Old Hoggen

<p><em>Old Hoggen had disappeared: and murder was naturally suspected.</em></p><p><br></p><p>At the time of his death in 1912 Bram Stoker was preparing for publication three volumes of stories. The first <em>Dracula's Guest</em> saw print in 1914; the second and third never manifested. <em>Old Hoggen and Other Adventures</em> is a tantalising possibility of one of these unrealised selections and the stories in this volume span the author's entire career. In reading them one thing becomes clear: adventure and mystery rival even the gothic in Stoker's literary heart. And yet one will find among these pages many of the same themes found in <em>Dracula</em>: reverence for the dead the malice of wicked men black humour hidden fortunes daring bravery exotic locales a deep love of the sea and the creeping intrusion of the supernatural.</p>