Tag Archive: Horror

Last Rites: The Return of Sebastian Vasilis by Kevin R. Given

“Karl Vincent is a vampire hunter that must prevent the resurrection of the three greatest vampires in history; The Hebrew Lilith, the Egyptian Sekhmet and the Hindu Kali. Lilith has already been resurrected. Now, with the help of a few friends he must prevent the others from being resurrected or Vampires will become three times [...]

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Knuckle Supper by Drew Stepek

“Los Angeles’ drugs are run by the undead. When the LA heroin-addicted vampire and gang leader named RJ reluctantly takes in a twelve year-old prostitute called Bait, humanity is introduced to his otherwise lifeless existence. An unforgiving, vicious and realistic horror story, Knuckle Supper explores chemical dependency, inner-city brutality, religion, molestation, abortion and the very [...]

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Valentine by S.P Somtow

Sequel to Vampire Junction
The sequel to Vampire Junction finds Brian, PJ, and Terry ten years after the disappearance of vampire rock star Timmy Valentine, remembering the terrible night in Junction and fighting the Gods of Chaos who believe Timmy is still alive.(from Amazon.com)
Sequel: Vanitas
Paperback Info: ISBN 0812512405, Tor Books, 1995
More by S.P. [...]

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Bent Steeple by G. Wells Taylor

“Something is in the trees… A blizzard isolates a remote northern village that was stricken by a fatal and unknown disease thirty years before. Some survivors believed a vampire stalked the frozen forests, but their suspicions sounded like insanity. Now their secrets have drawn them back for vengeance, salvation and for blood… it’s happening again.” [...]

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Blood Colony by Tananarive Due

Sequel to: The Living Blood and My Soul to Keep
“Acclaimed for seven novels, ranging from supernatural thrillers to historical fiction, which have garnered her a multitude of fans and awards, Tananarive Due now imagines the story of an ancient group of immortals — a hidden African clan that has survived for more than a thousand [...]

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Passage, The by Justin Cronin

“It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.”
First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable: a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever [...]

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Vampire Testaments Series by Terence Taylor

Bite Marks: A Vampire Testament
“A teenage runaway is killed by a sadistic vampire with the pathology of a serial killer, who has stalked her family for over a decade.  Brought back to life to feed on her child, she’s killed again — but not before reviving her first victim, her firstborn.  The undead infant escapes, [...]

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Sonja Blue Series by Nancy A. Collins

Sunglasses After Dark

Paperback Info: ISBN 1565048490, White Wolf Publishing, 1989

In the Blood

“Love and an Open Vein
Vampire and vampire-hunter Sonja Blue is back, taking out her rage on the demonic blood-drinkers who hide among the living. But her hunt is attracting attention: Morgan, the monster who remade her [...]

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Necroscope Saga by Brian Lumley

Necroscope
“Buried in the Romanian mountains, trapped in unlife, Thibor Ferenczy teaches his human tool, Boris Dragosani, to rip secrets from the minds and bodies of the dead, to gain world domination, but Harry Koegh, the Necroscope, can save both the worlds of the living and of the dead.” (summary from Amazon.com)
Paperback Info: ISBN: 0812521374, [...]

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Laura Caxton Series by David Wellington

13 Bullets
“All the official reports say they are dead-extinct since the late ’80s, when a fed named Arkeley nailed the last vampire in a fight that nearly killed him. But the evidence proves otherwise.
When a state trooper named Caxton calls the FBI looking for help in the middle of the night, it is Arkeley [...]

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Blood Opera Sequence by Tanith Lee

Dark Dance
“Drawn to the ominous house of Scarabae by the promise of passion, Rachaela soon finds herself a prisoner of her own desire, seduced into a dark and dangerous existence by a lover who bears her family name.” (From Amazon.com)
Paperback Info: ISBN 044021274X, Dell, 1992

Personal Darkness
“Emerging [...]

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Vampire Omnibus, The edited by Peter Haining

“Peter Haining looks at the development of the tales of the ‘Undead’ over the past two hundred years.” This collection brings together “not only the earliest and rarest vampire tales, but also short stories on which many of the great horror films of the genre are based; as well as a [...]

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Under the Fang

Presented by the Horror Writers of America.

Includes the short stories:
The Miracle Mile by Robert R McCammon
Dancing Nitely by Nancy A Collins
Stokers Mistress by Clint Collins
Does The Blood Line Run On Time by Sidney Williams and Robert Petitt
Red Eve by Al Sarrantonio
We Are [...]

