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Classic Tales of Vampires and Shapeshifters
by Tig Thomas
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
This anthology made up short stories, exacts of novels and exacts of short stories. It's quiet frustrating that it doesn't tell you that some of the stories are abridge. This is aimed at teens and it seems random the ones they abridge. The illustrations are good. They break down the stories into different stories.
I probably would recommend this anthology unless you find it really cheap or in the library.
<b>İn THE DARK OF THE Night</b>
Count Maganus by M R James - This is not really a vampire story or shapeshifter. It involves vampire tropes so I get why they included it but it was a choice have it be the first story.
VARNEY THE VAMPYRE by James Malcolm Rymer - Woman faint a lot in this. A random exact from the Penny Dreadful's.
The Horror From the Mound by Robert E Howard - A Spanish Vampire in America. Sadly a white man does not get his comeuppance and instead gets a Mexican man killed. 3/5 stars for spur-rowel.
The Death of Lucy by Bram Stoker : Random exact of Dracula. - Looked at the illustrations. Frankly, random choice especially as Bram Stoker does have a short story prequel to Dracula. I guess they wanted to be original. Also should have brought up Lucy's three boyfriends.
<b>THE BEAST WİTHİN</b>
GABRiEL-ERNEST by Saki - I was expecting this story to be here. Basically don't trust random teen boys.
A TRAGEDY OF THE FOREST by Stanley Waterloo - Set at Christmas eve and ends on Christmas day at lumbermen's camp. The lession here is not to stare in the eyes of a wolf.
THE GREY WOLF by George Macdonald - On one of the Shetland Islands, an English guy gets attacked by the wolve. Another sad ending.
THE MARK OF THE BEAST by Rudyard Kipling - A white man gets what he's deserves on New Year's Eve.
THE White WOLF OF HARTZ Mountain by Frederick Marryat - This is extract involving an evil step mother.
<b>NAMELESS HORROR </b> which was actually mostly Vampires. A few werewolves.
CROGLİn GRANGE - From Archdeacon Hare's Autobiography - Interesting tad bit which is meant to be from someone's true life a.k.a. autobiography.
THE OTHER SİDE: A BRETON Legend by Eric Stenbock - Werewolves are fun and autism is hard to be. Not actually that autistic but the protagonist can be that if you want. 3/5 stars for Blue Flowers.
THE ROOM in THE TOWER by E.F. Benson Benson is haunting me like a recurring nightmare which is a theme he loves apparently. Recently listened to an adaption of The Face by him. I only skimmed the actual story but nightmares being the warning of something bad is definitely there. No explanation of how his friend ended up with the house. This was a re-read. I think I read it from some random horror story site back my early days of the internet. What does in evil memory mean? No one says in good memory. 3/5 stars for Bloody hands.
THE Hound by HP Lovecraft - I think I've seen an adaption this, where of course something a lot more interesting happenings. Lovecraft's story are incredibly boring and tedious for being the foundation in which American Horror stands on the shoulders of. This is not his best.
DRACULA'S GUEST by Bram Stoker - Look its the story I was talking about earlier. It's here. I think this edited down so I went and read it online to be sure. I wish they would just say its the abridge version they putting into these books. It says it's an extract and the only that's true if they have deleted chunks in the middle. I have read this story before because it's in a lot of vampire story collections. I do think it would be a bad start to the Dracula novel since it's so in your face about something supernational going on with Dracula before we even meet him. Johnathan does get a hickey from a Wolf and if Dracula is controlling that wolf, that is incredibly gay.
<b>Fatal Woman</b>
The Vampire Cat of Nabéshima by Anon - Sad ending.
Mrs Anworth by E.F. Benson - Like I said I'm being haunted by Benson. I do enjoy middle-age woman being the supernational threat. Okay, she meant not be middle age and a young widow but the vibe is middle-age. Turns out Benson is homosexual. Vampires really be for the gays and men who have intense things going with other men which might not actually been homosexual in nature but still obsessed with each other. 3.5 stars for Old Bachelors.
CARMİLLA by Sheridan Le Fanu - It's exact that cuts off the start of the novelle a.k.a. the best and gayest parts. It's mostly the hunt that's left.
The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet- I was expecting a house keeper but it was virgin girl way. 4/5 stars for Drugged Drink.
CLARİMONDE by Theophile Gautier: God or sexily vampire that's gonna eat you is the choice apparently.
<b>THE CAPTURED SOUL </b>
THE HORLA by Guy de Maupassant - Cosmic Horror that apparently inspired a famous racist. This was exacted in such a way to be confusing and I should probably read the actual full version.
THE WEREWOLF by Eugene Field -Sadly, your man is werewolf and you gonna have to kill him.
AYLMER VANCE AND THE VAMPİRE by Alice and Claude Askew - Sherlock Holmes but psychic apparently. Who doesn't love a vampire curse?
VAMPİRE by Jan Neruda - A nickname for a guy who paints portraits of the dead. So minor, barely anything. 2/5 stars.
THE FREEING OF LUCY by Bram Stoker - Another exact. So what every decided to include the turning and slaying of Lucy. Basically the parts of Lucy that don't show her as a character and about the trauma of the men.
