{"product_id":"2940016449432","title":"The Blood Is The Life: An Anthology of Early Vampire Fiction","description":"This anthology is the definitive collection of classic\/early vampire fiction. It is broken into three sections: the first is for classic vampire stories, the second is dedicated to psychic vampirism, and the last contains a few stories which are frequently listed as vampire stories, but are not actually about vampires. There are a total of 18 stories, plus two appendices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories contain the original illustrations from their first publications, and there are three of the editor’s original photographs at the section breaks. There is also a clickable table of contents for easy navigation through the text. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first appendix details a few select cases of real life vampires that may have served as inspiration for many of the stories within the anthology. The second appendix, Sacred Blood, is an essay about the sacredness of blood throughout history and the major world religions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Early Vampire Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Vampyre; A Tale by John William Polidori\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Singular Death of Morton by Algernon Blackwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor The Blood Is The Life by F. Marion Crawford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLigeira by Edgar Allen Poe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchalken The Painter by J. Sheridan LeFanu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet Loose by Mary Cholmondeley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Green Picture by Charles Skinner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe True Story of a Vampire by Count Eric Stenbock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Psychic Vampires\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLuella Miller by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Transfer by Algernon Blackwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe House of the Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Not Quite Vampires\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLazarus by Leonid Andreyev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMorella by Edgar Allen Poe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mortal Immortal by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Real Cases of Vampires\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Sacred Blood","brand":"The Forlorn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174078562544,"sku":"2940016449432","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016449432_p0.jpg?v=1763635931","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016449432","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}