Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories (57 page)

A Note on the Author

M
ICHAEL
S
IMS
is the author of four nonfiction books:
Darwin’s Orchestra
,
Adam’s Navel
,
Apollo’s Fire
, and a companion book to the National Geographic Channel series
In the Womb: Animals.
His three previous literary collections include
The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel
,
The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime
, and
Arsène Lupin
,
Gentleman-Thief.
His writing has appeared in many periodicals in the U.S. and abroad, including the
New Statesman
,
Washington Post
,
Orion
,
American Archaeology
, the
Chronicle of Higher Education
, and many others. He speaks often at colleges and other institutions and has appeared on many TV and radio programs, from CBS’s
The Early Show
and
Inside Edition
to a BBC Radio series about the human body. His Web site is www.michaelsimsbooks.com.

B
Y THE
S
AME
A
UTHOR

In the Womb: Animals
(companion to a National Geographic Channel series)

The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime
(editor)

Apollo’s Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
(editor)

The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel
(editor)

Adam’s Navel: A Natural and Cultural History
of the Human Form

Darwin’s Orchestra: An Almanac of Nature
in History and the Arts

COPYRIGHT

Compilation copyright © 2010 by Michael Sims

Introduction copyright © 2010 by Michael Sims

All rights reserved.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Sackville-West, Robert.
Dracula's guest a connoisseur's collection of Victorian vampire stories / edited by Michael Sims.–1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-0-8027-1971-3 (paperback)
1. Vampires–Fiction. 2. Horror tales, English. I. Sims, Michael, 1958–
PR1309.H6D73 2010
823'.0873808–dc22
2010004449

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First published by Walker Publishing Company in 2010
This e-book edition published in 2010

E-book ISBN: 978-0802778987