Vampirella: Feary Tales

Nancy A. Collins · Gail Simone · Devin Grayson · John Shirley · Steve Bissette · Elaine Lee · Denis St. John · Joe R. Lansdale · Eric Trautmann · Stuart Moore

Sep 2015 · Vampirella: Feary Tales Issue #1 · Dynamite Entertainment

About this ebook

Nancy A. Collins (Swamp Thing, Sunglasses After Dark) has called upon some of today's finest creative talents - including Gail Simone, Steve Niles, Joe R. Lansdale, Devin Grayson, Stephen R. Bissette, and many more - to celebrate Vampirella's 45th Anniversary by crafting an anthology of twisted tales, bizarre bedtime stories, and fearsome fables in the tradition of the original Warren magazines, each featuring everyone's favorite sexy, kick-ass vampire-turned-monster hunter. While exploring the Transylvanian castle she's recently inherited, Vampirella discovers a strange old book of "Feary Tales" that seems oddly familiar. Upon opening it, she is sucked inside its pages and lands in a weird alternate reality, where she is compelled by a disembodied voice calling itself 'The Storyteller' to live out each of the 'feary tales' if she ever hopes to return to reality. 

About the author

Elaine Lee is an attorney practicing in the San Francisco Bay area. She is also a program director for the San Francisco Foundation, a $500 million-dollar community fund that disburses grants to a wide array of non-profit organizations. Prior to joining the foundation in 1993, she was the executive director of a family law center for 10 years. She has also taught law school and worked as an arbitrator. She is a graduate of Western Michigan University and the University of Denver School of Law. Lee, an avid swimmer, bibliophile, dancer, skier, stargazer, whitewater rafter, sailor, and cyclist, traveled solo around the world over a two-year period several years ago and continues to travel regularly. She has visited more than 33 countries, and has written a number of specialized travel guides. One of her books is Go Girl! - A Travel Guide for the African-American Woman. This is the very first travel anthology written for, by, and about African-American women travelers. Lee states, "By sharing our stories, it is my hope that we can uplift the sistren. By lighting the way, by creating avenues and setting forth examples, we can help them see more of the options and opportunities available to them on the planet." Stuart Moore is a freelance editor and partner in Botfriend, and editor of the Virgin Comics / SciFi Channel comics line and of the bestselling Marvel Knights imprint. Joe R. Lansdale was born in Gladewater, Tex. in 1951. He attended Tyler Junior College, the University of Texas at Austin, and Stephen F. Austin State University. Lansdale has also had a varied career, having worked as a bouncer, a bodyguard, a transportation manager, a custodian, and a karate instructor before becoming a fulltime writer in 1981. Lansdale's written work includes several novels and more than 200 short stories. Although his favorite genre is fantasy, with suspense a close second, he has also written mysteries, horror, science fiction, and westerns. Some titles include Rumble Tumble, Dead in the West, The Nightrunners, Cold in July, By Bizarre Hands and The Drive-in (a 'B' Movie with Blood and Popcorn. Made in Texas). In addition, Lansdale has edited the short-story anthologies Best of the West, The New Frontier: Best of the West 2, and Razored Saddles. Lansdale has received five Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers of America, including one for "The Night They Missed the Horror Show." He has also been awarded the British Fantasy Award and the American Horror Award. Joe Lansdale and his second wife, Karen, have two children. They live in Nacagdoches, Tex.