Kaja Franck has a PhD in lycanthropic literature. She loves vampires (even ones that sparkle), werewolves, dark fairies and is somewhat reticent about zombies. In her spare time she enjoys reading YA novels, eating fish-finger sandwiches and playing with her spinning wheel. You can find more of her work on the ‘Open Graves, Open Minds’ website.
Neglected Monsters, or Why Frankenstein was a Terrible Father
DR KAJA FRANCK marks International Women's Day by looking at Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, still politically relevant 200 years on...
John Polidori: Genesis of The Vampyre and the Byronic Hero
DR KAJA FRANCK explores how the birth of Frankenstein also involved the creation of the first English vampire novel...
Renfield, fly-eating ‘madman’, an essential force in Dracula
DR KAJA FRANCK profiles Renfield, one of Dracula's most intriguing and charismatic characters
Top 5 nastiest and goriest scenes from Dracula novel
DR KAJA FRANCK reveals her most gruesome scenes from Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula (1897)
Bram Stoker’s top 5 inspirations for Count Dracula (and it’s not just Vlad the Impaler!)
DR KAJA FRANCK digs deep into Bram Stoker's working notes to reveal the real inspiration behind the King of Vampires, Count Dracula
Was Dracula’s Guest really a prequel to Dracula?
KAJA FRANCK ponders whether the Dracula's Guest short story was really a prequel to Dracula
Innocence gone wild? ‘Gabriel-Ernest’ and feral children
KAJA FRANCK says writers have long used children's innate ability for violence to develop horrifying fiction
10 Great Women from Gothic Horror
KAJA FRANCK counts down 10 deadly British literary ladies
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