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Vanitas: Escape from Vampire Junction by S.P. Somtow

Sequel to Valentine
Timmy Valentine, a former vampire turned mortal neo-gothic rock star, must confront his grisly past of death, sex, art, and horror in an attempt to resuscitate his fading career. (from Amazon.com)
Paperback Info: ISBN 0812524780, Tor Books
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Vampyrrhic by Simon Clark

“Not far from the coastal town of Whitby, nesting in the purple hills of the North Yorkshire Moors, is Leppington. Quiet. Unassuming. A forgotten backwater.
Yet beneath Leppington’s streets terrifying creatures stir. Driven by an ancient passion that has become an obsession. United in their burning hunger. They share [...]

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Vampire Junction by S.P. Somtow

Pursuing an exciting and seductive life as a modern rock star and teen idol, two-thousand-year-old vampire Timmy Valentine realizes too late that his high-profile status has made him a vulnerable target. (from Amazon.com)
Sequel: Valentine

Paperback Info: ISBN 0812525965, Tor Books
More by S.P. Somtow: View All Books

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They Thirst by Robert McCammon

“An epic tale of an army of vampires bent on world dominion, the adrenalized, splatter-happy narrative, set in Los Angeles, reflects McCammon’s pulp-horror roots even as, in its richness of character and subplot, it presages his latter work (and the influence of Stephen King). Suspenseful, exciting, and visceral–Prince Vulkan of [...]

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They Hunger by Scott Nicholson

“In a wilderness gorge deep in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, the worst of the natural and supernatural worlds collide.
A crack adventure team is testing two experimental rafts, sponsored by an outdoor gear corporation. Led by Bowie Whitlock, the group plans a three-day run down 13 miles of the most [...]

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Summoning, The by Bentley Little

“The discovery of an apparent murder victim in a dusty Arizona town convinces Sue Wing’s grandmother that Cup-hu-girngsi, Corpse-who-drinks-blood, is on the prowl again.” (from Amazon.com)
Paperback Info: ISBN 0786014806, Pinnacle Books, 2001

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‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King

“Stephen King’s second novel,’Salem’s Lot, is the story of a mundane town under siege from the forces of darkness. Considered one of the most terrifying vampire novels ever written, it cunningly probes the shadows of the human heart — and the insular evils of small-town America.” (from Amazon.com)
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Night Thirst by Patrick Whalen

“Yesterday, they ruled a lonely monastery on a deserted island in the Pacific Northwest. Tonight, an entire city is theirs. They are the New Ones, a thoroughly modern breed of vampires terrifyingly unlike the blood-feeding Ancients who came before them. Now Seattle bursts with the unholy presence of nocturnal predators, [...]

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Night Life by Ray Garton

Sequel to: Live Girls
Paperback Info: ISBN 0843956755, Leisure Books, 2005

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My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due

“When Jessica marries David, he is everything she wants in a family man: brilliant, attentive, ever youthful. Yet she still feels something about him is just out of reach. Soon, as people close to Jessica begin to meet violent, mysterious deaths, David makes an unimaginable confession: More than 400 years ago, [...]

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Monastery by Patrick Whalen

“Chinook Island, twenty-six miles off the coast of Washington State… a solitary place of windswept cliffs and brooding skies. A place where a godforsaken abbey stands sentry over an ancient, unholy secret. Long ago, two priests took a vow in blood-a vow to silence forever the evil [...]

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Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite

Set in Missing Mile, North Carolina and New Orleans. Steve and Ghost of the band Lost Souls? live in Missing Mile, where they are usually drunk and rehearsing. Nothing, an orphan vampire child, admires their music and leaves New Orleans to find Lost Souls?. Meanwhile, three road tripping vampires, Molochai, [...]

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Living Blood, The by Tananarive Due

Sequel to: My Soul to Keep
“From the author of the national bestseller My Soul to Keep comes a riveting new novel of supernatural suspense — a gripping tale that brilliantly showcases a writer at the pinnacle of her astounding storytelling abilities.
Jessica Jacobs-Wolde has somehow survived the worst that any [...]

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Live Girls by Ray Garton

“Davey’s on the down and out when he loses his girl, his job and practically his sanity. While some men drown themselves in a forgiving bottle, Davey believes it’s much more profitable to sink into Times Square’s nightlife and lose himself inside Live Girls. They are the free ravishing pleasures who [...]

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Last Vampire, The by T.M. Wright

“Elmo Land is a young man when he meets the strange and enigmatic Regina Watson. He’s heard she is crazy, that she keeps a white-faced boy in her back room, but Elmo is drawn to her–even though he knows there is something not right about her. Something unclean. Something deadly. Then [...]

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I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

“Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone. Every man, woman, and child in the world has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville’s blood. Now available in an Orb Books paperback edition, this classic novel is universally regarded [...]

