John’s Reviews > The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories > Status Update

‘The Vampyre’ by John Polidori, was an interesting read. Apparently adapted from a fragment of an unfinished novel by Lord Byron, which itself was inspired by a writing challenge involving Mary Shelley. The language is sometimes stilted, particularly at the beginning, however, the writing improves apace. It’s not hard to discern its influence on much of the vampire fiction to follow it.