Need title of old short story

[madauthor1]

I have been driving myself crazy trying to ID the following short story, which was published sometime before 1970 (and probably before 1960):

PLOT: An alien spaceship lands on a devastated Earth (I don’t remember how this came about). The aliens are amazed to discover human survivors. They survived, however, because they were already dead – they’re vampires! I distinctly remember the last scene, where the main character (a ship’s doctor, I believe) commits suicide rather than let the vampires get him. Any help would be appreciated.

There are a number of SF short stories that I would like to read again but can’t identify. I don’t wanted to bombard this board asking about all of them, so does anyone know any oinline forums/message boards/whatevers that might help? Something like a Department of Lost Stories?

 

[lemming]

This is the usual place to ask for lost SF stories, madauthor. I got started on this forum myself when I was desperate to find the title of Unready to Wear by Kurt Vonnegut (as it turned out to be). Ask your questions, try to answer others and maybe you'll get hooked too.

In the meantime, sorry, I don't know the answer to this one. You might also like I am Legend by Matheson, however--another postapocalyptic story in which vampirism is normal and the main character is the last regular guy.

 

[dannymcg]

17 years for an answer.....
"And not quite human" by Joe Hensley (1953)

 

[Tobor the 9th]

17 years for an answer.....
"And not quite human" by Joe Hensley (1953)

Dang you are good. It took me 25 years for your answer i.e. the Beer story (again thanks).
Do you do movies?

 

[dannymcg]

Do you do movies?

No soz
Books are my thing, I've been known to be sitting in a cinema with my missus while there's a summer blockbuster playing.
Me? I'm frantically trying to read a couple of pages in a battered old paperback when the big screen throws enough light

 

[Vince W]

No soz
Books are my thing, I've been known to be sitting in a cinema with my missus while there's a summer blockbuster playing.
Me? I'm frantically trying to read a couple of pages in a battered old paperback when the big screen throws enough light

Best way to watch a 'blockbuster' these days.

 

[ArthurFrayn]

No soz
Books are my thing, I've been known to be sitting in a cinema with my missus while there's a summer blockbuster playing.
Me? I'm frantically trying to read a couple of pages in a battered old paperback when the big screen throws enough light

You are the dude! No question! This short story
sounds like a fun premise. Any good?? Just reading -that's the first story he ever wrote!!
By profession, he was a lawyer and prosecuting attorney...

 

[Matthew Hughes]

Goldang, ain't the internet a wondrous thing?

Nothing is forgotten. Wait now, is that wondrous or terrifying?

 

[dannymcg]

You are the dude! No question! This short story
sounds like a fun premise. Any good?? Just reading -that's the first story he ever wrote!!
By profession, he was a lawyer and prosecuting attorney...

Yeah, it's an enjoyable little story. You should be able to read it free on this link (if I've done it right!)

Beyond Fantasy Fiction v01n02 (1953 09) (cape1736) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Beyond Fantasy Fiction v01n02 (1953 09) (cape1736)

archive.org

 

[Windshadow]

Yeah, it's an enjoyable little story. You should be able to read it free on this link (if I've done it right!)

Beyond Fantasy Fiction v01n02 (1953 09) (cape1736) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Beyond Fantasy Fiction v01n02 (1953 09) (cape1736)

archive.org

Quite a few nice yarns in that issue a few that were new to me.... I thought I had read most of Asimov's short stories in various collections but "Kid Stuff" was new to me.
September of 1953 I was five years old and reading Sherlock Holmes and Kipling narrative poems but I had yet to discover Fantasy (well the Kipling was Fantasy but you know what I mean) and Science Fiction... that would be in about 2 years via Swift and Vern and Wells..... it would be a good 3 or 4 years before I could waste my pocket money from chores I did such as cleaning out the dog runs and feeding and exercising them sweeping up in the barn.... I was fair 6 years old before I could ride my bike the 7 miles into town... it was down hill all the way as out farm was more than 1,500 feet higher than the town.... our village was just under 2 miles away with little variation in grade but our tiny 2 room Carnegie library had very little speculative shelf spaces.... what it did have was a complete and up to date run of National Geographic Magazine ( I loved that Pratchett referred to "Explorers Clubs" as ".trespassers gangs" well he had Vetanary rename them that way.... when I read that in one of his books in the 80s or 90s I instantly was back in that tiny brown sandstone library looking at the south seas ladies....

 

[ArthurFrayn]

Yeah, it's an enjoyable little story. You should be able to read it free on this link (if I've done it right!)

Beyond Fantasy Fiction v01n02 (1953 09) (cape1736) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Beyond Fantasy Fiction v01n02 (1953 09) (cape1736)

archive.org

Thanks!!!