The vampires of the future are more than seductive, fascinating, and deadly, they are eternally undead!
Meet the eternal predator that humanity never ceases to find both fascinating and terrifying. Evolve 2: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead moves this creature beyond 2012, through this century and into the next. We humans will evolve, but so will they! Whatever apocalyptic events that lie ahead for our species, for the planet, vampires will be there too, helping or hindering, effecting or infecting us. Time is on their side, but it may not be on ours. Featured authors include: Tanith Lee, Kelley Armstrong, John Shirley, Thomas Roche, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Heather Clitheroe, Erika Holt, Ivan Dorin, Michael Lorenson, Jason Ridler, David Beynon, Eileen Bell, Peter Sellers, Sandra Wickham, William Meikle, David Tocher, Leanne Tremblay, Ryan McFadden, Steve Vernon, Bev Vincent, Anne Mok, and Sandra Kasturi.
About the Editor
Award-winning author Nancy Kilpatrick has published eighteen novels, over one hundred and ninety short stories, five collections of stories, and has edited nine other anthologies. Much of her body of work involves vampires. Nancy writes dark fantasy, horror, mysteries and erotic horror, under her own name, her nom de plume Amarantha Knight, and her newest pen name Desirée Knight (Amarantha's younger sister!) Besides writing novels and short stories, and editing anthologies, she has scripted four issues of VampErotic comics. As well, she's penned radio scripts, a stage-play, and the non-fiction book The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined (St. Martin's Press — October 2004).
Nancy won the Arthur Ellis Award for best mystery story, is a three times Bram Stoker finalist and a five times finalist for the Aurora Award. [MORE]
About the Cover Artist:
Ex-gravedigger John Kaiine, self trained professional artist/photographer, is also the author of the critically acclaimed metaphysical thriller Fossil Circus and various short stories, including the short film feature Dolly Sodom. He lives in a house by the sea with his wife, Tanith Lee, and two black and white cats.
"Nancy Kilpatrick is, quite simply, one of the finest anthologists of our time. Evolve Two contains beautifully written, edgy stories as mesmerizing as the archetype they celebrate—that predator par excellence, the vampire. From an homage to Twelve Angry Men to a trip to Mars; a heartbreaking deal made between two friends, and the promise of a year-long night—Evolve Two takes us far beyond nosferatu's origins, and blasts us along the vampire's evolutionary trajectory. Evolve Three, please?" — Nancy Holder, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Crusade
"Evolve Two: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead is a full-spectrum vampire anthology, with stories catering to all forms of the vampire legend. There's something here to please all undead aficionados (or perhaps that should be 'aficionados of the undead'...I can't speak to the vital signs of all the book's readers)." — Kevin J. Anderson, Editor of the BLOOD LITE anthology series
"Vampire tales to quench everyone's thirst — a killer anthology!" — Lois Gresh, New York Times Best-Selling Author of Blood and Ice and Eldritch Evolutions
"Vampire tales to quench everyone's thirst — a killer anthology! Nancy Kilpatrick shows us the future of all things vampiric: angst, dreams, medicine, criminal trials, apocalyptic cravings, and of course, blood." — Lois Gresh, New York Times Best-Selling Author of Blood and Ice and Eldritch Evolutions
"Vampire junkies, vampire justice and a poignant meeting of the living and the undead. One of the most astonishing—and thought-provoking—short story anthologies I've ever read." — Elaine Bergstrom, author of Shattered Glass and Mina...the Dracula Story Continues
"In her introduction, Nancy Kilpatrick tells us there will be no stereotypes in Evolve Two, and she's as good as her word. The characters in these very original vampire tales range from hip urban huntresses to vicious cage fighters to lonely astronauts, the settings from isolated farms to futuristic underground courtrooms to post-holocaust deserts. Evolve Two is speculative fiction at its full-blooded best." — Lisa Morton, Stoker Award-winning author of The Castle of Los Angeles
Introduction by Nancy Kilpatrick
The List by Kelley Armstrong
Nosangreal by Ivan Dorin
A Puddle of Blood by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
V-Link by Eileen Bell
Six Underground by Michael Lorenson
Outwitted by Sandra Wickham
Toothless by Peter Sellers
Symbiosis by David Beynon
Forest-Bathing by Heather Clitheroe
The Deal by Erika Holt
Homo Sanguinus by Ryan T. McFadden
Out With the Old by William Meikle
Chelsea Mourning by David Tocher
Blood That Burns So Bright by Jason S. Ridler
Survival of the Fittest by Leanne Tremblay
The Faith of Burning Glass by Steve Vernon
Soulglobe by John Shirley
Red Planet by Bev Vincent
Beacons Among the Stars by Anne Mok
The Big Empty by Thomas Roche
Beyond the Sun by Tanith Lee
The Slowing of the World by Sandra Kasturi
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