Tomorrow Sucks
Greg Cox, T.K.E. Weissopf, Ed.s
ISBN: 0671876260
Publisher: Baen Books
Pub. Date: October 1994

Synopsis:
From the streets of old London to the squalid fleshpots of Mars, from the Russian steppes to the gleaming decks of interplanetary spaceships, a new breed of bloodsucker is on the loose. These scientific vampires stalk through time and space in search of prey, both human and otherwise. And not even Dracula was more deadly. Original. Journeying from the streets of old London to the decks of interplanetary spaceships, a new collection of science fiction vampire tales features short stories by Ray Bradbury, Roger Zelazny, Dean Ing, Spider Robinson, and other notable authors.

Contents:
The Dead Smile * The Screaming Skull * Man Overboard! * For the Blood is the Life * The Upper Berth * By the Waters of Paradise * The Doll's Ghost * The King's Messenger

Synopsis:
Contrary to popular belief, vampire stories originated in Ireland, including the most famous, Bram Stoker's gothic masterpiece, Dracula. Vampire legends in Ireland have a long legacy and are derived from ancient Celtic beliefs about death, which said that the dead often returned in order to receive some form of recompense for their continued protection over their descendents. From the spine-tingling classics of Irish literature to lore, ephemera, and actual historical accounts, this book provides an unprecedented examination of the most entrancing of subjects-Celtic vampire legends. Included are four modern and ancient tales of Irish vampires and a discussion of how these ancient Celtic beliefs were assimilated by Christianity and how the Irish Christian Church transmuted these ancient ghosts into the malevolent demon, the vampire.