THE VAMPIRE; or, Detective Brand's Greatest Case

Horror historians Gary D. Rhodes and John Edgar Browning present a long lost slice of American literature, the first American vampire novel!

The Vampire; or, Detective Brand’s Greatest Case is a detective dime novel that predates both Dracula and the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes, and it's sure to thrill audiences today just as it did back in 1885!

Illustrated by Jeremy Ray.

Features the essay America’s First Vampire Novel and the Supernatural as Artifice by Gary D. Rhodes and John Edgar Browning.

PRAISE FOR THE VAMPIRE

“Yes, Virginia, there were vampire novels before Dracula... A great discovery by two of the leading vampire scholars of our time!” -Leslie S. Klinger, editor, New Annotated Dracula and In the Shadow of Dracula.

“Rhodes and Browning have unearthed a rare gem, certainly the vampire fan's mandatory 'next read'. There are enough strange similarities to Bram Stoker's Dracula that I wonder if my great grand uncle read this tale on one of his Lyceum Theatre tours in America around the same time.” -Dacre Stoker, bestselling author and great grandnephew of Bram Stoker.

“A remarkable discovery! Vampire fans will go batty!'“ -Tony Timpone, Editor Emeritus (1985-2010), FANGORIA Magazine