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Publication Date: Aug 15 2011

Meet the eternal predator that humanity never ceases to find both fascinating and terrifying. Evolve 2: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead moves this creature beyond 2012, through this century and into the next. We humans will evolve, but so will they! Whatever apocalyptic events that lie ahead for our species, for the planet, vampires will be there too, helping or hindering, effecting or infecting us. Time is on their side, but it may not be on ours.

Featured authors include: Tanith Lee, Kelley Armstrong, John Shirley, Thomas Roche, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Heather Clitheroe, Erika Holt, Ivan Dorin, Michael Lorenson, Jason Ridler, David Beynon, Eileen Bell, Peter Sellers, Sandra Wickham, William Meikle, David Tocher, Leanne Tremblay, Ryan McFadden, Steve Vernon, Bev Vincent, Anne Mok, and Sandra Kasturi.

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Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Edge (Aug 15 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1894063627
ISBN-13: 978-1894063623
Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.9 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 318 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #312,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Nancy Kilpatrick is, quite simply, one of the finest anthologists of our time. Evolve Two contains beautifully written, edgy stories as mesmerizing as the archetype they celebrate—that predator par excellence, the vampire. From an homage to Twelve Angry Men to a trip to Mars; a heartbreaking deal made between two friends, and the promise of a year-long night—Evolve Two takes us far beyond nosferatu's origins, and blasts us along the vampire's evolutionary trajectory. Evolve Three, please?" — Nancy Holder, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Crusade
"Evolve Two: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead is a full-spectrum vampire anthology, with stories catering to all forms of the vampire legend. There's something here to please all undead aficionados (or perhaps that should be 'aficionados of the undead'...I can't speak to the vital signs of all the book's readers)." — Kevin J. Anderson, Editor of the BLOOD LITE anthology series
"Vampire tales to quench everyone's thirst — a killer anthology!" — Lois Gresh, New York Times Best-Selling Author of Blood and Ice and Eldritch Evolutions
"Vampire tales to quench everyone's thirst — a killer anthology! Nancy Kilpatrick shows us the future of all things vampiric: angst, dreams, medicine, criminal trials, apocalyptic cravings, and of course, blood." — Lois Gresh, New York Times Best-Selling Author of Blood and Ice and Eldritch Evolutions
"Vampire junkies, vampire justice and a poignant meeting of the living and the undead. One of the most astonishing—and thought-provoking—short story anthologies I've ever read." — Elaine Bergstrom, author of Shattered Glass and Mina...the Dracula Story Continues
"In her introduction, Nancy Kilpatrick tells us there will be no stereotypes in Evolve Two, and she's as good as her word. The characters in these very original vampire tales range from hip urban huntresses to vicious cage fighters to lonely astronauts, the settings from isolated farms to futuristic underground courtrooms to post-holocaust deserts. Evolve Two is speculative fiction at its full-blooded best." — Lisa Morton, Stoker Award-winning author of The Castle of Los Angeles

About the Author

Award-winning author Nancy Kilpatrick has published eighteen novels, over one hundred and ninety short stories, five collections of stories, and edited ten other anthologies. Much of her body of work involves vampires.

She also writes dark fantasy, horror, mysteries and erotic horror, under her name, her nom de plume Amarantha Knight, and her newest pen name Desirée Knight. Besides writing novels and short stories, and editing anthologies, she has scripted four issues of Vamp-Erotic comics. As well, she’s penned radio scripts, a stage-play, and the non-fiction book The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Destined to become a Classic July 28 2011

By Diana L. Driver - Published on Amazon.com

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eVolVe Two.

Nancy Kilpatrick sets the bar high in the introduction of EVOLVE TWO . No vampire stereotypes allowed. Only archetypes. Only the original Nosferatu will be found in this collection of short stories.

EVOLVE TWO is a powerful collection of short stories divided into three sections; PRE-APOCALYPSE, POST-APOCALYPSE, and NEW WORLD ORDER. Each story is powerful enough to stand on its own merit while building on the preceding story and giving the reader new settings, characters, and storylines that go beyond the creative well of the ordinary.

Finish one story and you're eager to begin the next, and there are no disappointments. Each story lives up to and rises above expectations. The stories live on in memory - long after the book is closed. These are the vampires of the future. These are the tales that re-define vampires in the world of fiction.

EVOLVE TWO is destined to become a classic. Evolve Two is fiction at its very best.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Covers all parts of the vampire world Aug 3 2012

By Paul Lappen - Published on Amazon.com

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Whatever is ahead for humanity, how will vampires react? Will they continue to suck our blood, or will we learn to work together? This anthology attempts to give the answer.

In present-day Mexico, a street kid meets a female vampire and gives her some of his blood. She is on the run, because her kind is being hunted by the Mexican government, drug gangs and nearly everyone else. The night before liftoff, a male astronaut has a romantic encounter that ends with him being bitten by a vampire. What do you think will happen to the first manned mission to Mars?

A very high-class mausoleum, which involves preserving the dead and letting them float around inside a hollowed-out asteroid, allowing families to visit, is not what it seems. A jury has to decide if a young woman, who was beaten to death, was, or was not, a vampire at the time. A woman is truned into a vampire, and is forced to leave her husband and daughter; the temptation is just too strong. Decades later, the hunting of vampires has become established and part of society. In a world where the ozone layer has pretty much disappeared, blisters will form on unprotected skin within a few minutes. People are ripping vampire fangs right out of their mouths, because, when ground up and mixed with blood, it supposedly makes the ultimate sun-block.

This is an excellent group of stories. They are original stories that explore all parts of the vampire world. Individually, they are well-written, and, collectively, this is very much worth reading (even for those who are not vampire fans).

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Incredible Collection Aug 11 2011

By Amanda Jade - Published on Amazon.com

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Evolve 2: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead contains 22 short stories written by some of the greatest paranormal authors out there, including Tanith Lee, Kelley Armstrong, John Shirley, Thomas Roche, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Heather Clitheroe and more. Like the first Evolve, this collection of stories looks forward instead of back, it gives readers a new insight into the world of vampires, a fresh and unique take on our beloved blood drinkers. Unlike the first edition, this one is split up into three sections - pre-apocalypse, post-apocalypse and new world order. Due to my creepy obsession with vampires and apocalypses, I really loved seeing that.

Like the first edition, Evolve 2 contains a wide variety of tales, no story is like the one before it, every author has their own voice and it's really shown off here. I would go from reading something mysterious or comedic, to something dark and terrifying.

As for the stories themselves, I was highly impressed with many of the authors in this book, such as Ivan Dorin, who penned the incredibly deep and intellectual story "Nosangreal." I also enjoyed Michael Lorenson's "Six Underground," which took vampires to a futuristic courthouse of all places. The world she created was one that I would LOVE to see more of. The entire world living in an underground labyrinth - who wouldn't want more of that? I also loved William Meikle's "Out With the Old" which was a glorious classic vampire horror story set in post-apocalyptic world. Loved it! And I I'll stop now before I gush over every wonderful story I read.

However, it wasn't all good, there were a few duds thrown in there. Some of the stories were surprisingly bland and unoriginal and I had to force myself through them. Fortunately those stories were limited, and the majority of the book was incredible.

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