One Stormy Night: A Story Challenge that Created the Gothic Horror Genre

One Stormy Night: A Story Challenge that Created the Gothic Horror Genre

What happens when writers vacation together …
And challenge each other to write ghost stories?

On a stormy night in 1816, the writers Mary Shelley, John William Polidori, and Lord Byron undertook a challenge that would change history and create the gothic genre.

The result is three chilling tales of monsters, vampires, and murder.

Lord Byron’s A Fragment is of historical importance as it is one of the very first vampire stories. Does it stand the test of time?

The Vampyre, by John Polidori, recounts the story of Aubrey and Lord Ruthven. What dark secret lies between them?

In Frankenstein, a university student unleashes a monster upon the world. Or is he the real monster?

If you love gothic horror, you’ll love One Stormy Night.

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Release day: June 30 2021
Student editor: Kelly Adams
Foreword author: Kevin J. Anderson
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-68057-204-9
Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-68057-203-2
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-68057-205-6
304 pages

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Genres: Classics, Horror
ISBN: 9781680572032
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Dr. John William Polidori

Dr. John William Polidori (1795–1821) was an English writer and physician. His work The Vampyre is credited with being the first in the genre of vampire fiction. He became a Doctor of Medicine in 1815, at only 19. He became Lord Byron’s personal physician, and they traveled through Europe. When he eventually was dismissed by Byron, he returned to England.

He died at the age of 25, hounded by debts and depression. Though evidence points to cyanide as his cause of death, the coroner declared his death was due to natural causes.