title: The Complete Vampire Companion: Legend and Lore of the Living Dead
author:  Rosemary Ellen Guiley 
description: The word <i>complete</i> in the title of this book should not be taken lightly. Guiley (Macabre's role was primarily that of researcher, it seems) runs down the history of vampires from their mythological roots to their modern-day film characterizations. Citing various sources both ancient and recent, she demonstrates the universality of belief in vampires and similar beings, and proceeding from the premise that true vampires exist but are unlike those in movies and novels, she examines the roots of the fascination with vampires, the various popular manifestations of vampires, and what exactly vampires are in the context of contemporary society. Sections on vampires in myth and folklore, entertainment, and real life as well as an exhaustive bibliography, a filmography, a glossary, and other resource lists make this an authoritative source on all aspects of the vampire. Interesting and valuable to movie fans, horror freaks, and even semiotics enthusiasts, this is definitely one vampire book to have in your collection, perhaps especially when the 75 illustrations, not available for review, are in place. <i>Mike Tribby</i>
zlib_text: Contents
  Legacy Club Teaser
  Title Page
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
  Chapter Eleven
  Chapter Twelve
  Chapter Thirteen
  Chapter Fourteen
  Chapter Fifteen
  Chapter Sixteen
  Chapter Seventeen
  Chapter Eighteen
  Review Request
  Free Book
  Coming Soon
  Copyright
  About the Author
  
   
   
   
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  Chapter One
   
  The vampire’s body turned to smoke and dissipated into the portal that
  Beli, my soul blade, had cut into his heart.
  Another one, behind you! Isabelle screamed from within the confines of
  my mind. I felt her magic build up in my brow, connecting my and
  Isabelle’s will to an oak that stood to my right. The tree responded, and its
  roots sho