Carmilla

A beautiful gift edition of this cult classic female vampire story, which predated and greatly influenced Dracula .

Succeeds in inspiring a mysterious terror better than any other writer

It's time to finally give Carmilla its dues for playing a key role in pioneering queer vampire fiction... It's the perfect spooky novella for fall

Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of gothic tales, mystery novels and ghost stories, most famous for his novel Uncle Silas. Carmilla was first published in 1872 and has served as an inspiration countless books, from Bram Stoker's Dracula and Henry James' The Turn of the Screw to Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, and a slew of films such as Hammer Horror's Karnstein Trilogy.