Karen Russell

Books: Fantasy

Anthologies

Vampires: The Recent Undead (2011)

Vampires: The Recent Undead (2011) edited by Paula Guran

• "The Coldest Girl in Coldtown" by Holly Black
• "This Is Now" by Michael Marshall Smith
• "Sisters" by Charles de Lint
• "The Screaming" by J.A. Konrath
• "Zen and the Art of Vampirism" by Kelley Armstrong
• "La Vampiresse" by Tanith Lee
• "Dead Man Stalking" by Rachel Caine
• "The Ghost of Leadville" by Jeanne C. Stein
• "Waste Land" by Stephen Dedman
• "Gentleman of the Old School" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• "No Matter Where You Go" by Tanya Huff
• "Outfangthief" by Conrad Williams
• "Dancing with the Star" by Susan Sizemore
• "A Trick of the Dark" by Tina Rath
• "When Gretchen was Human" by Mary Turzillo
• "Conquistador de la Noche" by Carrie Vaughn
• "Endless Night" by Barbara Roden
• "Dahlia Underground" by Charlaine Harris
• "The Belated Burial" by Caitlin R. Kiernan
• "Twilight States" by Albert Cowdrey
• "To the Moment" by Nisi Shawl
• "Castle in the Desert: Anno Dracula 1977? by Kim Newman
• "Vampires in the Lemon Grove" by Karen Russell
• "Vampires Anonymous" by Nancy Kilpatrick
• "The Wide, Carnivorous Sky" by John Langan

It has taken me an almost embarrassingly long time to finish this. How long you ask? I purchased it a couple months after it was published–that long ago.

The problem is I hit a point where I wasn't interested in a story, and instead of just skipping to the next story, I put the whole thing down. I know, rookie mistake. (But you'll see I made it several times, so I decided to just finish off these anthologies, and if I didn't like a story? SKIP.)

"Vampires in the Lemon Grove" by Karen Russell

This story stuck with me, and has come back to mind every once in awhile, Which is, I believe, a sign of a good story.

So, it was an uneven anthology for me, but there were some very good stories that are well-worth the price of the anthology.

Published by Prime Books

Rating: 7/10