"The most famous vampire novel of them all is Bram Stoker's Dracula, published in 1897. But it was not the first piece of fiction to describe the doings of the undead, and it was by no means the last. In celebration of the 120th anniversary of the publication of Dracula, this unique anthology gathers 24 rare vampire stories written by contemporaries of Bram Stoker between 1867 and 1940, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and M. R. James. Dracula's Brood provides a veritable feast of pleasure for lovers of supernatural and fantasy fiction. This new edition includes for the first time Barry Pain's 'The Tree of Death.'"--Page 4 of cover.

"First published in Great Britain by Crucible 1987"--Title page verso.

The last lords of Gardonal /William Gilbert -- (1867) -- The fate of Madame Cabanel / Eliza Lynn Linton -- (1872) -- The man-eating tree / Phil Robinson -- (1881) -- The vampyre / Vasile Alecsandri -- (1886) -- A mystery of the campagna / Anne Crawford -- (1887) -- Ken's mystery / Julian Hawthorne -- (1888) -- Let loose / Mary Cholmondeley -- (1890) -- The parasite / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- (1894) -- Good Lady Ducayne / Mary E. Braddon -- (1896) -- A dead finger / Sabine Baring-Gould -- (1897) -- Will / Vincent O'Sullivan -- (1899) -- The stone chamber / H. B. Marriott Watson -- (1899) -- The vampire maid ; -- The old portrait / Hume Nisbet -- (1900) -- Marsyas in Flanders / Vernon Lee -- (1900) -- An unscientific story / Louise J. Strong -- (1903) -- The feather pillow / Horacio Quiroga -- (1907) -- The singular death of Morton / Algernon Blackwood -- (1910) Aylmer Vance and the vampire / Alice and Claude Askew -- (1914) -- The sumach / Ulric Daubeny -- (1919) -- Wailing well / M. R. James -- (1927) -- The tree of death / Barry Pain -- (1928) -- Another squaw? / E. Heron-Allen -- (1934) -- The living stone / E. R. Punshon -- (1939) -- Princess of darkness / Frederick Cowles -- (1940).