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    The Rivals of Dracula: Stories from the Golden Age of Gothic Horror

    By Nick Rennison

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    Bram Stoker's Dracula, still the most famous of all vampire stories, was first published in 1897. But the bloodsucking Count was not the only member of the undead to bare his fangs in the literature of the period. Late Victorian and Edwardian fiction is full of vampires and this anthology of scary stories introduces modern readers to 15 of them. A travel writer in Sweden unleashes something awful from an ancient mausoleum. A psychic detective battles a vampire that has taken refuge in an Egyptian mummy. A nightmare becomes reality in the tower room of a gloomy country house. Including works by both well known writers of the supernatural such as M. R. James and E. F. Benson and less familiar authors like the Australian Hume Nisbet and the American F. Marion Crawford, The Rivals of Dracula is a collection of classic tales to chill the blood and tingle the spine.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNo Exit
    Release dateOct 23, 2015
    ISBN9781843446330
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    The Rivals of Dracula: Stories from the Golden Age of Gothic Horror
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    Nick Rennison

    NICK RENNISON is a writer, editor and bookseller with a particular interest in modern history and in crime fiction. He is the author of 1922: Scenes from a Turbulent Year, A Short History of Polar Exploration, Peter Mark Roget: A Biography, Freud and Psychoanalysis, Robin Hood: Myth, History & Culture and Bohemian London, published by Oldcastle Books, and the editor of six anthologies of short stories for No Exit Press. He is also the author of The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Crime Fiction, 100 Must-Read Crime Novels and Sherlock Holmes: An Unauthorised Biography. His crime novels, Carver's Quest and Carver's Truth, both set in nineteenth-century London, are published by Corvus. He is a regular reviewer for both The Sunday Times and Daily Mail.

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    • 3/5
      I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest opinion. I didn't know what to expect from this book when I first requested it, other than it contained stories which were contemporary with Bram Stoker's "Dracula". I found the stories interesting and the facts about each author were quite interesting. Compared to today's stories these tales are fairly tame, but seen in a historical context they bring a sense of what literature consisted of around the time of " Dracula's" publishing.
    • 3/5
      15 short stories, some of which stand the test of time, others of which I can't really say that I cared for.
      If you are a fan of horror from a more innocent time, if you recall with fondness watching the old Boris Karloff movies on late night TV these stories may be for you.
      I did enjoy "The Sumach" about a mysterious illness and a creepy old tree. "The Vampire of Croglin Grange was also pretty good.

      I received a complimentary copy for review.