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    Blood and Other Cravings: Original Stories of Vampires and Vampirism by Today's Greatest Writers of Dark Fiction
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    Blood and Other Cravings: Original Stories of Vampires and Vampirism by Today's Greatest Writers of Dark Fiction

    By Macmillan Publishers

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    When we think of vampires, instantly the image arises: fangs sunk deep into the throat of the victim. But bloodsucking is merely one form of vampirism. For this brilliantly original anthology, Ellen Datlow has commissioned stories from many of the most powerfully dark voices in contemporary horror, who conjure tales of vampirism that will chill readers to the marrow.

    In addition to the traditional fanged vampires, Datlow presents stories about the leeching of emotion, the draining of the soul, and other dark deeds of predation and exploitation, infestation, and evisceration…tales of life essence, literal or metaphorical, stolen.
    Seventeen stories, by such award-winning authors as Elizabeth Bear, Richard Bowes, Kathe Koja, Margo Lanagan, Carol Emshwiller, and Lisa Tuttle will petrify readers. With dark tales by Laird Barron, Barry Malzberg and Bill Pronzini, Kaaron Warren, and other powerful voices, Blood and Other Cravings will redefine the terror of vampires and vampirism.


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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateSep 13, 2011
    ISBN9781429984584
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    • 4/5
      I was very excited to receive this collection of stories. This is the third Ellen Datlow collection I’ve read, the second that I’ve reviewed, and I think she does a great job of choosing really interesting stories that all play to a theme. Blood and Other Cravings isn’t your typical book about vampires. These aren’t necessarily creatures that suck your blood and hate garlic, but they are creatures who steal something essential from you. They draw something — energy, will, love, vitality — from you and leave your diminished. They aren’t terribly happy stories, not surprisingly. Two of them were so cruel that I found them deeply disturbing. But all in all, this is a very good collection.It’s always tough to review a book of short stories. Where do you begin? What if you love some stories and hate others? This is pretty easy review, though: most of the stories were quite good. I didn’t love the collection as much as I did Naked City, but I think that is partly because of the subject matter. Talking about something that sucks the life out of you — even if we’re not talking about your blood — is not cheery. But the stories aren’t all doom and gloom, they just aren’t as funny as in some of the other collections.I particularly enjoyed “X for Demetrious” by Stephen Duffy. It is based on the true story of a man who was found dead in his apartment, surrounded by lines of salt, bottles of…waste, and cloves of garlic. It is a distressing look at a mind that is caving in on itself. I was also thrilled to see a story from Kathe Koja — I reviewed her novel Under the Poppy last year and loved it. “Toujours” is not a vampire story, but it is a story about losing the thing that sustains you, having it taken away from you. It fits right in, in its own way.Overall, this is an excellent collection. There are stories that look at the theme from a variety of angles. There’s a bit of humor (“The Baskerville Midgets” by Reggie Oliver) and a couple of good scares.You can read my full review at my website, Alive on the Shelves.
    • 3/5
      I was pretty excited to get this book, because I am a fan of Ellen Datlow, and I generally love her anthologies. With any anthology, I don't expect to love all the stories, but with a good editor, I expect to find at least a few exceptional pieces. I like several of the authors included here a lot, too. However, I felt that nearly all of the stories here were good-but-not-great. That also means that there wasn't anything here that I thought was a waste of time, or annoying. It's a solid book.
      The stories are nearly all in a contemporary setting, and nearly all deal with unconventional aspects of vampirism. (If you're looking for the fanged, caped figure in a crumbling Romanian castle, you won't find him here.) Coincidentally, however, my favorite story in the book, 'Mulberry Boys,' is really science fiction, and only by a stretch a 'vampire' story. (It is creepy, though!)
      Overall, I'd say this is a worthwhile, but not an essential, read.

      contents:
      "All You Can Do is Breathe" by Kaaron Warren
      "Needles" by Elizabeth Bear
      "Baskerville's Midgets" by Reggie Oliver
      "Blood Yesterday, Blood Tomorrow" by Richard Bowes
      "X For Demetrious" by Steve Duffy
      "Keeping Corky" by Melanie Tem
      "Shelf-Life" by Lisa Tuttle
      "Caius" by Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini
      "Sweet Sorrow" by Barbara Roden
      "First Breath" by Nicole J. LeBoeuf
      "Toujours" by Kathe Koja
      "Miri" by Steve Rasnic Tem
      "Mrs. Jones" by Carol Emshwiller
      "Bread and Water" by Michael Cisco
      "Mulberry Boys" by Margo Lanagan
      "The Third Always Beside You" by John Langan
      "The Siphon" by Laird Barron