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Croglin Grange vampire (England)

Late in the 17th century, there was a town called Croglin Grange (in Cumberland County, England). It's been said by some that the town was visited by a vampire... and the young lady in the tale barely escaped with her life.




Conan Doyle, Arthur - The Adventures of the Sussex Vampire

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovati



Stoker, Bram - Dracula's Guest

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 - 20 April 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 horror novel Dracula.


Walpurgisnacht: a Collection of Classic Short Fiction

Welcome to VO's collection of classic, public-domain short stories.  Enjoy!


Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker

When we started for our drive the sun was shining brightly on Munich, and the air was full of the joyousness of early summer.



12: Charles Holland's Sad Feelings. -- The Portrait. -- The Occurrence of the Night at the Hall.

Charles Holland wished to be alone, if ever any human being had wished fervently to be so. His thoughts were most fearfully oppressive.



11: The Communication to the Lover. -- The Heart's Despair.

Consternation is sympathetic, and any one who had looked upon the features of Charles Holland, now that he was seated with Henry Bannerworth, in expectation of a communication which his fears told him was to blast all the dearest and most fondly cherished hopes for ever, would scarcely have recognised in him the same young man who, one short hour before



10: The Return From the Vault. -- The Alarm, and the Search Around the Hall.

It so happened that George and Henry Bannerworth, along with Mr. Marchdale, had just reached the gate which conducted into the garden of the mansion when they all were alarmed by the report of a pistol.



09: The Occurrences of the Night at the Hall. -- The Second Appearance of the Vampyre, and the Pistol-shot.

Despite the full and free consent which Flora had given to her brothers to entrust her solely to the care of her mother and her own courage at the hall, she felt greater fear creep over her after they were gone than she chose to acknowledge.