Edited by Ellen Datlow.

OVERVIEW: “These seventeen mesmerizing tales, each one creepier than the next, will delight vampire and other horror fans.” —Library Journal.

For those who enjoy stories that frighten and tales that create disquieting chills, this anthology presents stories of vampires and other deadly, twisted creatures that may look as ordinary as anyone. These others, as portrayed in these disturbing, eerie tales by some of the finest horror writers in the field today, may not sink fangs into necks, but in a variety of different ways can just as effectively drain one’s essence, suck out one’s life, steal one’s soul. With tales by award-winners Laird Barron, Elizabeth Bear, Kathe Koja, Margaret Lanagan, Bill Pronzini, Barbara Roden, Lisa Tuttle, Kaaron Warren, and others, this is an anthology that will slake the thirst for great horror fiction in any reader.

ELLEN DATLOW is the preeminent editor of dark fiction today. Winner of nine World Fantasy Awards, five Hugo Awards, two International Horror Guild Awards, five Locus Awards, and a Life Achievement Award from the Horror Writers of America, she has been the fiction editor of OMNI magazine and SciFiction and has edited many successful anthologies, including Haunted Legends (coedited with Nick Mamatas), which won the Bram Stoker Award for best anthology. Datlow has also coedited the long-running Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror series, The Beastly Bride, and Teeth (with Terri Windling). Among her recent solo anthologies are Naked City and Supernatural Noir. She lives in Manhattan.

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2012 Tor Books trade paperback. New. 320 pages.