Less Than Human, by Gary Raisor

Less Than Human
by Gary Raisor

About the Book:

The town of Carruthers, Texas, has seen its share of drifters and lowlifes. But never anyone like Steven and Earl. Theymove from town to town, hustling the pool halls. Raising a little hell. Drinking a little blood. They sleep by day and hunt by night - the ultimate predators The perfect life. Until now. A barroom brawl ends in disaster. The soil from Steven's grave has been stolen. A young boy's death sparks an all-out war between vampires and mortals that will turn the local Frontier Day celebration into a bloodbath ...

It's time to paint the town red.

"A unique twist on the traditional vampire myth."
— Nancy A. Collins

"One of the great vampire novels.
— Joe R. Lansdale

Gary Raisor is an American horror author best known for the novels Less Than Human, Graven Images, Sinister Purposes, and his extensive short fiction work. He was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel for Less Than Human in 1992. He also edited the anthology Obsessions with stories from Dean Koontz, Kevin J. Anderson, F. Paul Wilson, Dan Simmons, Joe R. Lansdale, and featured the story Lady Madonna by Nancy Holder, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction in 1991.

Raisor has written numerous short stories, beginning in the 1980s in Night Cry Magazine and The Horror Show, working his way into a lot of "Best Of" anthologies. Today, Raisor concentrates primarily on screenplays and comics.