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Ep 554 - Carmilla, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (edited by Carmen Maria Machado)

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Carmilla - The Dark Blue?

Carmilla was published serially in 72 and 73 in The Dark Blue, a London literary magazine that did not last for very long. In a Glass Darkly, I believe all of the stories are framed as papers from the books of occult detective Dr. Haselius. There's kind of a through line from Carmilla to the recent, you know, sexy supernatural stuff, your Twilight's, your vampire diaries,. That is a little bit more similar than you just look at Dracula.

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