"The Mouth is redder than ever, for on the lips are gouts of fresh blood, which trickle from the corners and run over the chin and neck . . ."
—from Dracula: or the Und-Dead by Bram Stoker.
As the millennium approaches, how will the King of Vampires adapt to the social and technological changes that are
already shaping the beginning of the 21st century? Is it possible that the Count's condition can be cured by modern
medicine? How does the mythology perpetuated by literature and movies affect the existence of a real
bloodsucker? What if Dracula found himself ruler of a world controlled by vampires? Or perhaps political
and ecological catastrophe will result in the Count's final destruction? This special centenary
tribute to the World's Greatest Vampire collects together for the first time more
than 2000,000 words of Dracula fiction plus a long-lost version of Dracula from the original
creator, Bram Stoker, presented here for the very first time since 1897.
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
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| INTRODUCTION: I BID YOU WELCOME |
Stephen Jones |
| FOREWORD: GREAT UNCLE BRAM AND VAMPIRES |
Daniel Farson |
| DRACULA: OR THE UN-DEAD: PROLOGUE |
Bram Stoker |
| DRACULA'S LIBRARY |
Christopher Fowler |
| THE HEART OF COUNT DRACULA, DESCENDANT OF ATTILA, SCOURGE OF GOD |
Thomas Ligotti |
| DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL |
Mandy Slater |
| CONVERSION |
Ramsey Campbell |
| THE DEVIL IS NOT MOCKED |
Manly Wade Wellman |
| TEASERAMA |
Nancy Kilpatrick |
| BLOOD FREAK |
Nancy Holder |
| ZACK PHALANX IS VLAD THE IMPALER |
Brian Lumley |
| WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK |
Basil Copper |
| COPPOLA'S DRACULA |
Kim Newman |
| THE SECOND TIME AROUND |
Hugh B. Cave |
| ENDANGERED SPECIES |
Brian Mooney |
| MELANCHOLIA |
Roberta Lannes |
| CHILDREN OF THE LONG NIGHT |
Lisa Morton |
| MBO |
Nicholas Royle |
| THE WORST PLACE IN THE WORLD |
Paul J. McAuley |
| LARRY'S GUEST |
Guy N. Smith |
| A TASTE OF CULTURE |
Jan Edwards |
| RUDOLPH |
R. Chetwynd-Hayes |
| ROADKILL |
Graham Masterton |
| VOLUNTEERS |
Terry Lamsley |
| BLACK BEADS |
John Gordon |
| YOUR EUROPEAN SON |
Joel Lane |
| QUALITY CONTROL |
Brian Stableford |
| DEAR ALISON |
Michael Marshall Smith |
| BLOODLINES |
Conrad Williams |
| WINDOWS '99 OF THE SOUL |
Chris Morgan |
| BLOOD OF EDEN |
Mike Chinn |
| THE LAST TESTAMENT |
Brian Hodge |
| THE LAST VAMPIRE |
Peter Crowther |
| THE LORD'S WORK |
F. Paul Wilson |
| LORD OF THE UNDEAD |
Jo Fletcher |
Reviews
"The Mammoth Book of Dracula bears the Jones hallmarks of careful editing and assiduous research."
—TIME OUT, August 20, 1997
"Stephen Jones is one of the few editors from whom yet another anthology of vampire stories would be welcome in my home . . . his latest lives up to his established standards."
—Michael A. Morrison
NECROFILE: THE REVIEW OF HORROR FICTION Issue #25, Summer 1997
"Terrific . . . Anthologies don't come much better than this. A must-have!"
—CRIMSON #24/THEE VAMPIRE GUILD, Summer 1997
"The overall standard is excellent."
—SFX Magazine, August 1997
"This volume brings together a fine selection of modern fright-meisters . . . A great book and a suitable way for genre writers to honour the debt of thanks long overdue to one of their own."
—Andrew Haigh
SAMHAIN #63, August/September 1997
"The Mammoth Book of Dracula is a fine collection of great stories."
—INTERNATIONAL VAMPIRE NEWS, July 1997
"The range of styles and moods on display is impressive . . . Stephen Jones has shown, yet again, that themed anthologies don't have to be boring and obvious, and that even vampire tales still have some life – or should that be undeath? – left in them."
—Jay Russell
THE TANGLED WEB
"Here are mysterious strangers with strong, white teeth aplenty, mystified or mesmerised by the modern world, severing arteries and sucking blood."
—Erica Wagner
THE TIMES, June 12, 1997
"An extensive collection of vampire tales for the new millennium . . . tackled with gruesome relish by a host of horror writers. Clearly there's plenty of life in the veteran vampire yet."
—Val Hennessy
DAILY MAIL, May 31, 1997
"A wide-ranging collection of stories featuring a long-lost version of Dracula from the Count's creator Bram Stoker . . . An excellent anthology for horror fans."
—PUBLISHING NEWS, January 31, 1997
