I Vant To Read This New Anthology

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ooks of the Dead press has released a terrific compendium of classic and hard-to-find vampire tales, Best New Vampire Tales.  It’s available on Smashwords for the e-reader and iPad crowd, and should be available soon in physical book form. I love the cover art.

This tome includes a stellar list of authors, including some folks (Matt Hults, Alan Smale and others) you should read if you’re not familiar with their work:

Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Michael Laimo

Bram Stoker Award Winner, David Niall Wilson

Authorlink New Author Award Winner, Tim Waggoner

Bram Stoker Award Winner, John Everson

International Horror Guild Nominee, Don Webb

British Fantasy Award, Science Fiction Award Nominee, Jay Caselberg

Speculative Literature Foundation award nominee, Colleen Anderson

Bram Stoker Award Nominee, Alan Smale

Arthur Ellis Award Winner, Nancy Kilpatrick

The complete TOC:

Michael Laimo - Banalica

James Newman - The New Racism

Steve Vernon - Moving Lines

Tim Waggoner - Preserver

John Everson - When Barrettes Brought Justice

Donn Webb - 13 Lines

John F.D. TAFF - Cold Calls

Barbara Roden - Endless Nights

John L. French - A New House

Fredrick Obermeyer - The Verbpire

William Meikle - Morning Sickness

Scott Harper - Flotsam

David Niall Wilson - A Candle Lit In Sunlight

David M. Fitzpatrick - Sabbatarian

Alan Smale - Bridges

Jay Caselberg - Window Across the Street

Rycke Foreman - A Sunset so Glorious

Matt Hults - Through the Valley of Death

Colleen Anderson - Lover’s Triangle
Nancy Kilpatrick - Farm Wife

Preview: Matt Hults - Husk

Preview: James Roy Daley - Terror Town

Wish I had a story in there, but I think I’ve only written a single vampire story ever, and it wasn’t the greatest.  But hat’s off to these fine writer for sure.  If you’ve enjoyed the stellar anthologies from Ellen Datlow or the eclectic mix of older releases like The Ultimate Dracula, you'll enjoy this collection.  As a bonus you get a preview of Hults's Husk and Roy's novel, Terror Town.

Best New Vampire Tales now on Smashwords! http://bit.ly/hcTqAt