Author: Dr. John William Polidori
Year: 1819
Type: SHORTFICTION
Storylen: novelette
Series: Lord Ruthven
Language: English
ISFDB Record Number: 94820
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First published in The New Monthly Magazine, April 1819.
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- The Vampire (1819) - John William Polidori
- The Vampyre (1819) - Dr. John William Polidori
- The Vampyre (1819) - John William Polidori
- The Vampyre (1819) - John Polidori
- The Vampyre: A Tale (1819) - John Polidori
- The Vampyre: A Tale (1819) - John William Polidori
- The Vampyre (1840) - D. Polidori
- The Vampyer (2011) - John William Polidori
- The Vampyer (2011) - Dr. John William Polidori
Publications:
- The Romancist and Novelist's Library: The Best Works of the Best Authors; Volume III, (1840, ed. William Hazlitt, publ. J. Clements, hc, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- The Grimoire And Other Supernatural Stories, (Nov 1936, ed. Montague Summers, publ. Fortune Press, 7/6, xxxvi+295pp, hc, anth)
- Three Gothic Novels, (1966, E. F. Bleiler, publ. Dover, xl+291pp, tp, omni) - [VERIFIED]
- The Castle of Otranto, Vathek, and the Vampyre, (1966, E. F. Bleiler, publ. Dover Publications, $2.00, 291pp, omni)
- Macabre Mysteries and Horrors, (1966, ed. uncredited, publ. K & G Publications, 9/6, 152pp, pb, anth)
- A Feast of Blood, (Apr 1967, ed. Charles M. Collins, publ. Avon, #S277, $0.60, 190pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- The Midnight People, (1968, ed. Peter Haining, publ. Leslie Frewin, 0-09-090040-5, 30/-, 255pp, hc, anth)
- The Curse of the Undead, (1970, ed. M. L. Carter, publ. Fawcett Gold Medal, #T2276, $0.75, 223pp, pb, anth) Cover: Jeff Jones
- The Dark Shadows Book Of Vampires And Werewolves, (Aug 1970, ed. Quentin Collins, Barnabas Collins, publ. Paperback Library, #63-419, $0.60, 156pp, pb, anth)
- Gothic Tales of Terror, (1972, ed. Peter Haining, publ. Taplinger, 0-8008-3590-5, $11.95, viii+928pp, hc, anth)
- Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840, Volume 1, (Feb 1972, ed. Peter Haining, publ. Gollancz, 0-575-01038-X, £2.50, viii+487pp, hc, anth)
- Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765–1840, (1973, ed. Peter Haining, publ. Penguin Books, 0-14-003589-3, £0.50, 544pp, pb, anth) Cover: Joan Hall
- Gothic Tales of Terror, Volume One: Classic Horror Stories from Great Britain, (1973, ed. Peter Haining, publ. Penguin Books (US), 0-14-003688-1, 543pp, pb, anth)
- The Midnight People, (1974, ed. Peter Haining, publ. Ensign Books, 0-7235-5205-3, £0.30, 255pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- The Midnight People, (Nov 1975, ed. Peter Haining, publ. Everest Books, 0-903925-86-9, £0.50, 255pp, pb, anth)
- The Vampyre: Lord Ruthven to Count Dracula, (1978, ed. Christopher Frayling, publ. Gollancz, 0-575-02390-2, £5.75, 336pp, hc, anth)
- The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and Poetry, (1981, ed. Patricia L. Skarda, Nora Crow Jaffe, publ. NAL Meridian, 0-452-00636-8, $8.95, 479pp, tp, anth)
- Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765–1840, (1983, ed. Peter Haining, publ. Penguin Books, 0-14-003589-3, £3.50, 543pp, pb, anth) Cover: Barbara Lofthouse - [VERIFIED]
- Vampires, (Apr 1987, ed. Alan Ryan, publ. Doubleday / SFBC, #10445, $6.98, xvi+621pp, hc, anth) Cover: Edward Gorey - [VERIFIED]
- Vampires, (Jul 1987, ed. Alan Ryan, publ. Doubleday, 0-385-18562-6, $15.95, xvi+621pp, hc, anth) Cover: Edward Gorey
- The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories, (Oct 1988, ed. Alan Ryan, publ. Penguin Books, 0-14-010987-0, £4.95, xvi+621pp, tp, anth)
- The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories, (Oct 1989, ed. Alan Ryan, publ. Penguin Books, 0-14-012445-4, £5.99, xvi+621pp, tp, anth) Cover: Edward Gorey - [VERIFIED]
- Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula, (Nov 1991, ed. Christopher Frayling, publ. Faber and Faber, 0-571-16311-4, £17.50, 429pp, hc, anth) Cover: Max Ernst
- Great Vampires and Other Horrors, (1992, ed. Anonymous, publ. Chancellor Press, 1-85152-235-2, £4.99, 541pp, hc, anth)
- Blood & Roses: The Vampire in 19th Century Literature, (Nov 1992, ed. James Havoc, Adele Olivia Gladwell, publ. Creation Press, 1-871592-14-3, £7.95, 283pp, tp, anth)
- The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre, (Dec 1997, ed. Robert Morrison, Chris Baldick, publ. Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics), 0-19-283291-3, $9.95, xxviii+278pp, tp, anth) Cover: G. Baldry
- Great Vampire Stories, (2002, ed. Anonymous, publ. Chancellor Press, 0-7537-0570-2, £6.99, 538pp, tp, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- Three Vampire Tales, (Feb 2002, Anne Williams, publ. Houghton Mifflin, 0-618-08490-8, $24.95, 481pp, tp, omni)
- Lord Ruthven the Vampire, (Sep 2004, ed. Frank J. Morlock, publ. Hollywood Comics (Black Coat French Horror), 978-1-932983-10-4, $20.95, 248pp, tp, anth)
- Lord Ruthven the Vampire, (Sep 2004, Eugène Scribe, John William Polidori, Charles Nodier, publ. Hollywood Comics, 1-932983-10-4, $20.95, 248pp, tp, omni)
- Vampires: The Immortal Damned, (Apr 2007, ed. uncredited, publ. Viking Australia, 0-670-02972-6, £13.82, 132pp, hc, anth)
- The Vampyre, The Were-Wolf and Other Gothic Tales of Horror, (May 2009, ed. Rochelle Kronzek, publ. Dover, 978-0-486-47192-1, $5.95, 128pp, tp, anth)
- Dracula's Guest and Other Victorian Vampire Stories, (Jun 2010, ed. Michael Sims, publ. Walker & Co., 978-0-8027-1971-3, $17.00, 467pp, tp, anth)
- Dracula's Guest and Other Victorian Vampire Stories, (Jun 2010, ed. Michael Sims, publ. Walker & Co. / SFBC, #36-7967, $9.99, 480pp, tp, anth)
- Short Ghost and Horror Collection 011, (Nov 2010, ed. LibriVox, publ. LibriVox, digital audio download, anth)
- The Vampyer, (Jan 2011, John William Polidori, publ. Wilder Publications, 978-1-61720-134-9, £3.99, 36pp, tp)
- The Vampyre: A Tale, (Aug 2011, John William Polidori, publ. Spastic Cat Press, 978-1-61203-929-9, $6.99, 62pp, tp)
- Vampires, (Sep 2011, ed. uncredited, publ. Watkins Publishing, 978-1-907486-56-2, £10.99, 352pp, hc, anth)
- Vampire Horror!, (Oct 2011, ed. uncredited, publ. BBC Audiobooks Ltd, 978-1-4084-6870-8, £13.25, audio CD, anth)
- In the Shadow of Dracula: Classic Vampire Fiction 1816-1914, (Nov 2011, ed. Leslie S. Klinger, Jeff Conner, publ. IDW Publishing, 978-1-60010-957-7, $16.99, xix+412pp, tp, anth) Cover: Michael Manomivibul - [VERIFIED]
- Collected Vampire Stories: Volume I, (Jul 2012, ed. uncredited, publ. Spastic Cat Press, 978-1-61203-892-6, $9.99, 150pp, tp, anth)
- A Dark and Stormy Night, (Jan 2013, Lord Byron, John William Polidori, Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, publ. Wilder Publications, 978-1-61720-907-9, $9.99, 210pp, tp, coll)
- The Horror of Dracula, (Feb 2013, Jimmy Sangster, publ. BearManor Media, 978-1-59393-493-4, $24.95, 180pp, tp)
- A Feast of Blood, (date unknown, ed. Charles M. Collins, publ. Avon Books, 0-380-00474-7, $1.25, 174pp, pb, anth) - [VERIFIED]
- The Midnight People, (date unknown, ed. Peter Haining, publ. Popular Library, #445-01359-075, $0.75, 255pp, pb, anth) Cover: Hieronymus Bosch
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