The Dracula Dossier: Edom Field Manual

In The Legend of Dracula, Kenneth Hite lays out the components of Dracula - novel, film, myth, and even history - to unravel the essential pieces: characters, recurring themes, symbols, rhythms, and effects. With these pieces, Ken shows you how to build new stories about the King of Vampires or your own creatures of the night, and how to fine-tune them into adventure thrillers, cosmic horrors, or even intense personal dramas.
From the earliest stories about the medieval atrocities of Vlad the Impaler to Bram Stoker's celebrated novel, through the most recent blockbusters, The Legend of Dracula spans centuries of blood, bats and - ballet? – to bring you the most comprehensive investigation ever written into the history of Dracula.

     Watch Dracula take on not only Van Helsing, but also Batman, Blade, Buffy, Billy the Kid - and even Abbott and Costello!
     Uncover the hidden mysteries of the Nosferatu, and unravel the fluid space-time of Hammer's Dracula film saga.
     Follow Dracula into space!

The Legend of Dracula includes:

     The first legends of Dracula, from the dance of dead men to the garden of the executed.
     The bases of the novel and the myth: characters, settings, recurring themes and rhythms
     Synopsis and reviews of 40 movies, including all of Universal's and Hammer Films' Dracula movies – and how they've also managed to further the Dracula mythos.

Geniuses from Orson Welles to Werner Herzog have reimagined the story of Dracula – now you can too! Hite reveals his tools, which you can also use to build new stories about the King of Vampires, or about your own creatures, and to refine them to turn them into adventure thrillers, cosmic horrors, or even intense personal dramas.

So sharpen your stakes and get ready for the greatest legend of your unlife – The Legend of Dracula!