10 Short Vampire Tales You Can Read Online
There are some wonderful classic vampire stories out there, led by the amazing Dracula and followed up by modern favorites such as Interview with a Vampire. I enjoy reading about vampires (at least the non-sparkly kind). I find them spooky, gothic, and usually sophisticated in their own way. People have been writing about these creepy figures for as long as there have been stories. Below I have collected ten short stories featuring vampires that are in the public domain and available for anyone to read.
Wake Not the Dead by Johann Ludwig Tieck (~1800) can be read online here
The Vampyre by John Polidori (1816) can be read online here
Clarimonde by Théophile Gautier (1836) can be read online here
Varney the Vampire by J.M. Rymer and T.P. Prest (1847) can be read online here
Vikram and the Vampir by Richard F. Burton (1870) can be read online here
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1872) can be read online here
The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet (1900) can be read online here
Count Magnus by M.R. James (1904) can be read online here
Aylmer Vance And The Vampire by Alice and Claude Askew (1914) can be read online here
The Vampire Cat by Gerard Van Etten (1918) can be read online here
