ABOUT
DACRE STOKER
Dacre Stoker is the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker and the international best-selling co-author of Dracula the Un-Dead (Dutton, 2009) a sequel to Dracula, and Dracul (Putnam 2018) a prequel to Dracula which was the UK’s # 1 Bestselling Hardcover Novel in Horror and Supernatural in 2018, and a top 5 finalist by the Horror Writers Association for the Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Novel. Dacre is also the co-editor of The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years (Robson Press, 2012).
Dacre’s recent work includes Dracula, Annotated for the 125th Anniversary with Robert Eighteen-Bisang, (2022) Dracula’s Bedlam (2021) with Chris McAuley and John Peel and The Virgins Embrace (2021) with Chris McAuley, a graphic novel adaptation of Bram Stoker’s short story The Squaw (1893), an original graphic novel Dracula The Return, Cult of the White Worm, (2022) with Chris McAuley. Additionally, short stories with Leverett Butts, Last Days, appeared in Weird Tales Magazine January 2021, The Tired Captain, featured in FX Sherlock Holmes Anthology, and Enter the Dragon in Classic Monsters Unleashed Anthology January 2022 and The Lost Warrior, in Dracula UnFanged Anthology.
DACRES PROJECTS
Dracula the Un Dead 2008
From the international bestselling author of “Dracul” comes the authoritative sequel to Bram Stoker’s original horror classic.
London, 1912. A quarter of a century after Count Dracula “crumbled into dust,” Quincey Harker—the son of Jonathan and Mina Harker—leaves law school to pursue a career on stage, only to stumble upon the troubled production of Dracula, directed and produced by Bram Stoker himself.
As the play plunges Quincey into the world of his parents’ terrible secrets, death begins to stalk the original band of heroes that defeated Dracula a quarter-century ago. Could it be that the count survived and is now seeking revenge? Or is there another, far more sinister force at work whose relentless purpose is to destroy anything and anyone associated with Dracula, the most notorious vampire of all time…
4.3 out of 5.0 stars
Dracul 2019
The prequel to Dracula, inspired by notes and texts left behind by the author of the classic novel, Dracul is a supernatural thriller that reveals not only Dracula’s true origins but Bram Stoker’s—and the tale of the enigmatic woman who connects them.
It is 1868, and a twenty-one-year-old Bram Stoker waits in a desolate tower to face an indescribable evil. Armed only with crucifixes, holy water, and a rifle, he prays to survive a single night, the longest of his life. Desperate to record what he has witnessed, Bram scribbles down the events that led him here…
The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker 2012
Dr. Elizabeth Miller and Dacre Stoker make interesting comments about Bram’s entries, and, as they say, some of the short notes are like twittering. Imagine decoding somebody’s twitter messages 141 years from now in the year 2153. Some of Stoker’s notes are just that impossible – even for editors Stoker & Miller, who have studied Bram Stoker for years. The most obscure references will provide a field day for Irish history buffs and English professors who want to challenge their students of Gothic literature.The insights provided into Stoker’s life and personality are exciting and unprecedented. We get glimpses into his friendships at Trinity College, his office mates at Dublin Castle, family members, his interest in athletics, as well as his travels around Ireland and on the Continent. We also get to know him better as a writer and see how his skills developed.
4.6 out of 5.0 stars
Slains Castle s Secret History Warlords Churchill, and Count Dracula 2022
Slains Castle is a remote castle in the north of Scotland with shadowy links to Bram Stoker and Dracula. A castle with secrets. Big secrets….
Secrets, which are revealed in this unique collection of extraordinary stories. Written like a historical thriller, Slains Castle’s Secret History is a work of incredible historical fiction—everything within is set around real events.
A few tasty morsels to whet the appetite: What connects Slains Castle with the Spanish Armada of 1588? When a French secret agent visited Slains Castle in 1705 and 1707, how did he inadvertently influence the formation of the United Kingdom? What was the mysterious black rain of Slains? What happened when Bram Stoker, great-grand uncle of co-author Dacre Stoker, wrote Dracula under the shadow of Slains Castle? Why did Winston Churchill visit the prime minister’s daughter in Slains Castle just before his wedding? And much, much more….
3.5 out of 5.0 starsDracula Annotated for the 125th Anniversary 2022
“An absolute must for Dracula, Horror, and Literary History aficionados the world over.”
In the author’s full, original form, Dracula: Annotated is the very first edition of Bram Stoker’s timeless classic horror novel to be written by a member of Bram Stoker’s family, Dacre Stoker, his great-grandnephew, with award-winning vampire expert, Robert Eighteen-Bisang.
This 125th Anniversary edition of Dracula considers all the text known to have been put into or taken out of the Dracula oeuvre by Bram Stoker’s own hand. Deftly weaving together every known version of Dracula that Bram created, this edition uses Bram’s Original Notes for Dracula; the typescript of Dracula (entitled The Un-Dead); “Dracula’s Guest”; and Bram’s early outlines (ca. 1890) for the novel’s first, second, and third chapters – with Constable’s text of 1897 as the base.
