Today’s vampires would be nothing without the Victorians! Before Twilight and True Blood, even before Buffy, Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Bela Lugosi, the undead haunted the nineteenth century, when brilliant writers indulged their bloodthirsty imaginations, culminating in Bram Stoker’s legendary 1897 novel Dracula. Join us for a talk with acclaimed nonfiction author and anthologist Michael Sims, who has edited Dracula’s Guest: A Connoisseur’s Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories, which brings together the finest vampire stories of the Victorian era—from England, America, France, Russia, Germany, and, of course, Romania—into a unique collection that highlights their cultural variety. Don’t miss this perfect lead-in Halloween!