If you want to read a near-perfect pulpy horror story, then you must read Baltimore by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. It's got: vampires, were-creatures, references to Ahab and Hans Christian Andersen, and a bit to say about war as well.
And let me tell you, these aren't the B.S. Anne Rice gothy whispy sexually ambiguous "Lonely Ones" type of vampires. Oh no. These are the creepy menacing hungry vampires that haunted Stoker's nightmares.
And take a look at these reviews:
"Baltimore is an old time rootin' tootin' sense of wonder story dragged through a modern blender, then slow baked in hell. I loved it. It was velvet bullet -- speedy and rich in sensation. Go boys, go." -- Joe R. Lansdale
"I have admired Mike Mignola both as an artist and as a tremendous story teller pretty much since his career began. In this collaboration with Christopher Golden it's fair to say he surpasses himself. He and Golden have produced a witty classic of supernatural fiction." -- Michael Moorcock
Go read. Now.
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