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Pages in category "Short stories about vampires" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
"A Vampire in the Neighborhood" short story in Tales to Give you Goosebumps by R.L. Stine (1994) Vampire Breath book #49 in the Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine (1996) Please Don't Feed the Vampire! book #15 in the Give Yourself Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine (1997) The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series by Z Brewer (2007)
The Black Vampyre; A Legend of St. Domingo is an American short story published in 1819 by the pseudonymous Uriah Derick D'Arcy. [1] It is credited as "the first black vampire story, the first comedic vampire story, the first story to include a mulatto vampire, the first vampire story by an American author, and perhaps the first anti-slavery short story."
The story was an immediate popular success, partly because of the Byron attribution and partly because it exploited the gothic horror predilections of the public. Polidori transformed the vampire from a character in folklore into the form that is recognized today—an aristocratic fiend who preys among high society. [3]
Dracula may be the most famous work of vampire fiction, but there's plenty of exciting new releases and classics to sink your teeth into. The 27 Best Vampire Books to Read This Fall Skip to main ...
'Let the Dead Rest') is a short story by Ernst Raupach published in Minerva magazine in 1823. It was one of the earliest vampire stories. The story was translated into English in Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations (1823) without crediting Raupach, and was often misattributed to Ludwig Tieck in the English-speaking world. [1]
Clarimonde is a vampire and like Dracula she represents "the highest symbolic representation of eroticism" in Gautier's short story. This is a different take on the vampire theme, since most vampires are males who seduce females. In this story, it is the female vampire who seduces a young man.
Countless vampire stories make the allure of the vampire as some sort of forbidden fruit—tantalizing, but a bite will invariably lead to ruin. With Twilight, the longing themes of the genre ...