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Quote1 The couple argued frequently over which of them was the better. Lilith refused to submissively agree that she was less than Adam's equal and left him--despite the pleas of three angels: Sanvi, Sansanvi, and Semangelaf. Lilith paid a tragic price for her liberated defiance. The angels slaughtered the children she'd had by Adam. Quote2
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Appearing in "Lighthouse of the Possessed"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

  • Jason Knight (First appearance; dies)
  • Unnamed Ticket Seller (Unidentified Movie Theater)
  • Amanda Saint's Father (Mentioned) (Deceased)
  • Justin (Mentioned)
  • Catherine Saint (Mentioned)
  • Brock Kilbride (First appearance)
  • Arlene Randolph (First appearance)
  • Monte Harris (First appearance)

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Locations:

Synopsis for "Lighthouse of the Possessed"

Morbius accompanies Amanda Saint to Malevolence, Maine where she would hopefully gain more answers about her family. There they continued to run into the cult of Demon-Fire. Amanda's mother had heard that Morbius was responsible for the collapse of their San Francisco branch and informed their leader Blood-Tide. Blood-Tide sentences both Morbius and Amanda to death. Disguised as Mrs. Agnes the innkeeper Amanda's mom returns to the hotel and sends Oliver her deaf human puppet in to kill the two. Morbius spots Oliver and kills him by throwing him out the window. The hunger infects Morbius and he succumbs to feeding on Oliver in front of Amanda who flees from Morbius into a pack of zombified individuals called the possessed. They chase the two as they pass by Brock Kilbride and Arlene Randolph who are assisting Duke Mannery during his campaign. Their fate is left unknown as the horde of possessed are running toward them.

While escaping Morbius and Amanda run into Amanda's mother still disguised as Mrs. Agnes wielding an axe. Morbius fights her off and kills her before removing her mask. Amanda who has fainted during the attack is carried away by Morbius who pockets the wedding band of Amanda's mother. He insists that he will return this legacy of her family back to her and that is all that he is willing to give from her mother. The two walk away from the nightmare that has just transpired.

Appearing in "Everything You Always Wanted Know About Vampires"

Featured Characters:

  • Vampires (Referenced)
  • Ekimmu (Referenced)
  • Lilith / Lilitu (Referenced)
  • Ghoul (Djinn) (Referenced)
  • Ghouls (Referenced)
    • Amine (Referenced)
  • Penanggalan (Referenced)
  • Pontianak or Madi-anak (Referenced)
    • Langsuir (Referenced)
      • The original Langsuir (Referenced)
    • Bajang (Referenced)
    • Original Langsuir's child (Referenced)
  • Dracula (Referenced)
  • Asasabonsam (Referenced)
  • Obayifo (Referenced)
  • Tezcatlipoca (Referenced)
  • Ciuateteo (Referenced)

Supporting Characters:

  • Gilgamesh (Referenced)
  • Ea-bani (Referenced)
  • Nergal (Referenced)
  • Adam (Referenced)
  • Sidi Nouman (Referenced)
  • Liu (Referenced)
  • Liu's wife (Referenced)
  • Liu's neighbor (Referenced)

Other Characters:

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Locations:

Synopsis for "Everything You Always Wanted Know About Vampires"

  • Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "Somewhere Waits the Vampire!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #27

Featured Characters:

  • Herr von Heinif (First appearance; dies) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

  • Sophia von Heinif (First appearance; dies)
  • Kraska (First appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Vampires (Only in flashback)
    • Numerous unnamed vampires (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Doctor
  • Von Heinif's Wife (Only in flashback) (First appearance; dies)
  • Von Heinif's Son (Only in flashback) (First appearance; dies)

Races and Species:

  • Humans (Main story and flashback)
  • Vampires (Main story and flashback)
  • Snakes (Referenced)
  • Bats (Illusion or holographic simulation)
  • Leeches (Mentioned)
  • Sheep (Only in flashback)
  • Rabbits (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)

Locations:

  • Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
    • Earth (Main story and flashback)
      • Germany (Main story and flashback)
        • Unidentified Village (Main story and flashback)

Items:

  • Silver-headed arrows
  • Silver covered bear trap

Synopsis for "Somewhere Waits the Vampire!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #27

A man's heart gives out when he finds he has unintentionally killed his daughter because he used silver in traps set for her vampire lover and the vampire had already infused vampire blood into her veins.

