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ACovenOfVampiresByBrianLumleyAlsobyBrianLumleyinNewEnglishLibrarypaperbacHouseofDoorsVolumeIITheSecondWishandOtherExhalationsDagon'sBellandOtherDiscordsTheCompleatCrowandofcourse...Necroscope:TheLostYearsVolumesI&IIACKNOWLEDGEMENTS'WhatDarkGod?',NamelessPlacesed.GeraldW.Page,ArkhamHouse,1975.'BackRow',TerrorAustralia,Autumn1988.TheStrangeYears',FantasyTales,No.9,Spring1982.'KissoftheLamia',Weirdbook,No.20,Spring1985.'Recognition',Weirdbook,No.15,1981.TheThiefImmortal',Weirdbook,No.25,1990.'Necros',TheSecondBookofAfterMidnightStories,ed.AmyMyers,Wm.Kimber,1986.TheThingfromtheBlastedHeath,'TheCalleroftheBlack,ArkhamHouse,1971.'Uzzi',Fear,September/October1988.'Haggopian',TheMagazineof FantasyandScienceFiction,June1973.ThePicknickers',FinalShadows,ed.CharlesL.Grant,
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Doubleday,1991.'ZackPhalanxisVladtheImpaler',Weirdbook,No.11,March1977.TheHouseoftheTemple',WeirdTales,Vol.48,No.3,Fall1981.CONTENTSWhatDarkGod?BackRowTheStrangeYearsKissoftheLamiaRecognitionTheThiefImmortalNecrosTheThingfromtheBlastedHeathUzziHaggopianThePicnickersZackPhalanxisVladtheImpaler!TheHouseoftheTempleFOREWORDI'vebeenhooked(orshouldthatbeimpaled?)onvampireseversinceIwasakid.Butdon'taskmeto beexact,becausewhenIwasakidwasalongtimeago.Itwasprobablythoseoldbooksmyfather usedtokeeponahighshelfheknewIcouldn'treach...withouttheaidofstepladders.ThestepladderswouldcomeoutwheneverMomandDadwouldmakeoneoftheirrareexcursionsoutintotheworld,maybetothePicturehouseortheRitzortheEmpress,toseethelatestbigpicture-thelatest'movie',toyouAmericancousins.ItwouldbesomethingwithBettyGrable,maybe,orDick Haymes.
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Butah,thosebooks!Doyourememberallthosebig,heavy,black-boundbooks?FiftyGreatMysteries!FiftyGreatTalesofTerrorandtheImagination!FiftyThisandFiftyThat.Perhapsthoseweren'ttheprecisetitles-it'shardtoremembernow-butI'llneverforgettheweightandthelooks,andthesmell,ofthosebooks;theyweremustyeventhen.Theblackbatembossedintothebindingcloth;theclaw-likehanddrawingbackthecurtains,andthesinisterfigurebeyondthecurtains.Andtheinterior illustrations.Thehorridinteriorillustrations!Thenakedblackgirlwrappedinacarnivoroustree'stendrils, beinghoistedtoherdoomlikeacocoonedfly.Thatonestuckinmyboy'smindforalongtime;it'sstillthere,infact,justasfresh(andasmonstrous)asever.Allthosebooks,andsomeofthemmusthavecontainedvampirestories,I'msure...IhadalibraryticketwhenIwaseight,andIthinkIwasmaybehalfwaythroughBramStoker'sDracula before'they'evennoticed.Butthatwasokay...Draculawasaclassicafterall.Thenmybigbrother,Harry-justabouttobedraftedforNationalService-startedtoreadit,andheaskedtheOldFolks:'Doyoureallythinkheshouldbereadingthis?Won'titgivehimnightmares?'Thanksabunch,bigbrother!AfterthatIhadtoreaditchapterbychapterinthelibrary.BeforeIwassixteen,Iwasoutofschoolandhadajobasanapprenticemachinist.Thatmeantabusrideintotowneveryworkday,andtherewasanewsagentoppositewhereIgotoffthebus.Itmusthave beentheearlytomid-50s,andonemorningIsawthisgarishmagazinecoverglaringatmethroughthewindowoftheshop.WeirdTales,Andthe's'lookedlikeitwasabouttofallofftheendofthetitle.ThoseBritisheditionWTwere-wow!-awholeshillingeachinthosedays.Thatwasgoodmoney.In pristineconditionthey'deasilyfetchtwohundredtimesthatamountnow.Thatisreallygoodmoney!But justlookingatthecoverofthatfirstofmanyissues(myfirstissue,anyway)waslikeseeingoneofthoseancientmarinermapswiththelegend'HerebeMonsters,'stampedoverunchartedwaters.AndinWT'sterms,'HerebeVampires,'too!Oh,yes,thosemagazinesweredefinitelymybloodgroup.AndIusedtosuck'embonedry.1958.TheyearIwasdrafted.Andthatwasahorrorstoryinitsownright...well,untilIgottolikeit.AndIlikeditsomuchIsignedonfortwenty-twoyears.Butthat'snottheonlyreasonIremember'58. Notabitofit,forit'salsotheyeartheyreleasedDraculaonfilmagain-onlythistimewithChristopher LeeasthebloodthirstyCount.Nowtellme,isn'tthatscenewherehestridespastthecastle'sbattlementswithhiscloakbellingbehindhimjustoneofyourfavourites?It'soneofmine,besure!Butwhoa-I'vemissedsomething!Andaveryimportantsomethingatthat.DoyourememberEC?No,ofcourseyoudon't,'cosyouwerealittlekidthenandyourbigbrotherwouldprobablyhavetoldonyou.TalesFromtheCrypt,andTheVaultofHorror,and...God,therewasawholegaggleofthem! NotonlyECbutotherpublishers,too.Frankenstein,BlackMagic-man,Irememberthosetitles!Andtheywerecalled'comics'...?Youknow,I'mfrequentlyaccusedofusingtoomanyexclamationmarks.Buthonestly,howcouldIwritethiswithoutthem?Ineedexclamationmarkstomakemypoint.WhichisthatECwasVampireWonderlandtome.Wasthereeveranissuewithoutavampirestory?Well,maybe,butIcan'tremember one.(OrmaybeIjustdon'twantto.)
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