Dracula/Harker: A Gay Gothic Romance Inspired by Bram Stoker‘s "Dracula" - Part I: From Transylvania to England

"Hidden treasures are revealed by an eerie luminescence in the form of cold blue flames on the night-that is, tonight-when evil holds sway." So says Count Dracula to Jonathan Harker upon their meeting at the Borgo Pass on the eve of the Feast of Saint George. But after taking the Englishman to see the phenomenon and being taken aback at the sight of his handsome face seemingly radiating, rather than reflecting, the unearthly cool glow, the Count unexpectedly finds himself coveting a newfound hidden treasure. Thus, the first novella in the "Dracula/Harker" series begins reimagining Bram Stoker‘s seminal Gothic horror story as a gay Gothic romance. Featuring the same character names, settings, chronology, epistolary format, and Victorian prose style as "Dracula" but telling a much different tale exploring themes of sexual identity, forbidden desire, societal repression, and personal acceptance and transformation, this installment, as subtitled, recounts the pair‘s journey from Transylvania‘s Borgo Pass to England‘s shore at Whitby. A story of desire, danger, and the undead, it will tear at your heartstrings-assuming your heart does not break first!