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• 1 • Introduction (Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction) • (1997) • essay by Leonard Wolf
• 11 • I: The Classic Adventure Tale (Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction) • (1997) • essay by Leonard Wolf
• 12 • The Story of Chûgorô • (1902) • shortstory by Lafcadio Hearn (variant of The Story of Chugoro)
• 17 • Count Magnus • (1904) • shortstory by M. R. James
• 28 • For the Blood Is the Life • (1905) • shortstory by F. Marion Crawford
• 41 • The Drifting Snow • (1939) • shortstory by August Derleth
• 51 • Salem's Lot (excerpt) • (1975) • shortfiction by Stephen King
• 67 • II: The Psychological Vampire (Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction) • (1997) • essay by Leonard Wolf
• 68 • Luella Miller • (1902) • shortstory by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman [as byMary E. Wilkins-Freeman]
• 80 • The Transfer • (1911) • shortstory by Algernon Blackwood
• 90 • The Girl with the Hungry Eyes • (1949) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber
• 103 • Torch Song • (1947) • shortstory by John Cheever
• 117 • Bellefleur (excerpt) • (1980) • shortfiction by Joyce Carol Oates
• 135 • III: The Science Fiction Vampire (Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction) • (1997) • essay by Leonard Wolf
• 136 • Shambleau • [Northwest Smith] • (1933) • novelette by C. L. Moore
• 160 • The Hunger (excerpt) • (1981) • shortfiction by Whitley Strieber
• 178 • I Am Legend (excerpt) • (1954) • shortfiction by Richard Matheson
• 188 • Vanishing Breed • (1970) • shortstory by Leslie Roy Carter
• 196 • Unicorn Tapestry • (1980) • novella by Suzy McKee Charnas
• 245 • A Child of Darkness • (1989) • shortstory by Susan Casper
• 255 • IV: The Non-Human Vampire (Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction) • (1997) • essay by Leonard Wolf
• 256 • The Spider • (1915) • novelette by Hanns Heinz Ewers (trans. of Die Spinne 1908)
• 273 • Negotium Perambulans • (1922) • shortstory by E. F. Benson
• 285 • The Stainless Steel Leech • (1963) • shortstory by Roger Zelazny
• 290 • Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Feu • (1984) • novelette by Tanith Lee
• 313 • V: The Comic Vampire (Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction) • (1997) • essay by Leonard Wolf
• 314 • Blood • (1955) • shortstory by Fredric Brown
• 316 • Blood Brother • (1961) • shortstory by Charles Beaumont
• 321 • Count Dracula • (1971) • shortstory by Woody Allen
• 325 • VI: The Heroic Vampire (Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction) • (1997) • essay by Leonard Wolf
• 326 • Hôtel Transylvania (excerpt) • (1978) • shortfiction by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• 337 • The Master of Rampling Gate • (1984) • novelette by Anne Rice
• 359 • Good Kids • (1989) • shortstory by Edward Bryant
• 371 • Exposure • (1995) • shortstory by Laura Anne Gilman