In 1819, "The Vampyre" by John Polidori was published in the pages of New Monthly Magazine. It was originally attributed to Lord Byron, which might as well have been true, as the plot liberally borrows from Byron's "Fragment of a Novel". This story is largely regarded as having kickstarted the literary vampire tradition that continues […]
How the Rise of Vampire Fiction Coincided With the Real-Life New England Vampire Panic
Bloody Disgusting - 25 Mar 2021 22:00
In 1819, "The Vampyre" by John Polidori was published in the pages of New Monthly Magazine. It was originally attributed to Lord Byron, which might as well have been true, as the plot liberally borrows from Byron's "Fragment of a Novel". This story is largely regarded as having kickstarted the literary vampire tradition that continues […]
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