Blood Sisters by Paula Guran

Blood Sisters

Vampire Stories by Women

Paula Guran, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong

Night Shade Books · Print & ebook · May 5, 2015

A tantalizing selection of stories from some of the best female authors who’ve helped define the modern vampire.

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Who it’s for
Explore the many faces of the modern vampire through fantastical stories by women writers.
Themes
Vampires, Women authors
Genres
Short Story Anthologies, Vampire Romance, Paranormal Fantasy

About this book

A tantalizing selection of stories from some of the best female authors who’ve helped define the modern vampire. Bram Stoker was hardly the first author—male or female—to fictionalize the folkloric vampire, but he defined the modern iconic vampire when Dracula appeared in 1897.

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Since then, many have reinterpreted the ever-versatile vampire over and over again—and female writers have played vital roles in proving that the vampire, as well as our perpetual fascination with it, is truly immortal. These authors have devised some of the most fascinating, popular, and entertaining of our many vampiric variations: suavely sensual . . . fascinating but fatal . . . sexy and smart . . . undead but prone to detection . . . tormented or terrifying . . . amusing or amoral . . . doomed or deadly . . . badass and beautiful . . . cutting-edge or classic . . . Blood Sisters collects a wide range of fantastical stories from New York Times bestsellers Holly Black, Nancy Holder, Catherynne M. Valente, and Carrie Vaughn, and critically acclaimed writers Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Tanith Lee, all of whom have left their indelible and unique stamps on the vampire genre. Whether they are undeniably heroes and heroines or bloodthirsty monsters (or something in between), the undead are a lively lot. This anthology offers some of the best short fiction ever written by the “blood sisters” who know them best: stories you can really sink your teeth into.

Vampires, Reimagined

Explore the many faces of the modern vampire through fantastical stories by women writers.

Come here for

  • Vampires ranging from sensual to terrifying, comic to doomed
  • Distinctive stories from Holly Black, Tanith Lee, and others

Expect

  • Short fiction spanning classic and cutting-edge vampire variations
  • Undead heroes, monsters, and figures somewhere in between

Where it sits

Short Story Anthologies53%
Paranormal Fantasy26%
Vampire Romance22%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Short Story Anthologies
  • Paranormal Fantasy
  • Urban Fiction
Authors
Paula Guran, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Published
May 5, 2015
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Vampires · Women authors
Reading lane
Short Story Anthologies