The Darkest Thirst: A Vampire Anthology

by Barb Hendee, Rick R. Reed, Stirling Davenport, et al.

Includes sixteen stories of the undead by such writers as Stirling Davenport, William R. Trotter, Paul McMahon, Michael J. Arruda, and Robert Devereaux. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891946005
• ISBN13: 9781891946004
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Design Image Group
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An all around great book

The book The Darkest Thirst was an amazing book. The thing I like about it the most was the fact that it was a collection of stories and didn't have one specific author. I find I liked that a lot because then you never know what the next story is going to be like. Most books about vampire that I have read have their low and high spots, where this book was totally interesting from beginning to end due to the fact of the different authors. IF you are a lover of vampire novel like myself you probably have a certain "kind" of vampire story you like. This book is divided five sections: Dark Histories, Obsessions, The Haunted, Redemption, and Arts and Letters. Each section has its strong and weak stories. A few example of the strong ones that I liked where "Waiting for the 400" about a female who convinced her obsessed lover to kill someone who she claimed was a vampire, when it turns out SHE was the vampire. One of the weak stories in my opinion was "Before a Fall" about a mother who was attached by vampires and kill the leader to save her son. All in all, the book was really well written. I think the variety between the different stories of this book is what made it what it is. You can buy this book to read it for a specific section or read it all and enjoy every minute of it. I was high pleased with this book and I think everyone else will be.

Wonderful stories!

I loved this anthology! The writing was just wonderful, and the variety of angles very refereshing. There were several stories that I would love to see made into full length novels. Highly recommended!

A new angle on an old monster

Finally something new! Instead of the increasingly formulaic contributions of Anne Rice & Co, a new (and occasionally skewed) perspective. Let's face it, one doesn't expect to fight vampires in a trailer park, but in this book, someone does. The variations on the themes are invigorating, both to the reader and to a mythic archetype in need of fresh blood, both literally and figuratively.

We finally have some fresh takes on vampires!

I think Anne Rice better watch out. She's got competition in this collection, stories that look at vampires through fresh eyes and with the creative energy absent in Ms. Rice's recent work. "The Alberscine Vigil" is elegant and alive, "Waiting for the 400" is a beautifully described story of obsession and the powerful images in "The Covenant of Il Vigneto" linger in your mind long after the book is closed. "How Brando Was Made" and "The Bleeding of Hauptmann Gehlen" are action packed with lots of plot twists while "The Boy Next Door" and "For The Love of Vampires" remind us we don't know our friends and neighbors as good as we think. "Mercy" pulls at our heart strings. I hope to see more from several of these authors.

this entertaining anthology has anexceptional range

The Darkest Thirst has 16 superlative stories rangeing from classic gothic, post-modern literary to tense psychological horror. Vampires in classical dark settings and vampires in shopping malls and trailer parks roam through this densely packed volumne. It is well worth the money and should become a cult classic