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their father's edict. They discover an enormous mansion where each finds a special peace and happiness. Then one night Julie meets the real master of Rampling Gate. He is a young-looking, very handsome vampire. He makes her an irresistible offer. |
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525. Robards, Karen. ''Sugar and Spice and . . .'' |
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526. Rusch, Kristine Kathryn. "Children of the Night." |
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This story forms the basis for the novel Sins of the Blood (see #212). |
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527. Simmons, Dan. "All Dracula's Children." |
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The setting is Romania, late December 1989, just after Ceaucescu's execution. A group of Americans arrive to witness first hand the horrors created by the late dictator's regime. Simmons describes the terrible suffering of all the people but most heartbreaking is that of the orphaned children, warehoused in filthy, unheated buildings, many in the advanced stages of AIDS. This story forms the basis for the first six chapters of Children of the Night (see #232). |
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528. Sullivan, Tim. "Los Niños de la Noche." |
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529. Tem, Steve Rasnic, and Melanie Tem. "The Tenth Scholar." |
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A desperate young woman, sixteen and pregnant, enters an exclusive school run by Dracula. There are ten students, and when the classes have finished, one will be invited to stay. She is sure that she will be that special one because her need for him is so great. Dracula, however, has other plans. |
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530. Watt-Evans, Lawrence. "The Name of Fear." |
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531. Ryan, Alan (editor). Vampires: Two Centuries of Great Vampire Stories. New York: Doubleday, 1987. Hardcover. (Paperback edition. The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories: Two Centuries of Great Stories with a Bite. New York: Penguin, 1988.) |
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This anthology contains thirty-two stories that span more than a hundred years beginning with dueling versions of The Vampyre by Polidori and Lord Byron and ending with a short story by the prolific fantasy writer Tanith Lee. In between are found the classic tales like Le Fanu's Carmilla and F. Marion Crawford's For the Blood is the Life and an excerpt from Rymer's infamously long novel, Varney the Vampyre, or, The |
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