"Dracula's Guest" is a deleted chapter from Dracula (1897) that was published by Bram Stoker's wife after his death. She described it as a "hitherto unpublished episode" from Dracula, but it reads much less like an episode and much more like a scrapped opening chapter.For those familiar with the iconic novel, you know that the opening chapters deal with Jonathan Harker's journey to Castle Dracula, the many red flags along the way, and the eventual realization of being trapped with the blood-thir...

This is not actually a sequel to Dracula but a collection of short stories by Stoker. I've written a couple of lines about each of them.Dracula’s Guest: This is part of the original Dracula which was cut to reduce the length. It has very little to do with Dracula (the character and the book) and is a bit of an odd story really. That being said they are so very creepy moments in it. The Judge’s House: A haunted house story which is absolutely fantastic. It’s chilling. The Squaw: A particularly gr...

Stories best read by faint, flickering candlelightReview of free Kindle editionA Public Domain BookASIN B0084BO094210 pagesAn engaging collection of nine short stories by Bram Stoker of DRACULA fame. Some are better than others but I enjoyed all of them. Even the ones featuring foolish protagonists.Dracula's Guest was originally a part of Stoker's novel, DRACULA. His publisher removed it to shorten the lengthy novel. Some two years after Stoker's death it was published as a short story. The nove...

Creepy imagery, but much ado about nothing. A wolf appears three-quarters of the way into the story, but this is also a non-event. The scariest things in this tale are the wind, trees and a lone sepulchre. Again, well-written, but no goal.

Short story collection. The tales are nicely gruesome in general but a bit flat or too obvious. The last story might be the best and thats more of a horror comedy, but not enough to get it to 3 stars overall. The title story is a discarded piece of Dracula and a good decision to cut it in my opinion.

While poking around for new finds on the topic of Dracula (especially those told by both Stokers), I stumbled upon this short story by the elder Stoker. In rural Germany, a man is travelling by coach and chooses to stray off the beaten path. He makes his way to a manor house and into a sizeable cemetery, where one large tombstone catches his eye. With the sound of wolves filling the air, one such creature soon appears on the scene, as though it felt the need to mark its territory. Alone and in a...

A Brazilian audiobook. I loved this short story and the narration too. The blurb: "An Englishman on his way to Transylvania doesn't listen to his hotelier's warnings, and wanders off to an abandoned village. As a storm breaks, the man ends up in a cemetery, where he's forced to take shelter in a tomb. The short story "Dracula's Guest" was first published in 1914, two years after the death of Bram Stoker. It is believed that this is actually the deleted first chapter from the original "Dracula" m...

Ha! It all sounds so familiar....if you're acquainted with DRACULA. Munich. A visiting, adventurous Englishman out for a leisurely carriage ride, the warning to return before dark. Howling wolves, frightened horses and thick clouds followed by a storm of hail and snow....and the unholy village cemetery of buried undead. The carriage long gone, the man now alone........ Walpurgis Night - "when the graves were open and the dead came forth and walked. When all evil things of earth and air and wate...

I thought this collection was just okay. I enjoyed the story The Judge's House the most. A good rat story is always fun. I was a bit disappointed in this collection. I'm a big fan of Dracula and I guess I just expected more.

Set in Munich an English traveller has a very eerie experience on an old cemetery of an abandoned village. It is Walpurgis Night. The inscription on the headstone mentioning a female countess leads to Dacre Stoker's Dracul. Can a group of soldiers rescue the hero of this story? Why is the story titled Dracula's Guest? Well written, spooky and quick to read for every Dracula and Dracul fan. Dracula is looming over the pages of this story. Recommended!

“The dead travel fast”. So pleasant, and beautifully written. I adore the visual image Stoker so gracefully creates , and find the language quite charming. It’s so different from the books I normally spend my time on, and I can fully understand why Stoker’s literature is considered “classics”. Read: 29/03/20191st rating: 4 stars Genre/sub-genres: Classics/suspense/vampire/paranormalCover: 2 stars POV’s: 1st person Will I recommend: Yes

Well this just emphasizes Harker's stupidity even more than the first chapters of Dracula proper did. I understand why this was cut, it's awfully uneventful and wordy to be a prologue that would work.

Wow, I didn't think Bram Stoker could create a story to live up to Dracula but I was so wrong. This was a short, atmospheric and above all fun short story. Highly recommended if you've only read Dracula and want a little more.

So as I started reading Dracula's Guest, I quickly realized this wasn't going to be a sequel or a continuation of Dracula. This is simply a passage from the original. I really liked Bram Stoker's Dracula so I didn't mind rereading a bit of it. It's just as I remembered it to be: eerie, dark and creepy.

I wanted to read my Halloween stories before or near that day but it really does not matter when one reads a "horror" story. Several years ago I decided to read yearly a horror tale during this time of year. I have read many versions of Dracula like by many different authors and will continue to do so in the future. Bram Stroker's Dracula was my first and seeing this short story, I wanted to read this too. This is an extremely short story which I did not read this version but from "The Greatest

“On the top of the tomb, seemingly driven through the solid marble—for the structure was composed of a few vast blocks of stone—was a great iron spike or stake. On going to the back I saw, graven in great Russian letters: 'The dead travel fast.”

This is actually a short story collection, with the first only featuring a cut section from Dracula.A couple of decent tales, I practically liked the two featuring Rats.

This is a collection of short stories published by Stoker's wife after his death.Though a prolific writer in his own right, Stoker really only had one commercially successful book, his revered classic Dracula. So it's no surprise that the first story in this collection, Dracula's Guest, was also chosen as the anthology's title. Note however, that the other stories, while in the horror/Gothic tale genre, are not Dracula/vampire stories.As is the case with many short story collections, there are s...

As October approaches and the season of fall surrounds us we prepare for the ritual of Halloween and as the author of this story has the maître d'hôtel of the Quatre Saisons say 'for you know what night it is' (5) this is the perfect short story to read to set the mood for Samhain.Yes Virginia there really is such a thing as Walpurgis Night. TIDBIT "Walpurgis Night is the eve of the feast day of Saint Walpurgis, a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Walpurgis Night falls on April 30th and is

I had never heard of this book before, but when I ran across it and saw who the author was, I snatched it up and started reading. What we have here is a series of short stories published by Mrs. Stoker after the passing of her husband. The stories range from the disturbing supernatural tale of “The Judge” to the vampiric title tale of “Dracula’s Guest” some versions of this book include the “Lair of the White Worm” which although it is not one of my favorite of Mr. Stoker’s Cannon, it is still a...