The Mammoth Book of Dracula: Vampire Tales for the New Millennium
Edited by Stephen Jones. Illustrated by Martin McKenna.
"The Mouth is redder than ever, for on the lips are gouts of fresh
blood, which trickle from the corners and run over the chin and neck..."
—from Dracula: or the Un-Dead by Bram Stoker
As the millennium approaches, how will the King of Vampires adapt to the social and technological changes that are already shaping the beginning of the 21st century? Is it possible that the Count's condition can be cured by modern medicine? How does the mythology perpetuated by literature and movies affect the existence of a real bloodsucker? What if Dracula found himself ruler of a world controlled by vampires? Or perhaps political and ecological catastrophe will result in the Count's final destruction? This special centenary tribute to the World's Greatest Vampire collects together for the first time more than 2000,000 words of Dracula fiction plus a long-lost version of Dracula from the original creator, Bram Stoker, presented here for the very first time since 1897.
Contents:
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION: I BID YOU WELCOME by Stephen Jones
- FOREWORD: GREAT UNCLE BRAM AND VAMPIRES by Daniel Farson
- DRACULA: OR THE UN-DEAD: PROLOGUE by Bram Stoker
- DRACULA'S LIBRARY by Christopher Fowler
- THE HEART OF COUNT DRACULA, DESCENDANT OF ATTILA, SCOURGE OF GOD by Thomas Ligotti
- DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL by Mandy Slater
- CONVERSION by Ramsey Campbell
- THE DEVIL IS NOT MOCKED by Manly Wade Wellman
- TEASERAMA by Nancy Kilpatrick
- BLOOD FREAK by Nancy Holder
- ZACK PHALANX IS VLAD THE IMPALER by Brian Lumley
- WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK by Basil Copper
- COPPOLA'S DRACULA by Kim Newman
- THE SECOND TIME AROUND by Hugh B. Cave
- ENDANGERED SPECIES by Brian Mooney
- MELANCHOLIA by Roberta Lannes
- CHILDREN OF THE LONG NIGHT by Lisa Morton
- MBO by Nicholas Royle
- THE WORST PLACE IN THE WORLD by Paul J. McAuley
- LARRY'S GUEST by Guy N. Smith
- A TASTE OF CULTURE by Jan Edwards
- RUDOLPH by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
- ROADKILL by Graham Masterton
- VOLUNTEERS by Terry Lamsley
- BLACK BEADS by John Gordon
- YOUR EUROPEAN SON by Joel Lane
- QUALITY CONTROL by Brian Stableford
- DEAR ALISON by Michael Marshall Smith
- BLOODLINES by Conrad Williams
- WINDOWS '99 OF THE SOUL by Chris Morgan
- BLOOD OF EDEN by Mike Chinn
- THE LAST TESTAMENT by Brian Hodge
- THE LAST VAMPIRE by Peter Crowther
- THE LORD'S WORK by F. Paul Wilson
- LORD OF THE UNDEAD by Jo Fletcher
Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones (born 1953) is an acclaimed editor of numerous award-winning horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications. Jones has edited anthologies such as the Best New Horror series, Dark Terrors, The Mammoth Book of Vampires, The Mammoth Book of Zombies, The Mammoth Book of Dracula, The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women, The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes and The Conan Chronicles, 1 and The Conan Chronicles, 2 by Robert E. Howard. Jones has also been co-editor of several books with Kim Newman, such as Horror: 100 Best Books and Horror: Another 100 Best Books with 200 essays on seminal horror books by acclaimed writers of this genre. Jones also edited Dancing with the Dark, a collection of stories of allegedly real life encounters with the paranormal by established horror writers. Jones has been the recipient of a Hugo award and many Bram Stoker Awards.