Cover -- About the Author -- Also from Visible Ink Press -- Copyright -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword to Third Edition by Martin V. Riccardo -- Introduction by J. Gordon Melton -- Acknowledgements -- Vampires: A Chronology -- Preface: What Is a Vampire? by J. Gordon Melton -- A -- Ackerman, Forrest James -- Aconite -- The Addams Family -- Africa, Vampires in -- African American Vampires -- Allatius, Leo -- Alnwick Castle, The Vampire of -- Aluka -- America, Vampires in -- Anemia -- Angel -- Animals -- Appearance of a Vampire -- Armand -- Armenia, Vampires in -- Ashley, Amanda -- Atlanta Vampire Alliance -- Australia, Vampires in -- B -- Babylon and Assyria, Vampires in Ancient -- Baker, Roy Ward -- Balderston, John L. -- Baltic States, Vampires in the -- Bangs, Nina -- Banks, L. A. -- Bara, Theda -- Baron Blood -- Bathory, Elizabeth -- Batman -- Bats, Vampire -- Bava, Mario -- Belanger, Michelle -- Bergstrom, Elaine -- Berwick, The Vampire of -- Bibliography, Vampire -- Bistritz -- Blacula -- Blade the Vampire Slayer -- Blood -- Bloodrayne -- Borgo Pass -- Borland, Caroll -- Bouchard, Angélique -- Boucicault, Dion -- The Bram Stoker Society -- Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Brides, Vampire -- Brite, Poppy Z. -- Browning, Tod -- Bruja -- Bruxa -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie) -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (television series) -- Bulgaria, Vampires in -- Bullet -- Bunnicula -- Burton, Richard Francis -- Byron, Lord George Gordon -- C -- Calmet, Dom Augustin -- The Camarilla: A Vampire Fan Association -- Carfax -- Carmilla -- Carradine, John -- Carter, Margaret Louise -- Cast, P. C. & Kristin -- Castle Dracula -- Chaney, Alonso "Lon" -- Chaos! Comics -- Characteristics of Vampires -- Charnas, Suzy McKee -- Chase, Cornelia -- Chetwynd-Hayes, Ronald Henry Glynn -- China, Vampires in -- Christianity and Vampires -- Chupacabras -- Coffins.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor -- Collins, Barnabas -- Collins, Nancy A. -- Collinsport Players -- Comic Books, The Vampire in -- Cooke, Thomas Potter -- Coppola, Francis Ford -- Corman, Roger William -- Count Dracula -- Count von Count -- Crime, Vampiric -- Croglin Grange, The Vampire of -- Crucifix -- Cruise, Tom -- Cullen, Edward -- Cult of the Vampire -- Cuntius, Johannes -- Curtis, Dan -- Cushing, Peter -- Czech Republic and Slovakia, Vampires in the -- D -- Dark Delicacies -- Dark Shadows -- Dark Shadows Fandom -- Davanzati, Giuseppe -- de Lioncourt, Lestat -- de Villenueva, Sebastian -- Deane, Hamilton -- Decapitation -- The Desert Island Dracula Library -- Destroying the Vampire -- Dhampir -- Dracula -- Dracula (1931) -- Dracula (Spanish, 1931) -- Dracula (1973) -- Dracula (1979) -- Dracula (Dell Comics Superhero) -- Dracula (Marvel Comics Character) -- Dracula '97: A Centennial Celebration -- Dracula -- or, The Undead -- The Dracula Society (UK) -- Dracula-The Series -- Dracula: The Vampire Play in Three Acts -- Drama, Vampire -- Dreyer, Carl Theodor -- Duckula, Count -- Dumas, Alexandre -- Dust -- E -- El Conde Dracula -- Elliott, Denholm Mitchell -- Elrod, P. N. -- Elvira -- Estries -- Eucharistic Wafer -- Ewers, Hanns Heinz -- Explanations of Vampirism -- F -- Feehan, Christine -- Fingernails -- Fire -- Fisher, Terence -- Florescu, Radu R. -- Flying Vampires -- Forever Knight -- Forever Knight Fandom -- Fortune, Dion -- France, Vampires in -- Frankenstein's Monster -- Frid, Jonathan -- Frost, Deacon -- G -- Games, Vampire -- Garden, Nancy -- Garlic -- Garton, Ray -- Gautier, Théophile -- Germany, Vampires in -- Ghouls -- Giles, Rupert -- Glut, Donald Frank -- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von -- Good Guy Vampires -- Gothic -- Greece, Vampires in -- Greenberg, Martin H. -- Gypsies, Vampires and the -- H -- Haarmann, Fritz -- Haigh, John George.

