51 for Gary Oldman. Gary is a youthful 51.

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Really, I do. More than I need a liver transplant, I need this autographed 1899 first American edition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

But it’s not just autographed by Stoker (which alone would be fantastic), it’s autographed by…

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Seriously

I’ve read Dracula a couple of times. It’s not the greatest novel ever written and it certainly drags on more than most books should, but as far as seminal horror novels go there exists none more important. So having just found out about The New Annotated Dracula, I’m pretty excited to see what it’s about.

The book is beautifully bound, full of illustrations, photographs, and explanations of key locations, and is also loaded with ruminations on Stoker’s inspirations, allegories, and personal relationships with those who inspired the characters and story. It’s written in the style I feel all annotated books should be: one column for the original text (The 1897 edition in this case), and one column of slightly smaller print for the annotations. Head over to the Barnes and Noble page to see photos; it will make an awesome gift to yourself in this dreadfully horrorless time of year.

Many evil things reside in castles.

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I mean, what other size could they be?

Authentic color too. Since we know for certain what colors made up Frankenstein and Dracula’s wardrobes.

Maybe my Dad had one of these … time to dig up the basement.

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Muahaha. It’s finally here again. The greatest month of the year.  The single greatest 31 days of the 365. The month around which all others revolve and die. When all the sacrifices you’ve made will finally pay off.

That was ridiculous. The only effort required to make it to October is avoiding death. But hey, not everyone succeeded! If you did, then give yourself a pat on the back.

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