Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite

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From Bram Stoker to Anne Rice to Stephenie Meyer, vampires are always popular-and modern-day fans are thirsty for a new incarnation. In this collection, you'll find stories about vampires engaged in social justice movements, vampires longing for reflections so they can finally take selfies, vampires trying to escape matchmaking by their immigrant families, and more! Vampires Never Get Old includes stories by Samira Ahmed, Dhonielle Clayton, Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker, Tessa Gratton, Heidi Heilig, Julie Murphy, Mark Oshiro, Rebecca Roanhorse, Laura Ruby, V. E. Schwab, and Kayla Whaley.

Zoraida Cordova is the award-winning author of the Brooklyn Brujas series, the Vicious Deep trilogy, and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: A Crash of Fate. Her short fiction has appeared in the New York Times-bestselling Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View and Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft. Her favorite vampire will forever be Angel... but Damon Salvatore is a close second. Natalie C. Parker is the author of the Beware the Wild duology and the Seafire trilogy, and the editor of Three Sides of a Heart: Stories About Love Triangles. Her short fiction has appeared in All Out: The No-Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens. She lives on the Kansas prairie with her wife. Her vampire queen is Caroline Forbes.

Proving that vampires never go out of style... Vampires Never Get Old is perfect for any and all lovers of vampires, be it Twilight stans or Dracula fans! --The Nerd Daily This boundary-pushing collection seeks to upend the default with 11 toothsome stories that stake a new claim on old tropes, centering an intersectionally diverse range of protagonists. --Publishers Weekly, starred review With dark humor and compelling narratives, this collection invites readers to reconsider what they know about vampires. The stories are bite-sized and well-crafted windows into various vampiric worlds that will leave readers wanting more. Fans of the paranormal will sink their teeth into this one. --School Library Journal