Elena: transformed, the golden girl has become what she once feared and desired. Stefan: tormented by losing Elena, he’s determined to end his feud with Damon once and for all—whatever the cost. But slowly he begins to realize that his brother is not his only enemy. Damon: at last, he possesses [...]

The first book in a new trilogy from L. J. Smith! Elena Gilbert is alive—again. When Elena sacrificed herself to save the two vampire brothers who love her—the handsome, brooding Stefan and the sleek and dangerous Damon—she was consigned to a fate beyond death. Until a powerful supernatural force pulled [...]

Vampires are ghoulish miscreants and emerge throughout history. Here are four accounts of vampires.

The Buckinghamshire Vampire
In 1196 a vampire meandered through the Buckinghamshire district of England. The story is recorded in Historia Rerum Anglicarum. The scribe of the story is a monk named William of Newburgh. A vampire, which was the specter of a recently [...]