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Feast of Blood. Also included are brief, annotated lists of vampire novels and films. As in this anthology the stories are listed in order of the date of original publication.
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532. Byron, George Gordon, Lord. "Fragment of a Novel" (1816).
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533. Polidori, John. "The Vampyre" (1819).
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534. Rymer, James Malcolm. "Varney the Vampyre, or, the Feast of Blood" (1845) (excerpt).
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535. Anonymous. "The Mysterious Stranger" (1860).
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536. LeFanu, J. Sheridan. "Carmilla" (1872).
Laura relates the horrifying events that surrounded her meeting with a beautiful young woman named Carmilla. At first, Carmilla seems a gracious, friendly girl, although a bit mysterious about her family. Laura thinks it only a coincidence that Carmilla resembles the portrait of the long dead Mircalla, Countess Karnstein. But it is not a coincidence. She is a most dangerous and seductive vampire.
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537. Braddon, Mary Elizabeth. "Good Lady Ducayne" (1896).
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538. Stoker, Bram. "Dracula's Guest" (1897).
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539. Wilkins-Freeman, Mary E. "Luella Miller" (1903).
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540. Crawford, F. Marion. "For the Blood Is the Life" (1911).
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541. Blackwood, Algernon. "The Transfer" (1912).
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542. Benson, E. F. "The Room in the Tower" (1912).
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543. James, M. R. "An Episode of Cathedral History" (1919).
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544. Smith, Clark Ashton. "A Rendezvous in Averoigne" (1931).
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545. Moore, C. (Catherine) L. "Shambleau" (1933).
Written in 1933, this classic story is based on the myth of Medusa. In a future time when Mars has been colonized, a man pro-

 
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