"The basic image of Stoker is that of a respectable Anglo-Irish gentleman who was very hard working and devoted to his boss," Skal said. "It's a stuffy cardboard cutout. It's not a person. "He was a ...

“Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, The Man Who Wrote “Dracula’” by David J. Skal; Liveright (652 pages, $35) Several years ago, I read the book “Dracula” for the first time, ...

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (November 8, 1847 – April 20, 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as ...

Obsessed with the 1897 Gothic horror novel and its Hollywood permutations since childhood, the filmmaker now admits the author "was a bit of a hack." By Robert Eggers Touting its “terror, eroticism, ...

A long-lost story from Bram Stoker, the Irish author of one of the world's best known gothic horror stories 'Dracula', has been found in Dublin. In a remarkable discovery, the short story by Stoker, ...

Several years ago, I read the book “Dracula” for the first time, expecting that Bram Stoker’s 19th century fable of blood, lust and the undead would be a quaint echo of Dracula’s many screen ...

Several years ago, I read the book “Dracula” for the first time, expecting that Bram Stoker’s 19th-century fable of blood, lust and the undead would be a quaint echo of Dracula’s many screen ...