Dracula

Bram Stoker the Irish author who created Dracula, in his novel about vampires, often stayed in Whitby, a charming Victorian seaside on the east coast of England and a favourite summer haunt of the middle-classes. He went there many times between 1880 and 1890 for his vacation. I am glad to record that my novel ‘Light of the Wicked’ continues the literary tradition of setting the supernatural drama in a quiet British seaside location. It was common in the 19^th Century for fiction writers of the time to explore the supernatural as did Stoker. Writers like H. Rider Haggard, H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson; the list is not endless but you get my drift. I have of late (no pun intended) been reading (by candlelight only) before settling down to sleep the ghost stories of M. R. James, late medieval scholar and antiquarian. Whilst not spine chilling they are of a genre in themselves, well written, spooky and thought provoking. I recommend them absolutely, especially to the faint-hearted who will get the most enjoyment out of a late night read! Last night the full moon’s rays shone right into my bedroom adding a rather spectral light. Wonderful!
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