Ergebnis für "Dracula's Guest" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby, a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival.

A century and a quarter ago, Bram Stoker unleashed the unbridled horror of Count Dracula upon the world. We can only wonder if he ever imagined the impact his creation would have on not only the horror world, but across the globe. Vampires have become a foremost staple of horror stories and have been represented in both print and film countless times over the decades–and their mythos has grown unchecked, evolved, and taken root in the collective consciousness of old and young, horror fans and non-horror fans alike.

Jonathan Harker, seine Verlobte Mina und der Irrenarzt Dr. Seward erzählen vom Einfall des Vampirfürsten aus den Karpaten in London. In leisen, intensiv gespielten Szenen, mit schnellen Schnitten und mit der hollywoodreifen Musik von Jan-Peter Pflug spielt sich die Jagd auf Dracula im Kopf des Hörers ab.

Before Twilight and True Blood, even before Buffy and Anne Rice and Bela Lugosi, vampires haunted the 19th century, when brilliant writers everywhere indulged their bloodthirsty imaginations, culminating in Bram Stoker's legendary 1897 novel, Dracula. Michael Sims brings together the very best vampire stories of the Victorian era - from England, America, France, Germany, Transylvania, and even Japan - into a unique collection that highlights their cultural variety.

Bram Stoker's masterpiece is at the same time intensely romantic and very modern. It unfolds the story of a Transylvanian Don Juan, the aristocratic Count Dracula who preys on desirous damsels.

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a house in London, he soon discovers some strange and shocking things about his new client. And then some strange things start happening back in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby, a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival.

Bram Stoker created an incredible novel in Dracula. The success of the vampire novel unfortunately overshadowed most of his other writings. This volume contains nine of his best short stories, including the one in which the character of Dracula first appeared.

The never-before-told story behind the legend of Count Dracula! The story of the Count’s greatest love, Mina Harker, and the bloodthirsty vampire hunters whose cruel pursuit drove the master of the night to actions ever more ruthless. The Count Dracula sets the record straight.…

Obschon ein Jahrhundert gereift, lesen sich die Kurzgeschichten von Bram Stoker wie junger Wein. Sie sind spritzig, süß und berauschen den Genießer. Bram Stoker war seiner Zeit weit voraus...

Eine knochige Klaue fuhr aus der nachtschwarzen Gruft heraus. Blitzschnell umfasste sie mein Handgelenk und drückte es herunter. Der Lauf der Beretta zeigte in die dunkle Tiefe. Ein höhnisches Kichern drang an meine Ohren. Dann ein heftiger Ruck, und ich wurde nach vorn gerissen, direkt in den Abgrund hinein. Ich schrie.

In 1897, at the age of 50, Bram Stoker was touring manager to the actor Henry Irving and was enjoying a modest success as a journalist and writer. Publication in that year of Dracula was to bring him international and lasting fame.

The prequel to Dracula, inspired by notes and texts left behind by the author of the classic novel, Dracul is a supernatural thriller that reveals not only Dracula's true origins but Bram Stoker's - and the tale of the enigmatic woman who connects them. It is 1868, and a 21-year-old Bram Stoker waits in a desolate tower to face an indescribable evil. Armed only with crucifixes, holy water, and a rifle, he prays to survive a single night, the longest of his life. Desperate to record what he has witnessed, Bram scribbles down the events that led him here....

http://www.adfreebooks.com - 500+ audiobooks, all ad freeNine Gothic Horror Tales by Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula.

Maxine Parker’s life is an agonizingly solitary one, and not by choice. life. Her empathic ability renders it impossible for her to touch a living soul without killing them. But she cannot kill what is already dead. Thrust into the middle of a war between the Vampire King and three stalwart hunters, she finds herself drawn to Dracula’s alluring seduction. Giving in to her attraction to him would mark the end of her life. Will that be the sacrifice required to save the people of Boston from the plague of death closing in on them?

Der junge Sir Johann Adderley Bancroft - Hörern aus Artmanns unvergesslichem "Geheimnis des Werwolfs" als ebenso zaghaft wie begehrenswert bekannt - hat sich mit seiner Verlobten Edwarda Cornwallis auf den Weg zum Grafen Dracula gemacht. Da alle Wege eines britischen Adligen über London führen, hatte er dort auch Bram Stoker aufgesucht, der ihn nicht nur durch seine schier unglaublichen Vampyr-Geschichten, sondern auch durch seine Kenntnis der transsylvanischen Geographie und Tradition beeindruckte.

Entsetzt starrte Helga in die grauenhafte Fratze des Vampirs, die plötzlich auf dem Mauerwerk der Hexenstube erschien. "Der Fluch vergeht nie...," hörte sie eine schaurige Stimme, und seine Krallenhand griff nach ihr. Eisige Kälte durchrann ihren Körper. Ihr markerschütternder Aufschrei ging im Tosen der Musik unter.

Der Mann traute seinen Augen nicht. Der vor ihm hoch aufragende Mann, der in einem schwarzen Umhang vor ihm stand, war nicht mehr derselbe, wie noch wenige Sekunden zuvor. Das Gesicht wirkte fahl und spitz. Die Augen schienen rot zu glühen und zwei lange, weiße Eckzähne ragten drohend aus dem Oberkiefer. DRACULA! Kann X-RAY 3 den König der Vampire stoppen?

With the versatile voice talent of William Gaminara, acclaimed novelist Kim Newman explores the darkest depths of a reinvented Victorian London. It is 1888, and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel tells the story of vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and British spy Charles Beauregard as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders.