Gay vampires. Blues-playing vampires. Taboo-breaking vampires. Bureaucratic vampires. Family-oriented vampires. Oedipal vampires. Sick vampires. Vampires who appear on Oprah. Friendly. Vicious. Helpful. Hurtful. Nancy Kilpatrick has gathered them all in Evolve, a collection featuring twenty-four 100% red-blooded Canadian writers determined to stretch the vampiric envelope.