The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes

The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes is a collection of horror short stories by British author R. Chetwynd-Hayes, edited by Stephen Jones. It was released in 1997 by Fedogan & Bremer in an edition of 1,000 copies, of which 100 were signed by the author, editor, illustrator, cover artist and Brian Lumley who wrote the foreword. Most of the stories originally appeared in other anthologies and collections. Currently published under the title Looking for Something to Suck: The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes.

The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Illustrator	Jim Pitts
Cover artist	Les Edwards
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Horror
Publisher	Fedogan & Bremer
Publication date	1997
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	xiv, 253 pp
ISBN	1-878252-33-X
OCLC	38424635

Contents

• "Foreword: Never Had an Idea in His Life!" by Brian Lumley
• "My Mother Married a Vampire"
• "A Family Welcome"
• "Rudolph"
• "The Labyrinth"
• "The Sad Vampire"
• "Amelia"
• "Acquiring a Family"
• "The Buck"
• "Keep the Gaslight Burning"
• "Birth"
• "Louis"
• "Looking for Something to Suck"
• "Great-Grandad Walks Again"
• "The Fundamental Elemental"
• "The Werewolf and the Vampire"
• "Afterword: Never Beastly to Vampires" by Stephen Jones

References

• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". Retrieved March 31, 2008.
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 256.