Hugo, Nebula, and Tiptree award?winning author Suzy McKee Charnas offers up her lush stories in this compelling retrospective story collection. In Stagestruck Vampires, the supernatural and the real intertwine seamlessly. A villainous maestro is redeemed by his lovely, apt pupil in ?Beauty and the Opera or The Phantom Beast." Inside the ?Unicorn Tapestry," a psychotherapist stalks a vampire. A dazzling performance of Tosca is marred by a shocking murder during ?A Musical Interlude." This collection features original work by Charnas?the mystical novelette, ?Peregrines," and two original essays. Also included is a collaborative story on vampire themes, ?Advocates," written with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, author of the Saint-Germain Chronicles.