So a bunch of goth writers, including the poet and heartthrob Lord Byron. Percy Bisch Shelley was also a writer, he died tragically at 29 in a boating accident. And then Claire Claremont was Mary's step sister and freshly preggressed with Lord Byron's baby. They were like, how about if we have a ghost story writing competition? This is when Mary Wollstonecraft creates Frankenstein. Then this is then when Lord Byron comes up with the idea for a vampire. He has an idea, doesn't like it, puts it away.

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