4.4 out of 5.0 stars
SCREEM Magazine Nosferatu 100 Years Later 2022
Edition #40- Screem Magazine celebrates two milestones! We’ve hit the BIG “4-0,” and the silent classic horror film NOSFERATU made its theatrical debut one hundred years ago. To mark this occasion, Screem invited Dacre Stoker, the great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker (the author of the novel Dracula in 1897), to write an article on the history regarding the controversial plagiarism by F.W. Murnau’s 1922 German film version of the vampire story. It’s a fascinating read that will clear up many of the false rumors surrounding the film and the novel.
Weird Tales No 364 2021
Evil space plants, lecherous dragons, and the mysteries of the vampire haunt the stories of Weird Tales #364. “Too Late Now” by Seanan McGuire “Ellende” by Gregory Frost “Hats” by Joe R. Lansdale “Lightning Lizzie” by Marie Whittaker “Last Days” by Dacre Stoker and Leverett Butts “The Beguiled Grave” by Marguerite Reed “The Last War” by Linda Addison (Poetry) “To the Marrow” by Rena Mason “Feathers” by Tim Waggoner “Trailer Park Nightmare” by Gabrielle Faust “No One Survives the Beach” by Weston Ochse “The Good Wife” by Lee Murray “The Canal” by Alessandro Manzetti (Poetry)
Literary Tours
Dacre currently hosts tours with Experience Transylvania Tour Company to Dublin Ireland, Whitby England, and Cruden Bay Scotland, to visit places where Bram Stoker lived, was educated, worked, researched, and wrote Dracula. He also leads groups to Transylvania to explore both the life and times of the historic Vlad Dracula III and also the locations where Bram Stoker set his famous novel. For more information visit Experience-Transylvania.com
Stoker on Stoker Multi Media Presentation
(75-90 mins)
Dacre Stoker’s compelling and informative Keynote presentation, Stoker on Stoker, the Mysteries Behind the Research and Writing of Dracula, weaves together the details of Dracula’s history with Stoker family lore, and Bram Stoker’s life in Dublin and London, then separates fact from popular fiction, revealing the truth about all things Stoker and Dracula. Stoker on Stoker has fascinated audiences around the world, exploring the issues behind the mysteries that have baffled Dracula scholars and fans since the book’s publication in 1897. Illustrated with Dacre’s collection of never before published, and seldom-seen historic images.
- Bram Stokers notes for the writing of Dracula
- Books Bram used for his research from the London Library
- The Dracula Typescript
- Real locations Bram chose to include in Dracula
- The location of Bram’s fictional Castle Dracula and other sites mentioned in Transylvania
- Bram’s summer holiday in Whitby in 1890 how he incorporated real sites in chapters 6, 7, 8 if Dracula
- Bram in Cruden Bay Scotland, where he wrote parts of Dracula
- Dr William Thornley Stoker functioned as Bram’s medical advisor to insure accuracy in his writing of Dracula.
127 Years of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen 80 mins
Enjoy this audio visual survey by Dacre Stoker, international best selling author and great grand nephew of Bram Stoker author of Dracula. Dacre traces the journey of Bram’s gothic masterpiece from dramatic reading to the various early stage and film adaptations of Dracula right up to present day. This 80 min presentation will be sure to education and enlighten fans and scholars alike. At the end of the presentation audience participation is encouraged to help decide which actor, who portrayed Count Dracula, is their favorite.
Dacre Stoker, Dissecting Dracula in 30 Documents Workshop
(75-90 mins)
Join Dacre Stoker, great grandnephew of Dracula author Bram Stoker, as he facilitates an investigative session using copies of rare papers borrowed from libraries and archives around the world. Dacre will lead 20-30 attendees into a hands on 75 min session of discovery into his famous relatives life, his research and writing of Dracula in 30 documents. As participants examine copies of these rare papers and offers their opinions, Dacre leads the group to better understand how each of these papers fit together like a puzzle. Results include revealing the missing first three chapters of Dracula as well as the deleted ending of the classic novel.
Search For Castle Dracula, a 37 Min Proof Of Concept Documentary Film
Dacre Stoker is featured in this documentary aligning many pieces of information from his great granduncles notes and research for his classic novel Dracula to bring to light the different elements of and the location of Count Dracula’s fictional Castle Dracula. This 37 min documentary is a culmination of 12 years of Dacre’s research in Ireland, Scotland, London and Whitby UK and Romania.
Dacre provides an in person “spirited explanation” as an introduction to the film about the events which led to this remarkable discovery.
Fee and Expenses for speaking engagements and presentations
Speakers fee is negotiable and is based on available budget, size and reach of the audience. As a guideline I usually receive between $500-$3,000 per event. I request economy flight and accommodations also to be covered. For online events I request between $250-$350 for a 60-90 min event.