This anthology of vampire fiction--the second in a three-part collection--is an essential resource for readers wishing to delve deeper into the literary figure of the vampire and its social significance from the origins of the genre up to our very days. In this collection, the myth of the vampire is explored in stories that range from Voltaire's scathing political metaphor and Horacio Quiroga's rendition of Latin American blood-suckers through the chilling narrations of the great masters of 19th century gothic and romantic literature.