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Now available! LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO SUCK collects 16 vampire tales by "Britain's Prince of Chill", R. Chetwynd-Hayes (1919-2001), who is best known for his stylish horror stories and tongue-in-cheek monster tales. This first-ever paperback edition includes an additional story not found in the limited hardcover, plus a foreword by award-winning editor Stephen Jones, both the original and all-new illustrations by Jim Pitts, and cover art by legendary artist Les Edwards! The excellent THE MONSTER CLUB (1976) is also still available.



Looking for Something to Suck: The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, with a foreword by Stephen Jones and cover art by Les Edwards

Book description

In these exsanguinating stories, Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes masterfully reinvents the vampire genre as he introduces the reader to a cleaning woman who discovers she is working for Dracula’s son; a couple trapped in a house created by the mind of a centuries-old vampire; a young boy whose ancestor is depressed by his undead existence; a creature of darkness that sucks the life-force from its victims, and the unusual offspring of a werewolf and a vampire who is threatened by an obsessed clergyman.

Looking for Something to Suck: The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes collects sixteen tales by the author known as ‘Britain’s Prince of Chill’, including the classics ‘My Mother Married a Vampire’, ‘The Labyrinth’, ‘Birth’, ‘Looking for Something to Suck’ and ‘The Werewolf and the Vampire’. This first-ever paperback edition features an additional story not contained in the original limited hardcover edition and also includes a foreword by award-winning editor Stephen Jones, new illustrations by Jim Pitts, and an original cover painting by Les Edwards.

‘R. Chetwynd-Hayes ranks as one of England’s finest practitioners of the art of horror fiction . . . his prose displays a crisp sophistication and, often, a macabre sense of humour to prove that the author is a major stylist in his own right.’ – Karl Edward Wagner

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I love that cover. This looks fun. :)