'Sometimes the eyes are closed; more frequently open, glazed, fixed and glaring fiercely. The lips, markedly full and red, are drawn back from the teeth which gleam long, sharp as razors and ivory white. Often the gaping mouth is stained and foul with great slab gouts of blood, which trickles down from the corners on the lawn shroudings and linen cerements. the offal of the last night's feast.'

- Montague Summers

An anthology of vampire stories arranged, selected and with a foreword by James Dickie. This unique collection of long-forgotten masterpieces of the macabre from masters of vampirism, includes:

Clark Ashton Smith's two fantastic tales, The End of the Story and The Death of Ilalotha; Marion Crawford's For the Blood is the Life; F. G. Goring's The Tomb of Sarah; Carl Jacobi's Revelations in Black; E. F. Benson's The Room in the Tower; Eric, Count Stenbock's The True Story of a Vampire; H. P. Lovecraft's The Hound; August Derleth's The Drifting Snow; and Everil Worrell's The Canal.

Condition: Pre-loved book. Minor yellowing of pages. Otherwise in good condition.

Format: Hardcover
Year published: 1971
Pages: 222
Sub-genre: Fantasy, horror, short stories
Imprint: Neville Spearman