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• xiii • Introduction (Vampires) • (1987) • essay by Alan Ryan
• 1 • Fragment of a Novel • (1987) • short story by Lord George Gordon Byron [as by George Gordon, Lord Byron]
• 7 • The Vampyre • [Lord Ruthven] • (1970) • novelette by Dr. John William Polidori (variant of The Vampyre: A Tale 1819) [as by John Polidori]
• 26 • Varney the Vampyre, or, The Feast of Blood (excerpt) • [Varney the Vampyre (excerpts)] • short fiction by James Malcolm Rymer (variant of Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood (excerpt) 1979)
• 36 • The Mysterious Stranger • (1854) • novelette by Karl von Wachsmann (trans. of Der Fremde 1844) [as by Anonymous]
• 71 • Carmilla • [Martin Hesselius] • (1872) • novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu [as by J. Sheridan Le Fanu]
• 138 • Good Lady Ducayne • (1896) • novelette by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
• 163 • Dracula's Guest • [Dracula] • (1914) • short story by Bram Stoker
• 175 • Luella Miller • (1974) • short story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman [as by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman]
• 188 • For the Blood Is the Life • (1905) • short story by F. Marion Crawford
• 203 • The Transfer • (1911) • short story by Algernon Blackwood
• 213 • The Room in the Tower • (1912) • short story by E. F. Benson
• 225 • An Episode of Cathedral History • (1914) • short story by M. R. James
• 241 • A Rendezvous in Averoigne • [Averoigne] • (1931) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 255 • Shambleau • [Northwest Smith] • (1933) • novelette by C. L. Moore
• 282 • Revelations in Black • (1933) • novelette by Carl Jacobi
• 301 • School for the Unspeakable • (1937) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 311 • The Drifting Snow • (1939) • short story by August Derleth
• 322 • Over the River • (1941) • short story by P. Schuyler Miller
• 334 • The Girl with the Hungry Eyes • (1949) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 349 • The Mindworm • (1950) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 362 • Drink My Blood • (1951) • short story by Richard Matheson (variant of "Drink My Red Blood ...")
• 371 • Place of Meeting • (1953) • short story by Charles Beaumont
• 376 • The Living Dead • (1967) • short story by Robert Bloch (variant of Underground)
• 382 • Pages from a Young Girl's Journal • (1973) • novelette by Robert Aickman
• 415 • The Werewolf and the Vampire • (1975) • novelette by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• 441 • Love-Starved • (1979) • short story by Charles L. Grant
• 451 • Cabin 33 • [Count of Saint-Germain] • (1980) • novella by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• 505 • Unicorn Tapestry • [The Vampire Tapestry] • (1980) • novella by Suzy McKee Charnas
• 562 • Following the Way • (1982) • short story by Alan Ryan
• 574 • The Sunshine Club • (1983) • short story by Ramsey Campbell
• 579 • The Men & Women of Rivendale • (1984) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem (variant of The Men and Women of Rivendale)
• 588 • Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Feu • (1984) • novelette by Tanith Lee
• 613 • Appendix I: Vampire Novels • essay by uncredited
• 618 • Appendix II: Vampire Movies • essay by uncredited