Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayers

Any fans of the series will enjoy reading these histories of the Slayers who came before Buffy. In four collections of short stories, readers can meet Slayers from Ancient Greece, Munich in the 1920s, and even the slayer that died just before Buffy. Some stories incorporate historical characters like the Countess Bathoy (the one who bathed in the blood of virgins) or give new twists to historical events (who knew that the mystery of Roanoke Island could be explained by vampires?). Most of the stories lack the comedy of many of the early Buffy seasons, often describing the last stand of many of the Slayers and their Watchers. Volume 4 chronicles the Cruciamentum of eight earlier Slayers - the test each Slayer faces at age 18 when she is stripped of her powers by the Watchers' Council and forced to face a demon using only her wits. Still, despite the often dark tones, the stories are a fun & fascinating look into the Buffy universe.

Various Authors. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayers Volume 1. New York: Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2001.

---. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayers Volume 2. New York: Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2003.

---. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayers Volume 3. New York: Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2003.

---. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayers Volume 4. New York: Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2004.