{"product_id":"vampires-silas-dakar-9798295548178","title":"Vampires: Gothic Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGothic Tales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVampires do not always bite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sometimes they remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sometimes they inherit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sometimes they wait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anthology brings together public-domain gothic classics and original contemporary stories that reimagine vampirism as metaphor: desire, memory, trauma, lineage, and forgetting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no romance here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo easy redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are old ballads, sleepless cities, bodies carrying other people's histories, and pacts that cannot be broken without losing something essential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach story is anchored in a real place -Europe, the Caribbean, Latin America- and engages with literary traditions ranging from Goethe, Polidori, and Le Fanu to Afro-American mythologies and reimagined local legends shaped by a contemporary sensibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book for readers of literary horror, classic gothic fiction, and dark tales that understand the vampire not as a monster, but as a structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes original maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Silas Dakar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295548178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Short Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d","brand":"Silas Dakar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217972506879,"sku":"9798295548178","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d2712e51-0f93-4f72-97f8-71a2ba5f35e4.jpg?v=1772000623","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vampires-silas-dakar-9798295548178","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}