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       Bram Stoker

      The Greatest Occult & Supernatural Tales of Bram Stoker

      Including Gothic Horror Classics & Dark Fantasy Collections

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      2018 OK Publishing

      ISBN 978-80-272-4466-9

       Dracula's Guest

       The Judge's House

       The Squaw

       The Secret of the Growing Gold

       The Gipsy Prophecy

       The Coming of Abel Behenna

       The Burial of the Rats

       A Dream of Red Hands

       Crooken Sands

       The Occasion

       A Lesson in Pets

       Coggins's Property

       The Slim Syrens

       A New Departure in Art

       Mick the Devil

       In Fear of Death

       At Last

       Chin Music

       A Deputy Waiter

       Work'us

       A Corner in Dwarfs

       A Criminal Star

       A Star Trap

       A Moon-Light Effect

       Under the Sunset

       The Rose Prince

       The Invisible Giant

       The Shadow Builder

       How 7 Went Mad

       Lies and Lilies

       The Castle of the King

       The Wondrous Child

       The Red Stockade

       The Dualists

       The Crystal Cup

       Buried Treasures

       The Chain of Destiny

       Our New House

       The Man from Shorrox'

       A Yellow Duster

       The 'Eroes of the Thames

       The Way of Peace

       Greater Love

       Lord Castleton Explains

       The Seer

       Midnight Tales

      Dracula's Guest

       Table of Contents

      When we started for our drive the sun was shining brightly on Munich, and the air was full of the joyousness of early summer. Just as we were about to depart, Herr Delbrück (the maître d'hôtel of the Quatre Saisons, where I was staying) came down, bareheaded, to the carriage and, after wishing me a pleasant drive, said to the coachman, still holding his hand on the handle of the carriage door:

      'Remember you are back by nightfall. The sky looks bright but there is a shiver in the north wind that says there may be a sudden storm. But I am sure you will not be late.' Here he smiled, and added, 'for you know what night it is.'

      Johann answered with an emphatic, 'Ja, mein Herr,' and, touching his hat, drove off quickly. When we had cleared the town, I said, after signalling to him to stop:

      'Tell me, Johann, what is tonight?'

      He crossed himself, as he answered laconically:

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