One Stormy Night: A Story Challenge that Created the Gothic Horror Genre Frankenstein, or A Modern Prometheus The Vampyre Fragment of a Novel

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, re...