The Vampire's Crypt

Zine
Title:	The Vampire's Crypt
Publisher:
Editor(s):	Margaret L. Carter
Date(s):	1989-2002
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Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Vampires
Language:	English
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The Vampire's Crypt is a zine of Original Fiction, reviews and interviews, all vampire-centric. Each issue contains the book review column "Vampires in Print." Most issues include verse and art. Some issues also contain nonfiction.

a 1992 flyer printed in Good Guys Wear Fangs #1

Issue 1

The Vampire's Crypt 1 (Summer 1989) includes an outtake of Shattered Glass by Elaine Bergstrom.

Issue 2

The Vampire's Crypt 2 (Summer 1990) includes interviews with Suzy McKee Charnas and Elaine Bergstrom, fiction, and reviews.

Issue 3

The Vampire's Crypt 3 (Spring 1991) includes an interview with L.A. Freed, fiction, and reviews.

Issue 4

The Vampire's Crypt 4 (Fall 1991) includes an interview with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, fiction, and reviews.

Issue 5

The Vampire's Crypt 5 (Spring 1992) includes an interview with Tanya Huff, fiction, and reviews.

Issue 6

The Vampire's Crypt 6 (Fall 1992) includes an interview with Poppy Z. Brite, fiction, and reviews.

Issue 7

The Vampire's Crypt 7 was published in Spring 1993 and contains 90 pages.

front cover of issue #7, Buzz Lovko

back cover of issue #7, Buzz Lovko

The art is by Fay Dominie, Tammerie, Buzz Lovko, and Eugene R. Gryniewicz.

• Cryptic Remarks, editorial (1)
• Commentary on Bram Stoker's Dracula, letters of comment about the movie (3)
• Jessica, poem by John Grey (7)
• Wound, poem by John Grey (7)
• Child of the Night, poem by Fay Dominie (8)
• Advertisements (9)
• Interview with P.N. Elrod (10)
• Interview with Lois Tilton, by Edo van Belkom (15)
• Vampires in Print by Catherine B. Krusberg (a long, long article which discusses and review MANY fiction and non-fiction works, at the end it includes comments about Good Guys Wear Fangs #1) (21)
• Coming Home, fiction by Fay Dominie (50)
• Pain No More, fiction by Tammerie (54)
• Thirst, fiction by John Mattera (57)
• Night Cry, fiction by Eric Umland (65)
• Underground, fiction by Edo van Velkom (68)
• Neverath, fiction by Katherine X. Rylien (69)
• Drunken Dance, fiction by Gerard Daniel Hourarner (76)
• Tyne Cross, fiction by Lorin Emery (78)

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  from issue #7, Eugene R. Gryniewicz

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  from issue #7, Fay Dominie

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  from issue #7, Tammerie

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  from issue #7, Eugene R. Gryniewicz

Issue 8

The Vampire's Crypt 8 (Fall 1993) includes an interview with T. Lucien Wright, fiction, and reviews.

Issue 9

The Vampire's Crypt 9 (Spring 1994) includes interviews with Roxanne Longstreet and Dan Jolley, art, and fiction: "If Blood Were Fantasy, "Vampires Wouldn't Drink It," "I Love You Genrely," "Burn Bridge," "Middle Yarrow," and "Loving You Dearly."

Issue 10

The Vampire's Crypt 10 (Fall 1994)

cover of issue #10

• Support Group, fiction by Margaret L. Carter
• Insomni-Vamp, fiction by Sandra Lee Robinson
• Final Class, fiction by Leslie Roy Carter
• A Personal Vampire, fiction by Lorraine A. Jean
• The Miscreant and the Moonstream, fiction by D.F. Lewis
• The Land Beyond the Forest, fiction by Gemma Files
• The Silver Cloud, fiction by Lorin Emery
• Pemaquid, fiction by Lorin Emery
• New Canaan, fiction by Lorin Emery
• Mousam, fiction by Lorin Emory

• Vampires in Print article
• Interview With Nancy Kilpatrick
• poetry

Issue 11

The Vampire's Crypt 11 (Spring 1995) includes fiction, verse, and illustrations.

Issue 12

The Vampire's Crypt 12 (Fall 1995) includes fiction, verse, and illustrations.

"In this semiannual publication you will find: Book Review by Margaret L. Carter. Vampires In Print by Catherine B. Krushberg. The Vampire's Niche by Adriana I. Pena. Interview with Laurell K Hamilton, verse by John Grey and Brice Patrick Gorman, A Different Face by D.F. Lewis, Lorraine's Life Preserver by Barbara A. Custer, Sweet Nepen the by Steve Eller, Genesis- The First Book of the Dark by William Meikle, Tourist Trap by Carole Carey, Angels of Night by Lorraine A. Jean, Deposit at High Noon by Brice Patrick and Barley Jean by Lorin Emery. Calligraphy by Dawn Callahan, illustrations by Jeff Allgood, Kim Traub and Karin Wikoff."

Issue 13

The Vampire's Crypt 13 (Spring 1996) includes fiction, verse, and illustrations.

Issue 14

The Vampire's Crypt 14 (Fall 1996) includes an interview with David Dvorkin, fiction, and reviews.

Issue 15

The Vampire's Crypt 15 (Spring 1997) includes an interview with William Mark Simmons, fiction, and reviews. It contains 105 pages.

cover of issue #15

• Paralegal on the Vampire Shift by M. Kenyon Charboneaux

• Learning the Ropes by Scott Harper

• Vampire For Sale, Slightly Used by Lorraine A. Jean

• The Hunger by Adriana I. Pena

• Heparin Poisoning by Adriana I. Pena

• Transformation by Denyse M. Bridger

• The Monk by David B. Riley

• Getting Into Character by Charles Jacob

• Lifeline by Lorin Emery

• The Halls of the Dead by Deborah Hunt
• other articles, poetry, etc.

Issue 16

The Vampire's Crypt 16 (Fall 1997) includes an interview with Warren Beath, fiction, and reviews.

Issue 17

The Vampire's Crypt 17 (Spring 1998) includes fiction and illustrations.

Issue 18

The Vampire's Crypt 18 (Fall 1998) includes fiction, verse, and illustrations.

Issue 19

The Vampire's Crypt 19 was published in Spring 1999 and contains 112 pages.

front cover of issue #19

This issue contains about 10 pages of poetry, 20 pages about vampires in print, an interview with Sue K, and some short fiction

• Entwined in Shadows by Denysé Bridger
• The Daymare Club by Vickie Shouse
• The Stocking Man by Barbara Melenky
• Denial by Doug Hewitt
• Living and Dying in Eternity, SC by d. g. k. goldberg
• Darkness Rising by Barbara A. Custer
• Game by Scott Harper
• The Princess and the Vampire by A. Schneider
• Ashlea by Lori L. Smith
• Scary Nights in Alabama
• other content

Issue 20

The Vampire's Crypt 20 (Fall 1999) includes fiction, verse, and illustrations.

Issue 21

The Vampire's Crypt 21 (Spring 2000) includes fiction, verse, and illustrations.

Issue 22

The Vampire's Crypt 22 (Fall 2000) includes fiction, verse, and illustrations.

Issue 23

The Vampire's Crypt 23 (Spring 2001) includes fiction, verse, and illustrations.

Issue 24

The Vampire's Crypt 24 (Fall 2001) includes fiction, verse, and illustrations.

Issue 25

The Vampire's Crypt 25 (Spring 2002 ) includes fiction, verse, and illustrations.