In this, our pentultimate dive into Dracula, we find that there's no shortage of good old fashioned american gusto. Yep, our good friend Quincy Morris has returned to the story, and in stereotypical fashion, rather than listening to the expert on the matter of vampiric weaknesses, he just straight up SHOOTS AT DRACULA! Fun fact, in an early draft of the book, Quincy was supposed to show up with a WHOLE MACHINE GUN in the final act! Not kidding, you can look it up! What a wild twist that would have been, huh? Anyway, renfield is going through it too, so stick around to hear about that!

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Listen, I'm not normally one for the whole style of epilogue that comes up at the end of this book, but I really think it shines here! Not every book earns just how that end changes the context of the original final scene, but given the absolute MESS the gang went through, I think they deserve a little comfortable time. And no, I wouldn't call that a spoiler, you don't know how they got to that epilogue! This is a really REALLY long episode, but I couldn't help myself, felt silly to break the book up into one more week of waiting, in the moment! Hope everything came together alright!

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If you can believe it, this episode was originally at least an hour longer! I put in a lot of leg work on this one, splicing sentences, cutting distractions and side-tangents, and most of all, refining the crackle for the Seward sections of the book.  I really like how this one came together, even if I had to ditch the 20-plus minute long diversion into the history of hypnotism, and how it arose from studies on mesmerism, animal magnetism, and generalized occultist whatnot. To be fair, it's probably for the best, given the depth of my research being a long wikipedia hole, but still! Anyway, if you really want the digressions, discussions, and most of the chat interaction back, I can't cut things out of the youtube VODcast, so there's always a way to find me wandering off topic. This book has a lot of ancillary "huh, I didn't know that!" or "Actually, at the time this was written, it could mean XYZ!" that came with it, and I think it's an interesting line between what's worth making the feed, and what isn't!

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We were all waiting on bated breath for this one, I think. When is the mask on this terror going to come off, how are things going to resolve with Lucy, when's Van Helsing going to show up, the tension was ratcheting rapidly! Just because we've reached a small resolution on those, dear listener, don't think the thrills and chills are quite over with, no no! This book's still got a whole 'nother act behind it, and there's a few details from the section early on with the paprika and shaving mirrors that comes back (and what comes back may surprise you!) Personally, I'm surprised nobody has really put in the funds for a more aggressively accurate to the book adaptation, honestly. I hear good things about Bram Stoker's Dracula from the 90's, but I must admit, I have trouble picturing Keanu Reeves as our blorbo Johnathan. It's not a lack of acting chops, guy pulls off Neo AND Ted, more a shortage of my imagination, I expect some wet cat energy, real cheekbones and flop hair type vibes!

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As we work our way further into this much-beloved vampire tale, we find that there's a reason an overly-devoted minion of a monster is occasionally called a Renfield! That's right, we're spending more time with everyone's favorite counting-obsessed cuckoo, and boy will you hate what he's up to with those flies! Outside of our time with Doctor Seward, there's plenty else happening, for that matter. Where's all Lucy's blood going? What's up with her mom? will that american guy show up again? I love finding all these little details that get left out of adaptations, they're so fun to think about how and why they're not there. 

Funny how these episodes are coming out right after the end of Dracula Daily, huh? What a ride that was, watching the internet learn stuff I had learned a few weeks ago!

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Alright, onto a seasonally appropriate classic, Dracula! This book just kept surprising me, I'll be honest, you really think you know a book from a few modern adaptations but there's so much more to unpack here! This episode really dives deep into the little details of the internet's favorite blorbo, Johnathan Harker, and the great time he had getting that delicious recipe for paprika hendl. I won't lie, I do very much want to make myself some paprika hendl after that description.  Also a highlight: little unorthodox culinary advice from Renfield! We'll see if I manage to catch up to where Dracula Daily is at with the posted episodes, I got ahead of it pretty quickly in the live recording anyway! 

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Finally, that mysterious extra day draws to a close, just as inexplicably as it had started. As for us, however, we're not leaving the extra day unaffected. Perhaps you're like me, and find that you have a greater appreciation for the whimsy in your day to day life, or perhaps the glories of the nature around you have been opened to your eyes, or maybe something else about this book has touched you! No matter the case, I loved this book, and judging by the comparison I made to one of my childhood favorites, I'll be thinking about it a long time to come. Like I hint at the end of the episode, we're heading right toward something a bit more suiting the season this is posted in!

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Luckily, since this book is set before 1986, the birds are actual birds and not an elaborate series of surveillance cameras, so they can impart their secrets! And you know what they say? I hear it was something about "Time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a banana", but that's just a rumor, so don't quote me! 

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 Time and space have begun to act oddly on the dear children who lead our story, but just what form does that take? You've got to listen to find out! Perhaps the flowers beneath your feet have more answers than they let on, or the trees have something hiding in their hedgerows? 

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Local man enjoys the heck out of a children's book, but hey, what's new? This time around, we find that the kiddo's dear uncle (who, really, despite writing for an entirely different genre of novel, feels a bit like a self-insert from Blackwood, imho) was not idly promising various adventures for each of the kids. We spend some time among the daisies, and spend further time traipsing about through a forest, looking for something that's quite aggressively elusive. Sound like a fun time? The author certainly makes it sound quite wonderful, and it calls me back to times in my own youth spent wandering around outside. Ah, if only I had such stamina today!

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