A Whisper of Blood
β Scribed by Ellen Datlow
- Publisher
- Open Road Media
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 711 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
This "toothy follow-up to Datlow's first-rate Blood Is Not Enough " offers "admirably inventive variations on vampirism" (Kirkus Reviews).
Featuring stories by Jonathan Carroll, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Robert Silverberg, A Whisper of Blood is a "consistently engrossing anthology" from award-winning editor Ellen Datlow (Publishers Weekly). Continuing to expand the boundaries of the concept of vampirism--as she did in her first collection, Blood Is Not Enough --Datlow has assembled eighteen fascinating stories that range from tales of literal vampires to what she calls "metaphorical bloodsuckers," who can drain another's life force without ever sinking their teeth into necks.
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