Who would suspect that the same mind that created the most famous literary detective of all time also took on the eternally popular genre of vampires? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a contemporary of Bram Stoker, gave us some fascinating works of vampire fiction. From the bloodsucking plant in OC The AmericanOCOs TaleOCO to the bloodsucking wife in OC The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, OCO he reveled in the horror created by creatures who survived on the blood of men and women.
As the bestselling "Twilight" series has dominated bookstores, itOCOs the perfect time to offer the first-ever compilation of Sir Arthur Conan DoyleOCOs vampire tales. Get ready to sink your teeth into this heart-stopping anthology. Each of these twelve short stories has been pulled from obscurity and hand selected for this collection. Conan DoyleOCOs famous friendship with vampire king Bram Stoker is thought to have influenced these many blood-sucking tales, including OC The Captain of the Pole Star, OCO about a medical student on an arctic voyage haunted by a heat-draining Eskimo vampire and OC The Three Gables, OCO in which vampirism is cunningly used as a metaphor for capitalism.
Featuring an introduction by world-renowned vampire expert, Robert Eighteen-Bisang, this is a must-have anthology for all vampire lovers, and for any Arthur Conan Doyle enthusiast."