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A Coven of Vampires
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A collection of 13 classic vampire tales. It encompasses erotic vampires, bestial vampires, teenage vampires, tentacled vampires, vampiric gods, ghouls, lamias, witch's familiars and blood-suckers.
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3.5
“I think I need to accept that short stories aren't for me. And possibly neither is Lumley. This is a set of stories with a central theme of "vampires", though how that's defined is relatively loose. There's a large H.P. Lovecraft influence and sometimes it works and other times I just don't want Lovecraft. I struggled getting into some of the stories and unfortunately when I got bored of a story I really just wanted to put the book down. I didn't but the experience isn't particlarly pleasant. It's relatively well written, though I don't always love Lumley's prose, as it's a bit dull, but some people will definitely love this even if I didn't.”
“Nibble nibble, drip drip…
I don’t get to read short stories often as I really love long books but this has a few tales that really stood out in my mind, I read this over two months ago and had proper time to digest and after all that time my favorites are still the ones that stand out the most. Two of the stories should be made into full length books, well in my imaginary heaven I guess, one is about a mysterious science loving guy who lives on a fancy little Greek island who knows more about deep fish than anyone, an eccentric millionaire with a secret though, the pouring heat from above adds a realistic layer to the story, the guy sweats non-stop and tells the reporter who was lucky enough to get to his island the story of his life, and perhaps more than he wanted to hear. The guy is a mystery, he dates and marries the most beautiful women and models who seem to die or disappear randomly while guzzling a green algae drink brought by his maid who looks extremely shriveled up, the tale is intense and so good that I was sad to see it end. The other was about a powerful man who could kill anything with his mind and gain it’s life energy and it’s time, but he realized the more he took the more he needed, the story was so intense that I had to read it twice, so original that I had to share it with a friend at work the day after I read it, I enjoyed climbing into bed every night that week and reading two or three vampire stories before I got to drift off and make my own head movies :P….
Brian Lumley is a gifted author who is passionate about his work and it shows, the stories are like jewels in a dark cave, you start each one not knowing what is going on and find a way to this dazzling tale that will make you remember it for weeks and months to come. They are strong and interesting, and each one is very different from the last one and there is over a dozen of them here for the taking, a nice book to read before bed or to keep in your bag for a tasty dose of adrenaline, and I like how each is set in a different decade, it goes from ancient to modern without missing a beat and this isn’t about some boring traditional vampires either, you won’t know what is nibbling on your neck when you read this until it’s too late and you’re totally absorbed and indifferent to the world outside of it. This is a great collection of vampire tales that are all different so this will sure please a wide array of readers and perhaps introduce a few to Lumley who has dipped his fingers into the macabre so well in the past few decades, enjoy!
- Kasia S.”
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