Bloodcurdling and bone-chilling! This spine-tingling collection brings together the most celebrated creatures in classic horror fiction. Vampires and werewolves prowl the pages of this book in various weird and wonderful stories from masters of the genre. With classics by writers such as Bram Stoker, Saki and Frederick Cowles alongside more contemporary chillers by authors such as Angela Carter, Anthony Masters and an original story by Alan Durant himself, here is the perfect introduction to an ever popular literary genre.

 

This book is part of a book series called Red Hot Reads .

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Pan Macmillan .

Alan Durant is the author of books for a wide age-range, from picture books such as Burger Boy to top-end teenage thrillers. He also writes prize-winning poetry. Philip Pullman is an award-winning, bestselling author. The His Dark Materials trilogy (Scholastic) has garnered critical acclaim throughout the world; the last volume, The Amber Spyglass, was the first children's book to be awarded the Whitbread Prize (in 2001). His other novels include The Ruby in the Smoke and Tiger in the Well (Viking). He lives in Oxford. Nick Hardcastle is an experienced artist and illustrator whose commissions range from adult fiction to murals on the Underground. He is also a regular cartoonist for the Guardian and the Evening Standard.

This book has the following chapters: Dracula - Bram Stoker; The Werewolf - Barbara Leonie Picard; The Vampire of Kaldenstein - Frederick Cowles; Freeze-up - Anthony Masters; Drink My Blood - Richard Matheson; Dayblood - Roger Zelazny; Terror in the Tatras - Winifred Finlay; Getting Dead - William F. Nolan; The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; The Werewolf - Clemence Housman; Mama Gone - Jane Yolen; Revelations in Black - Carl Jacobi; Gabriel-Ernest - Saki (H. H. Munro); The Horror at Chilton Castle - Joseph Payne Brennan; Count Dracula - Woody Allen; The Werewolf - Angela Carter; The Drifting Snow - August Derleth; Howl - Alan Durant.