by R. Chetwynd Hayes
Beyond Any Measure by Karl Edward Wagner
Doctor Porthos by Basil Copper
Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
It Only Comes Out at Night by Dennis Etchison
Dracula's Chair by Peter Tremayne
The Better Half by Melanie Tem
An Episode of Cathedral History by M.R. James
Chastel by Manly Wade Wellman
Der Untergang Des Abendlandesmenschen by Howard Waldrop
The Room in the Tower by E.F. Bensen
Laird of Dunain by Graham Masterton
Midnight Mass by F. Paul Wilson
Blood Gothic by Nancy Holder
Yellow Fog by Les Daniels
Vintage Domestic by Steve Rasnic Tem
Red Reign by Kim Newman
Vampire Sestina by Neil Gaiman

justgeekingby's review against another edition

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4.0

A random mix of stories about vampires; some tradition and some very out there. Enjoyable and interesting.

tashaw's review against another edition

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2.0

I think I would have rated it higher if I hadn't already read so many of these in other places. The ones I hadn't...well...there was a reason.

jch2022's review against another edition

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3.0

A pretty fair assortment of classic and (at the time) new tales of vampires.
I've highlighted the ones I've particularly liked. This includes:

Human Remains by Clive Barker
Necros by Brian Lumley
The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady
For the Blood is the Life by F. Marion Crawford
The Brood by Ramsey Campbell
Hungarian Rhapsody by Robert Bloch
Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe
Vampire by Richard Christian Matheson
Stragella by Hugh B. Cave
A Week in the Unlife by David J. Schow
The House at Evening by Frances Garfield
The Labyrinth by R. Chetwynd Hayes
Beyond Any Measure by Karl Edward Wagner
Doctor Porthos by Basil Copper
Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
It Only Comes Out at Night by Dennis Etchison
Dracula's Chair by Peter Tremayne
The Better Half by Melanie Tem
An Episode of Cathedral History by M.R. James
Chastel by Manly Wade Wellman
Der Untergang Des Abendlandesmenschen by Howard Waldrop
The Room in the Tower by E.F. Bensen
Laird of Dunain by Graham Masterton
Midnight Mass by F. Paul Wilson
Blood Gothic by Nancy Holder
Yellow Fog by Les Daniels
Vintage Domestic by Steve Rasnic Tem
Red Reign by Kim Newman
Vampire Sestina by Neil Gaiman
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