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Ash-Tree Press Vampire Classics
In the first of a 'Lost Classics' series, produced especially for eBook readers, LOST VAMPIRE CLASSICS brings together two rarities: THE WOMAN IN BLACK by M. Y. Halidom and THE VAMPIRE by Reginald Hodder. These two novels are not the vampire of Bram Stoker, but are early twentieth century developments on the vampire character. Both feature a woman as the fiend . . . each has its individual appeal.
443 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 22, 2012
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January 2, 2013
This is a magnificent publication and should be bought by any vampire lover. It includes two books:
The Woman in Black by M Y Halidom and The Vampire by Reginald Hodder
The Woman in Black (by Alexander Huth, writing under the pseudonym M Y Halidom) was first published in 1906. The Woman, who has pointed ears, a scarlet mouth, claw like nails and very foul breath – “Whether you may like to hear it or not, my dear, it is my duty to inform you that your breath smells – well, like nothing so much as a graveyard” as her husband’s elderly aunt tells her – nevertheless exerts a strong fascination over the men who come in contact with her. Only the stalwart Nurse Everest (‘a dear little woman’ whose inability to assist at operations because of her aversion to blood must limit her usefulness as a nurse) and the police force who remain phlegmatic while slipping the steel handcuffs on a furious female vampire can take her on.
READ the chapter with the weirdest heading EVER in a vampire novel: Nurse Everest Plays for Mr Whiffles and find out why, wince at Nurse Everest’s take on ‘Whackabat’ – and enjoy.
The Vampire by William Reginald Hodder was published in 1913. In its pages you will meet the Mysterious Fruit Blighting Mummy of Luxor, the vampire cushion (yes – really), Egyptian magic, Denshire, the artistic strongman, Mrs Valtudor with her Dark Background, the stalwart Dr Craddock – but it is impossible to convey the full flavour of this vampire story which came so soon after Dracula but is so strangely different. Not to be missed.
The Woman in Black by M Y Halidom and The Vampire by Reginald Hodder
The Woman in Black (by Alexander Huth, writing under the pseudonym M Y Halidom) was first published in 1906. The Woman, who has pointed ears, a scarlet mouth, claw like nails and very foul breath – “Whether you may like to hear it or not, my dear, it is my duty to inform you that your breath smells – well, like nothing so much as a graveyard” as her husband’s elderly aunt tells her – nevertheless exerts a strong fascination over the men who come in contact with her. Only the stalwart Nurse Everest (‘a dear little woman’ whose inability to assist at operations because of her aversion to blood must limit her usefulness as a nurse) and the police force who remain phlegmatic while slipping the steel handcuffs on a furious female vampire can take her on.
READ the chapter with the weirdest heading EVER in a vampire novel: Nurse Everest Plays for Mr Whiffles and find out why, wince at Nurse Everest’s take on ‘Whackabat’ – and enjoy.
The Vampire by William Reginald Hodder was published in 1913. In its pages you will meet the Mysterious Fruit Blighting Mummy of Luxor, the vampire cushion (yes – really), Egyptian magic, Denshire, the artistic strongman, Mrs Valtudor with her Dark Background, the stalwart Dr Craddock – but it is impossible to convey the full flavour of this vampire story which came so soon after Dracula but is so strangely different. Not to be missed.
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