May 26 marks the 1897 publication of Bram Stoker's Dracula

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May 26 marks the 1897 publication of Bram Stoker's Gothic horror novel Dracula, which introduced Count Dracula and shaped the modern vampire archetype. Stoker set key scenes in the Yorkshire town of Whitby, and Whitby Abbey inspired the novel's ruined-abbey imagery and the fictional Carfax Abbey. Whitby now promotes a 2 kilometer Dracula Trail from the Royal Crescent to Whitby Abbey that typically takes about two hours to walk. Dracula's 1897 publication launched decades of adaptations, from the 1931 Universal Pictures Dracula starring Bela Lugosi to countless contemporary vampire novels and films.

Abigail Larson

@abigaillarson.com

Happy birthday to Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula", published on this day in 1897 🦇 #WorldDraculaDay

57353d ago

This Many Years Ago

@thismanyyearsago.bsky.social

129 years ago, on the 26th of May 1897, Archibald Constable and Company published Bram Stoker's classic Gothic horror novel, Dracula. Itself drawing from folklore and earlier literary works, the novel in turn influenced many later works and the wider culture. #otd #history🗃️

A faithful reproduction of the original book cover, with colours slightly enhanced due to the book's age.

19853d ago

Sara Martín2

What I love best about 'Dracula', which I have taught many times, is how utterly modern it is. It's a gross mistake to read it as a quaint Gothic text. It's actually far closer to an X-File. #Dracula

Whitby Gothic

@whitbygothic.bsky.social

+++ TODAY, THE 26TH MAY 2026, IS WORLD DRACULA DAY! +++ World Dracula Day is celebrated on the anniversary of the publication of Bram Stoker's iconic novel Dracula, published on this date in 1897. #WorldDraculaDay was inaugurated in 2012 #Dracula #bramstoker #OTD #vampire #gothichorror #gothic

6753d ago

Francesco Francavilla

@ffrancavilla.bsky.social

Happy #WorldDraculaDay! What’s your favorite cinematic Dracula?

8253d ago

Bon Motts5

Not even a contest...after Landau, then Langella

David Wilson Brown2

Using the gif literally, but see the irony too.

michele abounader

@cerealpancake.bsky.social

On #WorldDraculaDay I’m thinking about the time I saw this at the antique book fair (and had a bigger reaction than I do when i see human celebrities in person)

Dracula first edition iconic yellow cover with red title - by bram stoker priced at $25,000

10053d ago

Zoe Tunnell

@zoewithasword.bsky.social

Happy #WorldDraculaDay to everyone's favorite dirtbag Dracula herself, Corsica Smith. She'll be back soon in the Kickstarter for SINK YOUR TEETH IN #2 from the usual team of misfits: me, @laurenknight.bsky.social, @jpjordan.bsky.social, @longtalljodie.com and @cerealpancake.bsky.social.

6453d ago

Mindy Weisberger

@laminda.bsky.social

On #WorldDraculaDay, shoutout to the physics students who used fluid dynamics to calculate how long it would take a vampire to drain the blood from their victim 🧪

4553d ago

This Is My Glasgow

@thisismyglasgow.bsky.social

Today is World Dracula Day, which marks the publication of the eponymous novel in 1897. However, Glasgow has its very own vampire story, which happened in the Gorbals area of the city in 1954, as commemorated by this mural from the Art Pistol Projects. Cont./ #glasgow #worlddraculaday

4553d ago

University of Exeter Special Collections

@exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social

Did you know ‘Dracula’ was first published 129 years ago today, on 26 May 1897? To mark the occasion, sink your teeth into this rare treat from our collections - a first edition of Bram Stoker’s iconic novel! 📷 Lloyd 828.8/STO-4 #WorldDraculaDay #DraculaDay #Dracula #OnThisDay #OTD #RareBooks

Closed book bound in a vibrant yellow cloth with a red line border on the cover. The title - ‘Dracula’ - and author's name are printed in large, capital red letters at the top of the cover.

4353d ago

The Haunted David

@the-haunted-david.bsky.social

Today is #WorldDraculaDay, commemorating the publication of #BramStoker ‘s novel 129 years ago. Here is my take on the Count enjoying a nighttime stroll at another time, another place. #haunteddavidart #dracula #horrorbeefcake #supportqueerart #queerart #homoerotic #greaser #vampire #cruising

A drawing showing Count Dracula, shirt splattered with the blood of a recent victim, strolling through a foggy park lit with has lamp posts. A young man dressed like a 1950s greaser leans against a lamp post in the foreground, sensing the Count’s arrival.

3953d ago

CRAYONS 🖤🕸️

@cosmiccrayons.bsky.social

🩸🦇 World Dracula Day 2026 🦇🩸 - - - - - #goth #gothic #vampire #worlddraculaday #draculaday

3853d ago

Gareth Hanrahan

@mytholder.bsky.social

It's #WorldDraculaDay - and about ten years since the release of our Dracula Dossier rpg adventure for Night's Black Agents. We rewrote and annotated Dracula, produced a facsimile of the first edition, and matched it with a giant campaign book. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pel...

4153d ago

Gareth Hanrahan20

It was such a joy of a project to work on. Getting to pick apart and rebuild the story, to put back in all the stuff that Stoker took out, to build a century of secret history, and make it all playable... it's still amazingly fun, even after all this time. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Mark Caldwell3

I hope to have time to run it in about 10 years

Readit Club

@readit.club

Today is Dracula Day. Some monsters never die 🧛‍♀️ Bram Stoker gave the world more than a vampire. He created a shadow that still follows us through books, films, dreams, and nightmares. ⏰📚💙🎧📚🩸🖋️📚 #DraculaDay #Dracula #BramStoker #Stoker #books #horor #vampire #literature #reading #today #onthisday

3153d ago

LibraryThing

@librarything.com

It's #WorldDraculaDay! On this day, in 1897, Bram Stoker's epistolary novel about the Transylvanian count and vampire first went on sale in London. In print ever since, it has gone through countless editions, and has been adapted numerous times on film and in print. #💙📚 #Booksky

A poster, with the cover images of eight different editions of Dracula.

3753d ago

History and Heritage Yorkshire

@handhyorkshire.bsky.social

🧵Published in May 1897, Dracula remains one of the great works of Gothic fiction. It is forever tied to Whitby, where Bram Stoker found inspiration in the abbey ruins, harbour and storm-lashed cliffs. Told through letters and journal entries, the novel captured the anxieties of the late-Victorian

St. Mary’s Church in Whitby, North Yorkshire, located near the ruins of Whitby Abbey.

4153d ago

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