Sunglasses After Dark, by award-winning author Nancy A. Collins, tells the story of a punk female vampire/vampire-hunter searching for the man responsible turning her into one of the undead One spring night in London, heiress Denise Thorne disappears while partying at a nightclub, never to be seen again. That very same night, Sonja Blue, a tough-as-nails punk vampire/vampire-slayer, conceived in terror and blood, is borne from the city’s gutters. Saved by modern medicine before she could die, she is a living vampire who still possesses a soul and is determined to fight for what remains of her humanity. In the years since her bizarre resurrection, Sonja Blue travels the globe, hunting down and disposing of those creatures that prey on the innocent while searching for the vampire Noble who created her. But when she investigates a sleazy televangelist named Catherine Wheele, who is exploiting Denise Thorne’s parents, Sonja finds herself up against a powerful inhuman adversary. But as dangerous as Catherine Wheele proves to be, Sonja’s greatest foe remains the Other, the demonic personality with whom she is locked in a constant battle for control of their shared body. Can Sonja Blue overcome her inner demon in time to rescue an innocent man from Catherine Wheele’s unholy clutches? Acknowledged as one of the first Urban Fantasy novels, Sunglasses After Dark burst onto the fantasy/horror scene in 1989, garnering widespread critical praise and winning the Horror Writers Association’s coveted Bram Stoker Award, as well as the British Fantasy Society’s Icarus Award. Out of print for several years, this edition of Sunglasses After Dark has been extensively revised and edited by the author, and is now considered the preferred text.

Sunglasses After Dark by award-winning author Nancy A. Collins tells the story of a punk female vampire/vampire hunter searching for the man responsible for the man who turned her into one of the undead._x000D_ _x000D_ One spring night in London, heiress Denise Thorne disappears while partying at a nightclub, never to be seen again. That very same night Sonja Blue, a tough-as-nails punk vampire/vampire-slayer, conceived in terror and blood, is born from the city’s gutters. Saved by modern medicine before she could die, she is a living vampire who still possesses a soul and is determined to fight for what remains of her humanity. In the years since her bizarre resurrection, Sonja Blue travels the globe, hunting down and disposing of those creatures that prey on the innocent while searching for the vampire Noble who created her. But when she investigates a sleazy televangelist named Catherine Wheele, who is exploiting Denise Thorne’s parents, Sonja finds herself up against a powerful inhuman adversary. But as dangerous as Catherine Wheele proves to be, Sonja’s greatest foe remains The Other, the demonic personality with whom she is locked in a constant battle for control of their shared body. Can Sonja Blue overcome her inner demon in time to rescue an innocent man from Catherine Wheele’s unholy clutches? _x000D_ _x000D_ Acknowledged as one of the first Urban Fantasy novels, Sunglasses After Dark burst upon the fantasy/horror scene in 1989, garnering wide-spread critical praise and winning the Horror Writers Association’s coveted Bram Stoker Award, as well as the British Fantasy Society’s Icarus Award. Out of print for several years, Premier Digital Publishing's edition of Sunglasses After Dark has been extensively revised and edited by the author, and is now considered the preferred text. The sequels, In The Blood and Paint It Black, are scheduled to be released by PDP later this year. _x000D_ _x000D_ "Collins’ debut novel [Sunglasses After Dark] infuses the ancient myth of the vampire with a modern beat, embedding elements of the horror genre in a compelling psychological thriller." - Publisher’s Weekly_x000D_ _x000D_ "Horror fans will immediately recognize the name of Nancy Collins, possibly the most original voice in the world of vampire fiction since Anne Rice published Interview With the Vampire." - Film Threat_x000D_ _x000D_ "Sunglasses After Dark is a wild ride." - Fangoria_x000D_ _x000D_ "Nancy Collins... has crafted a vision of the undead, fanged bloodsuckers that is steeped both in the rage, alienation and aggression of punk, and the rich, homespun vernacular of the rural Southern storytelling tradition." - Paper_x000D_ _x000D_ "If there is such a things as a splatterpunk masterpiece, Nancy A. Collins has written it." - Asimov’s Science Fiction_x000D_ _x000D_ "Collins...chronicles excess with an almost elegant stylistic restraint.... Sunglasses After Dark is replete with eroticism and violence, movement and color." - Locus _x000D_ _x000D_ "Nancy Collins’ bone-colored, blood-smeared star—for she is certainly a star—stands bright and hot at the pinnacle of the horror heap." - Joe R. Lansdale, author of Bubba Ho-Tep_x000D_ _x000D_ "A street poetess of pain and rage, Nancy A. Collins has cast an undeniable shadow across the tradition of dark and fantastic fiction." -Cemetery Dance Magazine_x000D_ _x000D_ "[Collins’] prose sings—now moody, now graphic, now scattershot, now lyric; her characters are ready to step off the page."_x000D_ - Mystery Scene_x000D_ _x000D_ "Collins has created a unique vampire in a very strange world that looks a lot like our own." - Science Fiction Chronicle_x000D_ _x000D_ "Sunglasses [After Dark] was great." - Joe Bob Briggs

Vampire turned vampire hunter Sonja Blue travels the globe, hunting down and disposing of those creatures of the shadows that prey on the innocent, all the while searching for the monster that created her. But as dangerous as hunting the undead may be, it's nothing compared to the threat posed by The Other, the demonic personality who shares her body. Originally published as a six-and-half issue miniseries in the 1990s, this compiled graphic novel edition is digitally re-colored by artist Stan Shaw, completely re-lettered, and contains re-tweaked dialog and narration by writer Nancy A. Collins.