Vampires have fascinated readers for centuries, but few know where the earliest stories truly began. The first half of the 19th century holds the cradle of vampire literature in English, a time when vampires were often called "vampyres" or even thought of as ghosts. This period shaped much of what we now recognize as classic vampire lore. Andrew Barger's newly published anthology, The Best Vampire Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Vampire Anthology , brings these forgotten tales b