Polidori's Vampyre by John William Polidori (from the SciFan database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, collections)


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	Polidori's Vampyre, by John William Polidori


	Novel, first publication in November 2002 , latest edition in November 2902


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	The weather went from being beautiful to tempestuous: torrential thunderstorms plagued the Shelleys, Byron and Polidori. The weather -- along with the company and the eerie ambiance of the locale -- contributed to the genesis of _Frankenstein,_ Polidori's "The Vampyre," and, in all likelihood, modern weird fiction. On the night of June 16th, the group read aloud a collection of German ghost stories, _The Fantasmagoriana._ This inspired Byron to challenge the group to write a ghost story. Shelley wrote an forgettable story; Byron wrote a story fragment; and Polidori began the "The Vampyre", the first modern vampire tale.


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	Horror - Terror Vampires - Vampirism



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