The little white attic

As it turns out, this year I’ve seen quite a few monster films, mostly based on or inspired by the myths of Frankenstein or Dracula—let’s no...

Every reader must at some point decide that curiosity is no longer enough, and they have no choice but to stop reading.  I thought earlier ...

Anyone who comes from Dracula to The Lair of the White Worm , expecting a nutty book, would still be surprised and baffled because of how ...

Everyone needs a bit of escapism once in a while (especially now when elections are coming up in the UK and my facebook newsfeed is flooded ...

Yesterday I lost lots of blood. Had a tiny accident at work and there was blood everywhere, on the table, on the sink, in the kit box, all o...

Dracula : The character's bigger than the book. I'm not referring to the classic-ness of the book or its significance; I'm not t...

Why am I reading Dracula when the horror genre isn't my thing?  The same way I can't help comparing her to Tolstoy, Flaubert and J...

In Dracula , everyone keeps notes of some sort (mostly journals) and nobody tells anybody anything. The plot of Dracula depends on the char...

Dracula begins with the journal of Jonathan Harker, who is a diligent diarist. There are entries for 3/5, 4/5, 5/5, 7/5, 8/5, 12/5, 15/5, 1...

Dracula makes me think of The Woman in White .  Both are novels-as-documents. How many novels of this type have I read lately? Frankenstei...

Wish I could say, after some time's silence, "Back from [some fascinating city]", but can't. I've been busy, that'...