title: Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead
author:  Nancy Kilpatrick 
description: Kilpatrick has done a first-class job of selecting and editing 23 stories and 1 poem of the undead, all by Canadian writers. Her introduction is an informative summary of the development of vampires in popular entertainment, and the stories themselves are vignettes of vampires in the early-twenty-first century. The backgrounds and characters vary, but all the writing is of very high quality. The authors include Rebecca Bradley, Tanya Huff, Steve Vernon, Michael Skeet, and Claude Bulduc (whose story is translated from the French). Excellent work all around. --Frieda Murray
zlib_text: VAMPIRES:  
  The Recent Undead
  
  Edited by  
  Paula Guran
  
  To Chelsea Quinn Yarbro:
  
  A woman to whom many who write (or read) vampire fiction owe more than they
  may realize.
  
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  Copyright © 2011 by Paula Guran.
  
  Cover art by Szabo Balaz.
  
  Cover design by Stephen H. Segal.
  
  Ebook design by Neil Clarke.
  
  ISBN: 978-1-60701-298-6 (ebook)
  
  ISBN: 978-1-60701-254-2 (trade paperback)
  
  All stories are copyrighted to their respective authors,and used here with
  their permission.
  
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  No portion of this book may be reproduced by any means, mechanical,
  electronic, or otherwise, without first obtaining the permission of the
  copyright holder.
  
  For more information, contact Prime Books.
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  [Introduction](Vampires_The_Recent_Undead_split_002.html#filepos5919) by Paula
  Guran
  
  [The Coldest Girl in
  Coldtown](Vampires_The_Recent_Undead_split_003.html#filepos20828) by Holly
  Black
  
  [This Is Now](Vampires_The_Recent_Undead_split_004.html#filepos70849)