DRACULA and 15 Other Epistolary Horror Novels and Stories
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It’s been 124 years since Bram Stoker’s
Dracula hit the market. And what an impact it made. The horror novel introduced the world to the eponymous vampire, changing literature and culture forever. It’s impossible to quantify the total impact
Dracula had on the genre, but it certainly popularized vampires in a major way. The novel inspired several film adaptations, spin-offs, and re-imaginations. It’s also one of the most popular examples of epistolary fiction. (Although it’s hardly the first.)
What is epistolary fiction, you ask? You’re probably familiar with this genre even if you didn’t know it. Epistolary stories are told using documents like letters, diary entries, and newspaper clippings instead of prose.