Reginald's revelations were followed by a long silence, interrupted only by the officiousness of the waiter. The spell once broken, they exchanged a number of more or less irrelevant observations. Ethel's mind returned, again and again, to the word he had not spoken. He had said nothing of the immediate bearing of his monstrous power upon her own life and that of Ernest Fielding.

Es ereignete sich, daß, mitten unter den Zerstreuungen eines Winters in London, in den verschiedenen Gesellschaften der tonangebenden Vornehmen ein Edelmann erschien, der sich mehr durch seine Sonderbarkeiten, als durch seinen Rang auszeichnete. Er blickte auf die laute Fröhlichkeit um ihn her mit einer Miene, als könne er nicht an derselben teilnehmen. Nur das leichte Lachen der Schönen schien seine Aufmerksamkeit zu erregen, allein, es schien auch, als wenn ein Blick aus seinem Auge es plötzlich hemme und Furcht in die vorher heitere und unbefangene Brust der Fröhlichen streue.

August 11, 2002 - Who better to promote the virtues of giving blood than a vampire? At least, that's what a Brazilian city councillor thinks and why he wants to officially declare August 13 Vampire Day, to coincide with a city-wide drive for blood donations.  Jose Laurindo de Oliveira said the campaign will also celebrate the vampire in literature and all things gothic.

Bran, Romania: Bram Stoker never visited here. Vlad the Impaler might have spent one night here. And as far as anyone can tell, there are not now and never have been any vampires in residence. So why is Bran Castle, a lovely, 13th-century palace near Brasov in Transylvania, known far and wide as "Dracula's Castle?"

June 6, 2007 (ContactMusic) -- Vampire-obsessed rocker MARILYN MANSON is planning to take his first ever vacation - to the Dracula theme park in Transylvania.

The singer - currently divorcing wife Dita Von Teese - insists he has always been too busy to take time off, until now. Manson says, "I don't think I've ever had a vacation. I just never had the reason to go.

"I'd go to Transylvania. They have a Dracula theme park that seems pretty amusing."