Love in Vein: Twenty Original Tales of Vampiric Erotica

I'd never read Poppy Z Brite, and this book was recommended to me. Generally, I like anthologies, but this book is a collection of hit-and-miss. Some of the stories are interesting, but many of them do not even have vampires in them, or are just so poorly written that they are hard to read (such as the last story in this collection, which is nonsensical and disjointed) Some of the stories are about psychic vampires - feeding off emotion, or sound, or whatever, but this was a plodding book to get through. I can't really recommend this as a good read - if you're curious about what is in here, I recommend borrowing it from the library or a friend first because I bought this new, and really wish I had my money back. Oh, well.

This is an anthology of vampire erotica collected by Poppy Z. Brite by invitation, or by those she invited passing on invites to others.

The quality is quite variable. There are a few wonderful stories, there are some odd ones, there are some disturbing ones and one or two downright unpleasant ones. There are odd takes from familiar names, a few of them being blasts from the past a few names of authors I still read avidly.

If you like your vampire fiction all grown up and feisty you will probably find some stories in here you like and it's worth a read just for that, but you probably won't like them all.

It was a little to heavy on the horror for my taste. I was expecting paranormal romance.

Unique to the genre and very good.

Its a little naughty folks.

A fine collection of erotic, vampiric fiction edited by Poppy Z. Brite. Includes the following stories:

"Do Not Hasten to Bid Me Adieu" by Norman Partridge
"Geraldine" by Ian McDowell
"In the Greenhouse" by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
"Cafe Endless: Spring Rain" by Nancy Holder
"Empty Vessels" by David B. Silva
"The Final Fete of Abba Adi" by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
"Cherry" by Christa Faust
"White Chapel" by Douglas Clegg
"Delicious Antique Whore" by Wilum H. Pugmire
"Triptych di Amore" by Thomas F. Monteleone
"Queen of the Night" by Gene Wolfe
"The Marriage" by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem
"In This Soul of a Woman" by Charles de Lint
"The Alchemy of the Throat" by Brian Hodge
"Love Me Forever" by Mike Baker
"-- and the Horses Hiss at show more Midnight" by A. R. Morlan
"Elixer" by Elizabeth Engstrom
"The Gift of Neptune" by Danielle Willis
"From Hunger" by Wayne Allen Sallee
"A Slow Whisper of Sand" by Robert Devereaux

Followed up by the imaginately titled second volume, Love in Vein II (also worth checking out). show less

The classic horror tale is about fear. But in the last few years a new literature of the macabre has arisen, one that goes deeper than horror, beyond fear, to explore our darkest, most intimate hungers. The ones even lovers are forbidden to share. Acclaimed dark fantasy author Poppy Z. Brite has brought together this genre's most powerful and seductive authors in an original collection of vampiric erotica, a shameless celebration of unspeakable intimacies. It is not for everyone.