Over at the vampire-centric site Taliesin Meets the Vampires, reviewer and site owner Andrew Boylan—who gave glowing reviews to both Blood Feud and Blood Reign, my first Pandora Zwieback novels—shares his opinion of the Black Coat Press anthology, The Vampire Almanac, Vol. 2. You can read the review here.
Why am I mentioning another publisher’s book, here at the ’Warp blog? Because the Almanac happens to contain my contribution, “Night’s Children,” which involves Irma Vep (the femme fatale of the 1915–16 French movie serial Les Vampires) crossing paths with Count Graf Orlock (the Dracula surrogate of F. W. Murnau’s 1922 horror movie, Nosferatu). It’s no romantic tale, however—Orlock is a rat-faced, bloodsucking monster, and Irma, an art thief, is his next intended victim. Who comes out the winner? You’ll only find out by reading the story!
“Night’s Children” first appeared in Black Coat’s Tales of the Shadowmen 4: Lords of Terror, published in 2008; in 2014, it was reprinted in Black Coat’s French-language collection L’Almanach des Vampires—and now it’s back in its original English-language form!
The Vampire Almanac, Volume 2 can be ordered from most online bookstores, as well as directly from Black Coat Press. If you’re a fan of vampire fiction, you should definitely check it out.