Haining, Peter Alexander -- Hamilton, Laurell K. -- Hammer Films -- Harker, Jonathan -- Harris, Charlaine -- Harris, Xander -- Harrison, Kim -- Hartmann, Franz -- Hawthorn -- The Highgate Vampire -- Holder, Nancy -- Holmes, Sherlock -- Holmwood, Arthur -- Homosexuality and the Vampire -- The Horror of Dracula -- Hour of the Wolf -- Huff, Tanya -- Humor, Vampire -- Hungary, Vampires in -- Huntley, Raymond -- Hurwood, Bernhardt J. -- Hypnotic Powers? -- I -- I … Vampire -- Incubus/Succubus -- India, Vampires in -- International Vampire -- Interview with the Vampire -- Ireland, Vampires in -- Italy, Vampires in -- Ivan the Terrible? -- J -- Jacula -- Japan, Vampires in -- Java, Vampires in -- Jourdan, Louis -- Journal of Vampirology -- Juvenile Literature -- K -- Kali -- Kalogridis, Jeanne -- Keats, John -- Kenyon, Sherrilyn -- Kilpatrick, Nancy -- Kindred: The Embraced -- King, Stephen -- Kürten, Peter -- L -- LaCroix, Lucien -- Langella, Frank -- Langsuyar -- Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan -- Leatherdale, Clive -- Lee, Christopher -- Lee, Tanith -- Lesbian Vampires -- Lilith -- Lilith, the Daughter of Dracula -- Lindpainter, Peter Josef von -- London after Midnight -- London, Dracula's -- Loogaroo -- The Lord Ruthven Assembly -- Lory, Robert Edward -- Lugosi, Bela -- Lumley, Brian -- M -- Malaysia, Vampires in -- Man-Bat -- The Manor of the Devil -- Marryat, Florence -- Marschner, Heinrich August -- Marshall, William B. -- Matheson, Richard -- McNally, Raymond T. -- Melrose Abbey, the Vampire of -- Mexico, Vampires in -- Meyer, Stephenie -- Midnight Sons -- Miller, Elizabeth Anne -- Miller, Linda Lael -- Mirrors -- Mist -- Miyu, Vampire Princess -- Moon -- Morbius -- Morris, Quincey P. -- Moss, Stephanie -- Mountain Ash -- The Munsters -- Murray (Harker), Mina -- Music, Vampire -- Myanmar, Vampires in -- N -- Name, The Vampire's -- Native Soil.

Near Dark -- Necromancy -- New Orleans -- Newman, Kim -- The Night Stalker -- Niles, Steve -- Nodier, Jean Charles Emmanuel -- Nosferatu -- Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grauens -- O -- Oldman, Gary -- Opera -- Order of the Vampyre -- Order Strigoi Vii -- Origins of the Vampire -- Orlock, Graf -- P -- Palance, Jack -- Paraphernalia, Vampire -- Parry, Michael -- Paul (Paole), Arnold -- Perfume -- Philippe, Monsieur -- Philippines, Vampires in the -- Piérart, Z. J. -- Pike, Christopher -- Pitt, Ingrid -- Planché, James Robinson -- Plogojowitz, Peter -- Poe, Edgar Allan -- Poetry, The Vampire in -- Poland, Vampires in -- Polidori, John -- Political/Economic Vampires -- Pontianak -- Porphyria -- Pozzessere, Heather Graham -- Preacher -- Protection against Vampires -- Psychological Perspectives on Vampire Mythology -- Pulp Magazines, Vampires in the -- Q-R -- The Queen of the Damned -- Ramsland, Katherine -- Redcaps -- Renfield, R. N. -- Riccardo, Martin V. -- Rice, Anne -- Rollin, Jean -- Romance Literature, Vampires in -- Romania, Vampires in -- Rome, Vampires in Ancient -- Ross, William Edward Daniel -- Russia, Vampires in -- Ruthven, Lord -- Rymer, James Malcolm -- S -- Saberhagen, Frederick Thomas -- St. George's Day -- St. Germain -- Sands, Lynsay -- Sangster, Jimmy -- Santo -- Satan -- Scandinavia, Vampires in -- Schiefelbein, Michael -- Scholomance -- Schreck, Max -- Science Fiction and the Vampire -- Seeds -- Seward, John -- Shan, Darren -- Shepard, Leslie Alan -- Sighisoara -- Silver -- Skal, David J. -- Skin, a Vampire's -- Slavs, Vampires and the -- Slayage -- Sleep, Vampire -- Smith, Lisa Jane -- Somtow, S. P. -- South America, Vampires in -- Southern Slavs, Vampires and the -- Southey, Robert -- Spain, Vampires in -- Spider -- Spike -- Stake -- Steele, Barbara -- Stoker, Abraham "Bram" -- Strength, Physical -- Suicide -- Sukuyan.

Summers, Buffy -- Summers, Montague -- Sunlight -- Swan, Bela -- Szekelys -- T -- Talamasca -- Talamaur -- Tehran Vampire -- Television, Vampires on -- Temple of the Vampire -- Thailand, Vampires in -- Tibet, Vampires in -- Tirgoviste -- The Tomb of Dracula -- Trading Cards, The Vampire on -- Transformation -- Transylvania -- Transylvanian Society of Dracula -- Tremayne, Peter -- TWILIGHT -- Twilight (Movie) -- The Twilight Saga: New Moon -- The Twilight Series -- U-V -- Underworld -- United Kingdom, Vampires in the -- Universal Pictures -- Vadim, Roger -- Vambéry, Arminius -- The Vamp -- Vampira -- The Vampire (Real Vampires) -- Vampire Cult -- Vampire Fandom: United Kingdom -- Vampire Fandom: United States -- Vampire Hunters -- The Vampire Rapist -- Vampire Research Society -- Vampire: The Eternal Struggle -- Vampire: The Masquerade -- Vampirella -- Vamperotica -- Van Helsing, Abraham -- Van Sloan, Edward -- Varma, Devendra Prasad -- Varney the Vampyre -- Victims -- Visegrád -- Vision -- Vjesci -- Vlad -- Vlad Dracul -- Voices of the Vampire Community -- W -- Water -- Weather -- Werewolves and Vampires -- Westenra, Lucy -- William of Newburgh -- Wine -- Witchcraft and Vampires -- Wolf, Leonard -- Wolfman, Marv -- Women as Vampires -- X, Y, Z -- X-Files -- Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn -- Yorga, Count -- Youngson, Jeanne Keyes -- Zombies -- Index.