Appearing in "A Vampire's Home is His Castle"

Featured Characters:

  • Syrenzy (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Adel Syrenzy (First appearance; dies) (Unnamed) (Syrenzy's Daughter)
  • Ilona Syrenzy (First appearance; dies) (Unnamed) (Syrenzy's Daughter)
  • Nadia Syrenzy (First appearance; dies) (Syrenzy's Daughter)

Antagonists:

  • Count Varma (First appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

  • Numerous unnamed tavern patrons
  • Christina Syrenzy (Corpse, skeleton or other remains) (First appearance) (Syrenzy's Wife)
  • Numerous unnamed Syrenzy employees

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "A Vampire's Home is His Castle"

A famous stone-cutter is hired by a vampiric Count Varma to repair his castle. When asked if he asks the stone-cutter, Syrenzy, if he has family Syrenzy lies and tells him no. That night upon returning home he spots the Count over his wife recently have drained her dry of blood and dead. Informing Syrenzy that now he has now wife just as he says but he expects he and his three daughters to come live with him before taking off into the night.

The following day Syrenzy is informed that he is in charge during the day and he gets to work with his men. That night he goes to slay the Varma but is stopped by one of his daughters Nadia who has been turned by the count into a vampire as well, in fact on further investigation all of his daughters are now vampires. Soon after the Varma informs Syrenzy that he'll be leaving for a few months and warns him that his daughters will be vulnerable during the day while he is away and that if anything should happen Syrenzy would be killed. Syrenzy continued to work on the Castle while Varma was away but during one day Syrenzy crept into the hidden sleeping chambers of his daughters and staked all three of them. When Varma returned it was nearing day but he was unable to enter his own home as Syrenzy had turned the entire structure into a shape of a cross. Varma died shortly after being exposed to the sun for too long.

Appearing in "Hell House is Dying"

  • A text article discussing real world events or people, or characters from a real world perspective, as such, no conventional appearances.

Synopsis for "Hell House is Dying"

A text editorial.

Appearing in "The Vampire's Coffin!"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Mystery Tales #15

Featured Characters:

  • Captain Banner (First appearance; dies)

Antagonists:

  • Captain Banner's Crew
    • Numerous unnamed members

Other Characters:

  • Johnny (First appearance; dies)
  • Unnamed Museum Curator

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Vampire's Coffin!"

Reprint of the 4th story from
Mystery Tales #15

A vampire's coffin is brought about a ship and when the crew mutinies under the cruel captain's treatment, they stake him and place his body in the coffin.

Appearing in "The Drifting Snow"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Ernest (First appearance) (Clodetta's Husband)
  • Mary (First appearance) (Ernest's Aunt)
  • Henry (First appearance) (Ernest's Cousin)

Antagonists: Antagonists:

  • Martin Bellis (Main story and flashback) (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Ernest's Grandfather)
  • Darla August (Main story and flashback) (First appearance) (Unnamed)

Other Characters:

  • John (Referenced) (Deceased) (Ernest's Father)
  • Lisa
  • God (Invoked)
  • Anthony Bellis (Only in flashback) (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Ernest's Uncle)
  • Sam

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Locations:

Synopsis for "The Drifting Snow"

Clodetta and her husband Ernest visit his family at their family home in Wisconsin. There they meet with Ernest's Aunt Mary who warns them not to look out the west window. Soon after Henry, Ernest's cousin arrives and goes against his Aunt's wishes. Upon opening the curtains Henry, Ernest and Clodetta spot a man and a woman outside. Clodetta runs upstairs to Mary and informs her about the two people and that they should let them inside. Mary tells her no and explains that some time ago Ernest's grandfather caught a servant girl and Henry's father outside in the the midst of passion. While it the girl was not at fault Ernest's grandfather threw the scantily clad girl out into the cold snow. After his anger faded and his senses regained Ernest's grandfather sought out the girl but found her dead. A few nights later Ernest's grandfather spotted a girl outside the west window and went out to meet her but he soon ended up dead in the exact same place the girl was found. Now to resist both their calls Mary keeps the curtains closed during the winter.

Upon descending the stairs Clodetta and Mary learn that Henry went out to meet the pair in the snow. Mary tried to alert her servant Sam to go get him but as she was Sam and Henry came stumbling into the doorway. Sam explained that he stopped Henry from running towards the woman by knocking him upside the head. Henry dazed but in a hypnotic trance called out to the woman as she appeared in the doorway and ran out to her. Ernest attempted to go after him but was stopped by Mary who insisted that it was for the best that only Henry die and not both of them. That morning the sought out the spot and as expected there they found Henry dead seemingly of exposure except for the two strange marks on his cheeks that looked like a petite woman's handprints.

Appearing in "Lilith: The First Vampire"

Featured Characters:

  • Lilith (First appearance) (Origin revealed)

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Synopsis for "Lilith: The First Vampire"

A brief one page origin of Lilith.

Notes

  • "The Drifting Snow" is adapted from the short story of the same name by American author August Derleth.

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