@shadowfals@mastodon.otherworldsink.com
2026-03-29 18:19 UTC
@david_castleton was 'The Vampyre' published earlier than 'Carmilla'? I thought I'd read that Polidori's story was passed around in literary groups, inspiring other stories, but wasn't published until much later.
I'm not sure where I read that....
@croyle
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@david_castleton@universeodon.com 2026-03-29 18:24
@shadowfals @croyle Polidori's 'The Vampyre' was published in 1819. 'Carmilla' was published in 1871-2.
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@croyle@wandering.shop 2026-03-29 18:25
@shadowfals @david_castleton I'm not at all surprised to hear of all these connections. I can imagine the conversations they had that inspired Stoker. The Vampyre = 1819, Carmilla = 1872, if Wikipedia is to be trusted. Over 50 years! Wiki also just sent me down several related rabbit holes on related items, as it often does...