Vampires...those frightening night creatures with bright white, and often bloody, fangs. They are often charming, mostly gruesome and here from beyond. The Collected Vampire Stories Volume I includes six short vampire stories including: The Vampire of Croglin Grange by Augustus Hare, Authenticated Vampire Story by Franz Hartman, Clarimonde by Theophile Gautier, The Vampyre; A Tale by John William Polidori, The Giaour by Lord Byron, Christabel by Samuel Taylor Coleridge."