Kaja Franck, Author At Spooky Isles

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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.

Religious Horror and the Ecogothic

Religious Horror and the Ecogothic BOOK REVIEW

9 July 2024

Shakespeare's Witches

Shakespeare And Witches: A Dark Fascination

31 October 2023

The Company of Wolves 1984 REVIEW

9 December 2022

A scene from The Canterrville Ghost 1944

The Canterville Ghost: Oscar Wilde’s Gothic Parody

20 September 2021

Varney the Vampire

Varney the Vampire: The world’s first vampiric hero

15 October 2020

Dr Kaja Franck interviews author Dacre Stoker about Dracul at the Spooky Isles London Launch on 20th October 2018

Dracul (2018) by Dacre Stoker and J. D. Barker BOOK REVIEW

23 November 2018

Neglected Monsters, or Why Frankenstein was a Terrible Father

8 March 2018

John Polidori: Genesis of The Vampyre and the Byronic Hero

1 March 2018

Renfield, fly-eating madman, essential force in Dracula

14 December 2017

Top 5 Nastiest and Goriest Scenes from Dracula Novel

28 November 2017

Bram Stoker’s Top 5 Inspirations For Count Dracula

17 November 2017

Dracula's Guest

Was Dracula’s Guest a prequel to Dracula?

6 April 2016

Innocence gone wild? ‘Gabriel-Ernest’ and Feral Children in Literature

13 April 2015

10 Great Women From Gothic Horror

8 March 2015

10 Werewolf Fun Facts to make you howl!

11 February 2015

Written in Blood: A Cultural History of the British Vampire REVIEW

18 August 2014

Dracula's Midnight Snacks REVIEW

26 September 2013

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