Category: characters

• What is Frankenstein?

  The recent movie The Bride opens with Mary Shelley’s spirit talking about writing a sequel to her most famous novel of all. She says, “The words are beginning to come. Is it a ghost story? A horror story? Or most frightening of all, a love story?” This question could be asked about the original novel.…

  David Lee Summers

  July 2, 2026

  Book Review, characters, Gothic Horror, History of Horror, horror books, monsters, Promotion, vampires

  Charles E. Robertson, Frankenstein, ghosts, horror, Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, romance, science fiction, The Vampyre

• Dracula the Un-Dead

  

  In just about two weeks, on August 9, I will be at Boutique du Vampyre in New Orleans to sign copies of my Scarlet Order vampire novels. I’ve enjoyed visiting this French Quarter shop since I discovered it in 2014. In 2020, when much of the world went into lockdown, owner Marita Crandle had the…

  David Lee Summers

  July 24, 2025

  Book Review, characters, horror books, horror of the mind, steampunk, vampires

  Abraham Van Helsing, An Assembly of Monsters, Bram Stoker, Dacre Stoker, Dr. John Seward, Dracula, Dracula the Un-Dead, Elizabeth Bathory, Jonathan Harker, Mina Harker, sequel

• A Tasty Sampler

  Recently, I’ve been collaborating with Lee Clark Zumpe to assemble a collection of vampire flash fiction. This is a follow-up to a collection we first released in 2008. The original collection was titled Blood Sampler: Subtle Sips and Spicy Shots and features 35 tales. Most of these tales are 150 words or less and first…

  David Lee Summers

  April 3, 2025

  characters, horror books, Personal Experience, Poetry, Reviews, Stories, vampires

  Blood Sampler, Bussard Ramjet, Christopher Lee, Dracula, flash fiction, Lee Clark Zumpe, Nosferatu, Peter Cushing, Poetry, skinwalker, The Hungur Chronicles, Twist ending