The legend and the lore surrounding the vampire runs deeper than an ocean of seething blood. We love them, fear them, are fascinated and spellbound by their undead existence. Here are thirteen stories of the most dreaded monster in all of supernatural literature.

MOVING LINES - A heartsick gypsy con-artist reads the palm of a beautiful vampiress.

THE NIGHT KILLERS - A squad of vampire hunters fight to protect the post-apocalyptic remnants of civilization.

GROWING SHADOWS IN THE DESERT - A weird west vampire tale of the death of a small frontier town.

THE FAITH OF BURNING GLASS - The last vampire struggles to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

NORMAN BLOOD - The adventures of a youthful vampire caught up in the 12th century Battle of Hastings.

BY HER HAND, SHE DRAWS YOU DOWN - A beautiful young sidewalk artist driven by a mysterious vampiric hunger to steal the life force of her unwitting victims, simply by sketching their likeness.

BLOODLINER - Aided by a vampiric Shakespeare and King Arthur, Jonah Ivory struggles to trace the twisted limbs of a family tree crawling with vampires.

THE LAST VAMPIRE - the story of the last true vampire who huddles in a New York City apartment building, with one last desperate chance to save the vampiric race from total extinction.

TRUE LOVE BITES - Our heroine Alexa travels back in time in an enigmatic attempt to try and understand the mind and the mystery of her vampire mother.

THE RED FANG - A distinctive mashup between the worlds of Twilight, Anita Blake, and the Vampire Chronicles, this tale is a fast-paced, action-packed urban science fantasy which transports fans of the paranormal into a world fraught with conflict. This is NOT your normal paranormal.

DARK NIGHT - Vampire Princess Kora Sinclair receives an urgent message from the Vampire Consortium that her grandmother has been kidnapped. In her role as a private detective Princess Kora accepts the case. Thus begins a deadly journey to save her grandmother and foil a plot to overthrow the consortium. Will she arrive in time or is already too late?

GATEWAY BLOOD - A vampire and his wife do their best to keep their son from making the biggest mistake of his unlife - because even vampires can experience peer pressure.

THE GREATEST TRICK - Would you vote to put a vampire into the White House