The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes is a collection of horror

Horror fiction

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 short stories

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 by author R. Chetwynd-Hayes and edited by Stephen Jones

Stephen Jones (author)

Stephen Jones is an editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications....

. It was released in 1997

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  by Fedogan & Bremer

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 in an edition of 1,000 copies, of which 100 were signed by the author, editor, illustrator, cover artist and Brian Lumley

Brian Lumley

Brian Lumley is an English horror fiction writer.Born in County Durham, he joined the British Army's Royal Military Police and wrote stories in his spare time before retiring with the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 in 1980 and becoming a professional writer.He added to H. P...

 who wrote the foreword. Most of the stories originally appeared in a number of different anthologies and collections.

Contents

• "Foreword: Never Had an Idea in His Life!", by Brian Lumley
  Brian Lumley
  Brian Lumley is an English horror fiction writer.Born in County Durham, he joined the British Army's Royal Military Police and wrote stories in his spare time before retiring with the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 in 1980 and becoming a professional writer.He added to H. P...
  
  
• "My Mother Married a Vampire"
• "A Family Welcome"
• "Rudolph"
• "The Labyrinth"
• "The Sad Vampire"
• "Amelia"
• "Acquiring a Family"
• "The Buck"
• "Keep the Gaslight Burning"
• "Birth"
• "Louis"
• "Looking for Something to Suck"
• "Great-Grandad Walks Again"
• "The Fundamental Elemental"
• "The Werewolf and the Vampire"
• "Afterword: Never Beastly to Vampires", by Stephen Jones
  Stephen Jones (author)
  Stephen Jones is an editor of horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications....