Includes "Guilty Pleasures, The Laughing Corpse, Circus of the Damned, " and "The Lunatic Cafe." Original.

    Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque du Freak, a wonderfully gothic freak show featuring weird, frightening half human / half animals who interact terrifyingly with the audience. In the midst of the excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognizes that one of the performersMr. Crepsleyis a vampire! Steve confronts the vampire after the show finishesbut his motives are surprising! In the shadows of a crumbling theater, a horrified Darren eavesdrops on his friend and the vampire, and is witness to a monstrous, disturbing plea. As if by destiny, Darren is pulled to Mr. Crepsley, and what follows is his horrifying descent into the dark and bloody world of vampires. This is Darrens story.

    When Heinrich Augsburg, a German officer fighting on the Eastern front, is killed, he finds himself reborn into this corrupt reality as one of the vampire elite. Renamed Requiem Vampire Knight, he explores the bizarre world of Resurrection and its terrifying vampire society - all the while looking for his lost love and one hope of redemption.

    Now transformed into a Dark God, he must make a journey into the heart of darkness, where he must confront his own cursed immortality and the emptiness of his soul.

    These scripts are the shooting drafts, and contain production notes, cut dialogue and different scenes.

    Herein lie the dark legends scribed long ago. These tragic tales of myth and forbidden lore chronicle a sinister legacy, as it unfolded in the forgotten past, and the curse that yet lurks within the shadow of the Dark Tower. This lavishly illustrated anthology features 13 sinister and darkly alluring tales based upon the gothic artwork of Joseph Vargo. Each story in this unique anthology is woven together to create a new and compelling saga of vampire lore. Also look for the sequel "Beyond The Dark Tower" and "The Dark Tower"music soundtrack by Nox Arcana.

    Where is this nonsense coming from? This book will tell you.

    Shunned by the others in the organization they must prove themselves worthy of their positioning while searching for vampires. Little do they know one of their own is hiding a dark secret.

    This story takes up directly from the season finale, following Angel as he heads to L.A., and Buffy prepares for her life without him in Sunnydale. They earned a lot of enemies together, and now that they're apart, those forces are closing in. But the connection Buffy and Angel had was closer than anyone knew, and those who thought to take advantage of their separation are in for a surprise. Series writer Doug Petrie takes a crack at his first full-length Buffy comic, and it's a doozy. Exploring in-depth the events in last season's finale, and topping it all off is a cover by J. Scott Campbell.

    Intrigued by evil and gore, Stoker developed a literary presence that was effortlessly translated to screen by the likes of Murnau, Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee and Francis Ford Coppola. Dracula became such an obsession as it embodied a taboo subject matter: the desire for blood and sex. Filled with extraordinary pictures of the Count, his literary companions, and the movie idols, this is a treasure only to be read by daylight!

    Unfortunately for the two Slayers, stopping the monster may mean the ultimate sacrifice for one of them! The dynamic creative team of Chris Boal, Cliff Richards, and Joe Pimentel conclude the creepiest Buffy story yet. Do not miss this one!

    His unique blend of punk rock, gothic, and science fiction/horror with a touch of humor is quickly gaining recognition amongst comic fans and artists across the U.S. Rich with vivid colors, this book is an exclusive collection of gorgeous scissor-handed superfemmes suited in revealing skin-tight fantasy costumes ornamented with deadly blades and spikes. Special features include a collection of magazine cover art, anime characters, and a tete-a-tete with airbrush artist Hajime Sorayama translated into English. We will be seeing a lot more of him.

    Now, in a publishing milestone, Tilton has written a book unlike any that came before -- an epic fantasy with a vampire as its hero.Lord Emre Bakhany, the vampire prince of Kharithyna, was buried alive three hundred years ago by his mortal enemies, the priests of the sun god Belan. Finally, after years of torment, he escaped from his tomb, half-mad from his long ordeal. The world he discovered upon his release, however, has been overrun by a tribe of murderous barbarians. With a select cadre of fearless associates, Lord Emre must use all his vampiric powers to defeat the invading horde and to reclaim his rightful position as prince of Kharithyna.Breathtaking in pace and epic in scope, this is the novel for which millions of readers of dark fantasy have waited.

    In the midst of the excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognizes that one of the performers-- Mr. Crepsley-- is a vampire! Steve remains after the show finishes to confront the vampire-- but his motives are surprising! In the shadows of a crumbling theater, a horrified Darren eavesdrops on his friend and the vampire, and is witness to a monstrous, disturbing plea. As if by destiny, Darren is pulled to Mr. Crepsley and what follows is his horrifying descent into the dark and bloody world of vampires. This is Darren's story.