by Dacre Stoker
First published 2018
In 1895, Bram Stoker arrives in a remote Scottish fishing village, driven by creative fever to write his vampire tale. His family watches in alarm as he works frantically on his cadaverous story of horror. The village itself seems to fuel his dark imagination. Supernatural forces press against his consciousness while a mysterious poet occupies his thoughts. Pagan influences reach out to him from the ancient landscape. Every element around Stoker combines to produce his words of gore and terror. The author battles both the demons of inspiration within him and the mystical powers that surround the isolated community. As he pens what will become Dracula, Stoker discovers that creating a monster requires confronting forces beyond the rational world. This is the story of how external supernatural influences and internal creative compulsion merged to birth a tale that would terrify readers across the world.
Genres: fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, horror, 19th-century, gothic
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: creative-compulsion, external-supernatural-influences, internal-creative-struggle
Setting: Scotland, Scottish Fishing Village
Period: 1895
246 pages · Paperback · Wild Wolf Publishing