This week we present a Tale unusual in that it forms part of a more famous story, that of Bram Stoker's gothic masterpiece, 'Dracula'.  Published after his death in a collection of short stories, it is almost certain that this was intended as the original opening to Dracula.  It forms a prologue and an introduction to the world of the 'nosferatu', but it would seem Stoker's publishers did not consider it integral to the story we have come to know.  So, how did Stoker first intend to introduce us to the horrifying world of Dracula?

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