Few parts of America are as historied as the South, so it’s no surprise that many southern horror stories feature the long-lived vampire. Vampire Stories from the American South is a feast of fear for lovers of vampire fiction, offering a dozen tales in which insatiable vampires prowl plantations and scour the bayous in search of mortal blood. Spanning settings that range from Virginia to Louisiana, and from Florida to Texas, these stories feature creatures of the living dead that are haunting incarnations of local color and folklore unique to the southern states. Some of those raised here include: *a blood-drinking monster of the Mardi-Gras in Susan Shwartz’s “TheCarpetbagger”*femme fatale who stalks the Civil War battlefields in Manly Wade Wellman’s“The Cursed Damozel”*an Elvis Presley immortalized by more than his music in Tracy A. Knight’s“Blessed By His Dying Tongue” The South rises again in these eerie tales of the supernatural, and the shape it takes is sure to bring a chill on the most sultry southern summer night!
