xiii: Kommentar: Introduction (Stefan Dziemianowicz)
1: And to See Him Smile (Donald R. Burleson)
8: The Witness (Mike Ashley)
17: Conversion (Ramsey Campbell)
21: Apotropaics (Norman Partridge)
30: Camera Shy (T. E. D. Klein)
39: Snip My Suckers (Lois H. Gresh)
45: Blood and Silence (David Langford)
50: And by a Word, Immortal (Mark A. Kreighbaum als Mark Kreighbaum)
56: The Kwik-Mart Vampire (Robert Weinberg)
64: Forever Young (Martin R. Soderstrom)
67: Moving Day (Scott A. Cupp)
73: Aqua Sancta (Edward Bryant)
74: Something Had to Be Done (David Drake)
80: Chains (Michael Skeet)
87: Blood Gothic (Nancy Holder)
93: Child of the Night (Brian McNaughton)
101: Coffin.Nail (Richard Parks)
108: Setup (Rick Hautala)
114: Single White Vampire (Gary Jonas)
121: Worthy of His Hire (Lawrence Watt-Evans)
126: Night Flight (Mike Baker)
131: The Flame (Fred Chappell)
137: First Love (Hugh B. Cave)
144: The Need (Jay R. Bonansinga)
152: The Rose Cavalier (Ben P. Indick)
161: The Lady of the Fountain (Darrell Schweitzer)
168: The Shape of Turmoil (H. Andrew Lynch)
178: Crucifixion (Adam-Troy Castro)
181: Bingin' (Greg Cox)
185: Slice of Life (Dan Perez)
190: Charity (Adam Niswander)
193: Antidote (Billie Sue Mosiman)
199: All Through the Night (Jedediah Elysdir Hartman)
203: The Dark Nightingale Returns (Thomas Marcinko)
210: Up in the Air, Junior V-Men (Gregory Nicoll)
215: Cross Examination (Brad Strickland)
219: It All Comes Out in Analysis (Hobey Widmouth)
230: The Early Decision (Steve Anable)
239: Blood Brothers (Peter Cannon)
245: Hunting the Vampire (C. Bruce Hunter)
247: The Heart of Count Dracula, Descendant of Attila, Scourge of God (Thomas Ligotti)
249: Misapprehensions (Don D'Ammassa)
258: Prince of the Punks (Karl Edward Wagner)
261: Entrapment (John Maclay)
266: Cocci's Blood-Fueled Feud (Lois H. Gresh)
274: One Good Bite (Christie Golden)
279: Miss Vampire New Mexico Meets Her Dream Date (John Gregory Betancourt)
282: Angels, Strange Angels (Peter M. Spizzirri)
286: Another Saturday Night (David Niall Wilson)
293: Icing Up (Benjamin Adams)
303: Vintage Domestic (Steve Rasnic Tem)
309: A Little Night Music (Ron Dee)
314: Sometimes We Come Back (Wayne Allen Sallee)
316: Acts (Benjamin Adams)
323: Revival (Richard Parks)
327: Crumbs Under Thy Table (Pamela D. Hodgson)
333: Blood Atonement (Robert M. Price)
338: Back in the World (Billie Sue Mosiman)
343: The King's Return (Charles Garofalo)
346: Jack in the Box (Ramsey Campbell)
351: Mouths (Steve Rasnic Tem)
354: The Blood Ran Out (Michael A. Arnzen)
356: The Last Victim (Jeff Gelb)
360: The Biting-a-Hologram Blues (Nina Kiriki Hoffman)
364: Life After (Don Herron)
367: A Frenzied Beat of Wings (C. Bruce Hunter)
374: The Exploration of Inner Space (Brian M. Stableford als Brian Stableford)
382: The Nine Billion Names of Nosferatu (Simon MacCulloch)
389: VampWare (Karen E. Taylor)
397: The Best Years of My Life (Yvonne Navarro)
404: The Wet-Nurse (Lois Tilton)
412: A 12-Step Program (for the Corporeally Challenged) (Tina L. Jens)
420: Supernaturally Incorrect (Tim Waggoner)
428: Bar Talk (Joe R. Lansdale)
430: Exodus (Lawrence Schimel)
432: The Longest Night (Cynthia Ward)
436: Fire of Spring (George Zebrowski)
450: UV (Nancy Kilpatrick)
458: The Skull in Her Smile (Will Murray)
466: Upstairs, Downstairs, and All About Vampires (Mort Castle)
481: Folds of the Faithful (Yvonne Navarro)
486: Just Enough (Joel Lane)
493: Family History (Nina Kiriki Hoffman)
496: Moving Day (Night?) (Kathryn Ptacek)
500: Hemo Gobblin' (Robert M. Price)
504: Paying the Fine (Jill M. Morgan)
512: The Devil Is Not Mocked (Manly Wade Wellman)
518: Ragz (Adam-Troy Castro)
523: Cross Your Heart (Lisa Lepovetsky)
535: Angels of the Mist (Stephen Mark Rainey)
542: The Reappearance (Mollie L. Burleson)
546: The Travelling Coffin (Miroslaw Lipinski)
557: The Darkness in Her Touch (Michael Scott Bricker)
561: Year's Turning (Connie Hirsch)
568: The Law (Hugh B. Cave)
573: Cradle (Alan Brennert)
583: Abschnitt: Acknowledgments
Sie ist eine atemberaubend schöne Frau. Und sie ist ein Geheimprojekt der Regierung, gezüchtet nach einer Botschaft aus dem Weltraum. Dank ihrer unvorstellbaren Kräfte kann sie sich aus dem Labor befreien und kennt, allein in einer ihr fremden Welt, nur eine Aufgabe: überleben - und sich fortpflanzen! Sie ist Sil - die erste einer tödlichen Spezies.
1: Details (China Miéville)
21: Visitation (James Robert Smith)
33: The Invisible Empire (James van Pelt)
85: The Cabin in the Woods (Richard Laymon)
109: The Stuff of the Stars, Leaking (Tim Lebbon)
125: Sour Places (Mark Chadbourn)
141: Meet Me on the Other Side (Yvonne Navarro)
181: Long Meg and Her Daughters (Paul Finch)
243: A Fatal Exception Has Occurred At . . . (Alan Dean Foster)
261: Dark of the Moon (James S. Dorr)
275: Red Clay (J. Michael Reaves)
291: Principles and Parameters (Meredith L. Patterson)
325: Are You Loathsome Tonight? (Poppy Z. Brite)
331: The Serenade of Starlight (W. H. Pugmire Esq.)
345: Outside (Steve Rasnic Tem)
355: Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea (Caitlín R. Kiernan)
371: A Spectacle of a Man (Weston Ochse)
389: The Firebrand Symphony (Brian Hodge)
437: Teeth (Matt Cardin)