The Vampire Archives, Otto Penzler
The Vampire Archives, Otto Penzler
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The Vampire Archives
The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published

Author: Otto Penzler, Kim Newman

Narrator: Various

Unabridged: 61 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/15/2011

Synopsis

The Vampire Archives is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories, as well as the most comprehensive bibliography of vampire fiction ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there’s no escape.

Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now Otto Penzler—editor of the bestselling Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps—has compiled the darkest, the scariest, and by far the most evil collection of vampire stories ever. With over eighty stories, including the works of Stephen King and D. H. Lawrence, alongside Lord Byron and Tanith Lee, not to mention Edgar Allan Poe and Harlan Ellison, The Vampire Archives will drive a stake through the heart of any other collection out there.

Other contributors include:
Arthur Conan Doyle • Ray Bradbury • Ambrose Bierce • H. P. Lovecraft • Harlan Ellison • Roger Zelazny • Robert Bloch • Clive Barker

About The Author

Otto Penzler is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. He was publisher of The Armchair Detective, the founder of the Mysterious Press and the Armchair Detective Library, and created the publishing firm Otto Penzler Books. He is a recipient of an Edgar Award for The Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection and the Ellery Queen Award by the Mystery Writers of America for his many contributions to the field. He is the series editor of The Best American Mystery Stories of the Year. His other anthologies include Murder for Love, Murder for Revenge, Murder and Obsession, The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, and The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century. He wrote 101 Greatest Movies of Mystery & Suspense. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deborah on September 05, 2015

This book is just what it ought to be -- great, varied, and complete without being boringly exhaustive. It's a good mix of classic and modern writers, each given a brief but informative introduction at the beginning of his or her story. Some of the stories won't make sense unless you know some legen......more

Goodreads review by Anca on April 08, 2016

Mixed bag of stories. For reference, this is the list of contents: Pre-Dracula: Good Lady Ducayne by Mary Elizabeth Braddon The Last Lords of Gardonal by William Gilbert A Mystery of the Campagna by Anne Crawford The Fate of Madame Cabanel by Eliza Lynn Linton Let Loose by Mary Cholmondeley The Vampire by......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on November 15, 2020

What a great book to read as the days get colder and the sky gets greyer. I have read some of the stories in other anthologies, but I also read quite a few new ones. Some were just good old fashioned scary reads, while others were thought provoking and disturbing. This thick book is filled with a thou......more

Goodreads review by Takipsilim on January 12, 2010

Having been impressed and much moved by The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age--The '20s, '30s & '40s, I decided to get this book after seeing the same editor and overlooking the tacky and cheap-looking cover. I wasn't too familiar with Vamp......more

Goodreads review by Jason on December 02, 2010

Outstanding but it's really weird that Penzler leaves out "The Vampyre" because he thinks it's poorly written. It seems like a complete archive should include it anyway.......more

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