Vampire Stories

Who would suspect that the same mind that created the most famous literary detective of all time also took on the eternally popular genre of vampires? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a contemporary of Bram Stoker, gave us some fascinating works of vampire fiction. From the bloodsucking plant in &quote;The American's Tale&quote; to the bloodsucking wife in &quote;The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire,&quote; he reveled in the horror created by creatures who survived on the blood of men and women.