Indisputably the most famous Vampire story is Dracula. But how did we get to that point?

In this volume we present a roll-call of classic authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, M R James, E F Benson, John William Polidori, Uriah Derrick D'Arcy and many others who short story by short story establish the building blocks of this horrific yet thrilling genre. Here all manner of characters and narratives weave together to bring a unique yet intricate account of the beginnings of this most troubling of literary genres.

1 - Foundations of Fiction - Vampires - An Introduction

2 - Olalla - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson

3 - Olalla - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson

4 - The Room in the Tower by E F Benson

5 - Count Magnus by M R James

6 - The Vampire of Croglin Grange by Augustus Hare

7 - The Horror of Abbot's Grange by Frederick Cowles

8 - The Black Vampyre by Uriah Derick D'Arcy

9 - The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet

10 - Alymer Vance & The Vampire by Alice and Claude Askew

11 - The Vampire by Jan Neruda

12 - The Last of the Vampires by Phil Robinson

13 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman

14 - Mrs Amworth by E F Benson

15 - The Sumach by Ulric Daubeny

16 - For the Blood is the Life by F Marion Crawford

17 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 1 by John William Polidori

18 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 2 by John William Polidori

19 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 1 by Ernst Raupach

20 - Wake Not the Dead - Part 2 by Ernst Raupach