Dracula Introduction & Notes by Dr David Rogers Kingston University ' There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed for the white hair & moustache were changed to dark iron-grey the cheeks were fuller & the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood which trickled from the corners of the mouth & ran over the chin & neck Even the deep burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh for the lids & pouches underneath were bloated It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech exhausted with his repletion' Thus Bram Stoker one of the greatest exponents of the supernatural narrative describes the demonic subject of his chilling masterpiece Dracula a truly iconic & unsettling tale of vampirism Dracula's Guest & Other Stories Edited & Introduced by David Stuart Davies The above is followed with a rich collection of Stoker's macabre tales including Dracula's Guest (which was omitted from the final version of Dracula); a devilishly dangerous haunted room in The Judge's House; a fatalistic tragedy in The Burial of the Rats; a terror of revenge from beyond the grave in The Secret of Growing Gold & a surprising twist in the tail in The Gypsy's Prophecy Other strange & frightening episodes provide a feast of terror for those readers who like to be unnerved as well as entertained