Dracula’s Brood: Neglected Vampire Classics by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood and Others (Collins Chillers) - Softcover

Richard Dalby (1949-2017) was a professional author, bibliographer, researcher and bookdealer, specializing in supernatural fiction. His previous anthologies included ‘The Sorceress in Stained Glass’ (1971) and ‘The Best Ghost Stories of H. Russell Wakefield’ (1978). He also published ‘Bram Stoker: A Bibliography of First Editions’ (1983), and his final book was a follow-up to Dracula’s Brood entitled Dracula’s Brethren.

‘Dracula’s Brood, edited by Richard Dalby, is an anthology of vampire tales, and is in fact one of the best of its kind. The stories range in date from 1867 to 1940, and thus include several pre-Stoker vampire stories. The best thing about this volume is that most of these stories aren’t found in the other major vampire anthologies – Dalby has done a terrific job in unearthing some very obscure but very very fine stories. This book is a must for any serious vampire enthusiast.’ Vintage Pop Fictions