Castle Dracula

Abraham "Bram" Stoker November 8, 1847 – April 20, 1912, was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.

From Dracula: "In the population of Transylvania there are four distinct nationalities: Saxons in the South, and mixed with them the Wallachs, who are the descendants of the Dacians; Magyars in the West, and Szekelys in the East and North. I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns.

This may be so, for when the Magyars conquered the country in the eleventh century they found the Huns settled in it. I read that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians, as if it were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool; if so my stay may be very interesting. (Mem., I must ask the Count all about them.)"

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Image and Text Credit: Title: Dracula: A Mystery Story. International adventure library. Author: Bram Stoker. Publisher: W. R. Caldwell, 1897. Length: 378 pages. Subjects: Fiction › Horror Fiction / Horror

New York City After Hurricane Sandy

11/02/12 last Friday morning, five days post Sandy, New York City. Looking toward the south from 59th street along a eerily deserted and barricaded 7th avenue..  This Monday morning (11/05/12) i still have friends with no electricity or heat in Manhattan and gas is hard to find. #NYC #architecture #HurricaneSandy #Sandy #NewYorkCity

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