165 years ago today, a disheveled man died alone at a Baltimore hospital. He had been found four days earlier, lying disoriented and distressed in a gutter, and had identified himself as one Edgar Allan Poe, missing for over a week… Read More ›
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Some Sepulchre, Remote, Alone: The Legend of Castle Dracula
Kittens, tomorrow would have been the 166 birthday of Irish novelist Bram Stoker, author of the Gothic horror classic Dracula. Born November 8,1847, Abraham “Bram” Stoker made a number of contributions to turn of the century horror fiction with novellas such as The Lady of… Read More ›
Thinking Costume: The Vampire
Darlings, as you search for your Halloween costume this year, perhaps you’ve considered and rejected the vampire as a possibility. Indeed, vampires seem to be everywhere these days, popular to the point of over-saturation. And yet, the vampire has existed… Read More ›
The Year of Halloween 