Dracula!

 

 

Vampire Day

Ok, not Vampire Day…

but, it is the anniversary

of the birthday of Bram Stoker.

I’ll take you back to 1847…

Dublin, Ireland.

Mathilda gave birth to Bram.

(Ok, they called him Abraham.)

Poor Bram was a sickly little kid.

Confined to his room

and barely able to walk,

he spent hours reading books.

By 1864, he was back

 in good health

and headed to college.

He studied maths

and earned many awards for athletics.

 By 1870,

he graduated with honours.

He started a “side job”,

writing reviews

for theatre productions.

In 1878, he took on

the manager’s role

at the Lyceum Theatre in London.

 He performed this role

for 30 years.

In 1886, Bram wrote his first novel.

In 1897, Bram wrote Dracula…

perhaps the first novel

about vampires.

(Ok, there was an earlier one –

but surely Bram

can be called the Vampire King!)

For a long, long time

“Dracula” had little company

among Gothic Horror Vampire books.

 (Though Count Dracula

has lived on Sesame Street

since 1972!

But, did Count Dracula

ever drink blood?)

Now, vampire books are everywhere!

And, with the Cullens,

Bill and Eric becoming such

celebrity vampires,

I’m imagining that Vampire Stories

 are here to stay!

Bram died in London in 1912.

portrait

This is a special day

for yesterday.

Today is

Chaos Never Ends day,

but I’ve celebrated the day

with such gusto

that things have been too chaotic

 for me to post about that!