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I Am Dracula by C. Dean Andersson

“Told over a series of long winter nights to master horror author C. Dean Andersson, here is the shocking, mesmerizing account of Dracula’s history that renders all other versions anemic by comparison.” (from Amazon.com)
Paperback Info: ISBN 0821760254, Zebra Books, 1998

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Hawkes Harbor by S.E. Hinton

HAWKES HARBOR tells the story of Jamie Summers, an orphan who grew into adulthood as a tough grifter and opportunist. Jamie eventually finds work — both legitimate and of the con-artist variety — on the high seas. Despite the constant dangers of pirates, sharks and hurricanes, Jamie comes face to [...]

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H.M.S. Vanguard: A Tale of Horror by John Conrad

AN ILLUSTRATED NOVEL-(with 17 interior drawings).
1805-The British man-of-war HMS Vanguard disappears mysteriously with all hands in a fiery explosion returning to Portsmouth harbor after the Battle of Trafalgar. For nearly two centuries the warship’s loss provides an unsolvable riddle for maritime historians and scholars.
Now, the crew of [...]

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Eternal Battle, The by Keith Gouveia

Join Mike Caisse as he battles a rising horde of vampires and the beast within him.
Paperback Info: ISBN: 1403313199, Authorhouse, 2002

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Dracula the Undead by Freda Warrington

“It is seven years since a stake was driven through the heart of the infamous Count, and he was beheaded and allowed to slowly crumble to dust. Seven years which have not eradicated the terrible memories for Jonathan and Mina Harker, who now have a young son, Quincey. To free their [...]

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Dracula by Bram Stoker

Through the journal entries and letters of Jonathan Harker, Mina Harker, Lucy Westenra and Dr. Seward we learn of their encounters with Count Dracula and the hunt they plan in order to stop him.
Order Info: SBN 185326086X, Wordsworth Classics, 1897
(There are many editions of Dracula available from various publishers. Once you [...]

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Dawn of the Vampire by William Hill

“Wreythville’s cemetery had rested quietly under South Holston Lake, but now the receding waters exposed an island of graves. And as the tombstones emerged, so did the unstaked dead that had been buried beneath them. Freed, the ancient breed of vampires arose with a frightful new power, seeking vengeance.” (from [...]

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Daughters of the Moon by Joseph Curtin

Paperback Info: ISBN 0786013095, Pinnacle Books

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Darkness on the Ice by Lois Tilton

“Wolff–a Nazi SS officer and a vampire–thirsts for human blood like never before when he is assigned to a weather station in Greenland, and with enemies in scarce supply, he begins feeding on his fellow Germans.” (from Amazon.com)
Book Info: ISBN 155817687X, Pinnacle Books, 1993
More by Lois Tilton: [...]

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Blood Road by Edo Van Belkom

Paperback Info: ISBN 0786015632, Pinnacle Books

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Blood Feud by Sam Siciliano

“A master of manipulation with the power to take life and grant unlife prowls the streets using men as pawns and turning women into victims–all the time thirsting for the death of the woman he once loved.” (from Amazon.com)
Paperback Info: ISBN 0786014288, Pinnacle Books, 2001
More by Sam [...]

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Blood Farm by Sam Siciliano

Paperback Info: ISBN 051700660X, Random House, 1988
More by Sam Siciliano: Blood Feud

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Bite by Richard Laymon

“It’s almost midnight. Cat’s on the bed, facedown and naked. She’s Sam’s former girlfriend, the only woman he’s ever loved. Sam’s in the closet, with a hammer in one hand and a wooden stake in the other. Together they wait as the clock ticks down because… the vampire is coming.
When [...]

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Ancestral Hungers by Scott Baker

Young David Bathory, heir to the vampire throne, returns to his ancestral home with two choices: either claim his birthright at the cost of his immortal soul–or suffer the immediate torments of hell. It’s Hades one way or the other. (from Amazon.com)
Paperback Info: ISBN 0312863055, Tor Books

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Afterage by Yvonne Navarro

“A plague of vampirism has crept across the country, reducing once-thriving cities to ghost towns. In Chicago, a few scattered survivors hide behind the fortified walls of office buildings and museums, raiding deserted stores for dwindling supplies of clothing and food.
Meanwhile a hungry vampire population also struggles for survival [...]

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Candle Bay by Tamara Thorne

“Perched on a fog-shrouded hillside high above an isolated California coastal town, the once-opulent inn was neglected for decades. Now restored to its former glory and filled with well-heeled guests, The Candle Bay Hotel and Spa owes its remarkable renaissance to its new owners, the Darlings. Yet the seemingly [...]

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