THE COLD EMBRACE by Mary E Braddon - Sort of classic vampire. Basically men aren't shit and don't date your cousins.
I probably would recommend this anthology unless you find it really cheap or in the library.
<b>İn THE DARK OF THE Night</b>
Count Maganus by M R James - This is not really a vampire story or shapeshifter. It involves vampire tropes so I get why they included it but it was a choice have it be the first story.
VARNEY THE VAMPYRE by James Malcolm Rymer - Woman faint a lot in this. A random exact from the Penny Dreadful's.
The Horror From the Mound by Robert E Howard - A Spanish Vampire in America. Sadly a white man does not get his comeuppance and instead gets a Mexican man killed. 3/5 stars for spur-rowel.
The Death of Lucy by Bram Stoker : Random exact of Dracula. - Looked at the illustrations. Frankly, random choice especially as Bram Stoker does have a short story prequel to Dracula. I guess they wanted to be original. Also should have brought up Lucy's three boyfriends.
<b>THE BEAST WİTHİN</b>
GABRiEL-ERNEST by Saki - I was expecting this story to be here. Basically don't trust random teen boys.
A TRAGEDY OF THE FOREST by Stanley Waterloo - Set at Christmas eve and ends on Christmas day at lumbermen's camp. The lession here is not to stare in the eyes of a wolf.
THE GREY WOLF by George Macdonald - On one of the Shetland Islands, an English guy gets attacked by the wolve. Another sad ending.
THE MARK OF THE BEAST by Rudyard Kipling - A white man gets what he's deserves on New Year's Eve.
THE White WOLF OF HARTZ Mountain by Frederick Marryat - This is extract involving an evil step mother.
<b>NAMELESS HORROR </b> which was actually mostly Vampires. A few werewolves.
CROGLİn GRANGE - From Archdeacon Hare's Autobiography - Interesting tad bit which is meant to be from someone's true life a.k.a. autobiography.
THE OTHER SİDE: A BRETON Legend by Eric Stenbock - Werewolves are fun and autism is hard to be. Not actually that autistic but the protagonist can be that if you want. 3/5 stars for Blue Flowers.
THE ROOM in THE TOWER by E.F. Benson Benson is haunting me like a recurring nightmare which is a theme he loves apparently. Recently listened to an adaption of The Face by him. I only skimmed the actual story but nightmares being the warning of something bad is definitely there. No explanation of how his friend ended up with the house. This was a re-read. I think I read it from some random horror story site back my early days of the internet. What does in evil memory mean? No one says in good memory. 3/5 stars for Bloody hands.
THE Hound by HP Lovecraft - I think I've seen an adaption this, where of course something a lot more interesting happenings. Lovecraft's story are incredibly boring and tedious for being the foundation in which American Horror stands on the shoulders of. This is not his best.
DRACULA'S GUEST by Bram Stoker - Look its the story I was talking about earlier. It's here. I think this edited down so I went and read it online to be sure. I wish they would just say its the abridge version they putting into these books. It says it's an extract and the only that's true if they have deleted chunks in the middle. I have read this story before because it's in a lot of vampire story collections. I do think it would be a bad start to the Dracula novel since it's so in your face about something supernational going on with Dracula before we even meet him. Johnathan does get a hickey from a Wolf and if Dracula is controlling that wolf, that is incredibly gay.
<b>Fatal Woman</b>
The Vampire Cat of Nabéshima by Anon - Sad ending.
Mrs Anworth by E.F. Benson - Like I said I'm being haunted by Benson. I do enjoy middle-age woman being the supernational threat. Okay, she meant not be middle age and a young widow but the vibe is middle-age. Turns out Benson is homosexual. Vampires really be for the gays and men who have intense things going with other men which might not actually been homosexual in nature but still obsessed with each other. 3.5 stars for Old Bachelors.
CARMİLLA by Sheridan Le Fanu - It's exact that cuts off the start of the novelle a.k.a. the best and gayest parts. It's mostly the hunt that's left.
The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet- I was expecting a house keeper but it was virgin girl way. 4/5 stars for Drugged Drink.
CLARİMONDE by Theophile Gautier: God or sexily vampire that's gonna eat you is the choice apparently.
<b>THE CAPTURED SOUL </b>
THE HORLA by Guy de Maupassant - Cosmic Horror that apparently inspired a famous racist. This was exacted in such a way to be confusing and I should probably read the actual full version.
THE WEREWOLF by Eugene Field -Sadly, your man is werewolf and you gonna have to kill him.
AYLMER VANCE AND THE VAMPİRE by Alice and Claude Askew - Sherlock Holmes but psychic apparently. Who doesn't love a vampire curse?
VAMPİRE by Jan Neruda - A nickname for a guy who paints portraits of the dead. So minor, barely anything. 2/5 stars.
THE FREEING OF LUCY by Bram Stoker - Another exact. So what every decided to include the turning and slaying of Lucy. Basically the parts of Lucy that don't show her as a character and about the trauma of the men.
THE COLD EMBRACE by Mary E Braddon - Sort of classic vampire. Basically men aren't shit and don't date your cousins.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence
Moderate: Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking
Minor: Animal death, Gun violence