![]() ![]() Elrod wrote a short story called "The Wind Breathes Cold" which appeared in the anthology Dracula: Prince of Darkness ( ISBN 0-88677-531-0). To get around the original's apparent bachelorhood in Dracula, Gustainis makes him a widower whose wife died in child birth. Author Justin Gustainis has a series about a great grandson of the Dracula character, who is also named Quincey Morris.There, Professor Van Helsing becomes embroiled in another preternatural caper with Quincey's estranged younger brother, Cole Morris. Erdelac's epistolary sequel to Dracula, Terovolas, Van Helsing returns the earthly remains and personal effects of Quincey to his ancestral ranch in the fictional Sorefoot, Texas. In gratitude for his efforts, Harker and his wife, Mina Harker, name their son Quincey. Quincey is gravely injured in the final battle with Count Dracula and his minions and dies shortly afterwards. He and Jonathan Harker are the ones who finally destroy Count Dracula. Quincey plays an important role in the climax of the novel. In chapter 12, he mentions that he was forced to shoot his horse while in the Pampas after vampire bats drank it dry during the night. Quincey is one of the few characters in Dracula to have prior knowledge of blood drinkers. Aside from Dracula, Quincey is the only major character not to keep some form of journal. Quincey is the last person to donate his blood to Lucy before her death. He carries a Bowie knife at all times, and at one point he admits that he is a teller of tall tales and "a rough fellow, who hasn't perhaps lived as a man should" ( Dracula Chapter 25). John Seward, even after Lucy has chosen Arthur, as well as Jonathan Harker who is to be married to Lucy's best friend Mina Harker. Quincey is friends with her other two suitors, Arthur Holmwood and Dr. He is a rich young American from Texas, and one of the three men who propose to Lucy Westenra. Morris is a fictional character in Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic novel Dracula. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.Quincey P. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. This book contains three haunting tales and a bonus story: Dracula by Bram Stoker Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker ( Dracula’s original first chapter, not published until after Stoker’s death) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Curl up with The Penny Dreadfuls on a dark, moonless night and rediscover these chilling classics. Originally published at a time when dramatic scientific discoveries sparked a cultural fixation on the paranormal, these stories remain timeless in their uncanny ability to prey upon our primal fear of that which is strange, violent, and unknown. This book unites three of the most notorious literary giants of the nineteenth century, all born of the penny dreadful tradition: Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Picture of Dorian Gray, all in one authentic collection of the best Victorian gothic horror ever written. The penny dreadfuls often paid homage toand even inspiredmany of the more famous narratives of the horror genre. These horror serials cost a penny per issue, hence their name: penny dreadfuls. The penny dreadfuls were cheap nineteenth-century English stories that featured gothic, lurid, disturbing, and tantalizing content. Blood, gore, murder, and sinVictorian literature’s darkest horrors await you. ![]()
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