Notes

1 Throughout this book, and our companion volume, The Return of Lord Ruthven, for the sake of consistency, we have chosen the spellings of Ruthven (with a v instead of a w) and vampire (with a i instead of a y). (Note from the Publisher.)

2 Presented in The Return of Lord Ruthven, Black Coat Press, 2004.

3 Included in this volume under the title of Being Lord Ruthven.

4 Presented in The Return of Lord Ruthven, Black Coat Press, 2004.

5 Presented in The Vampire Countess, Black Coat Press, 2003.

6 Presented as Vampire City, Black Coat Press, 2003.

7 Since published under the title of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. (Note from the Author.)

8 The universal belief is, that a person sucked by a vampire becomes a vampire himself, and sucks in his turn. (Note from the Author.)

9 Chief bailiff. (Note from the Author.)

10 Now known as Lesbos or Lesvos, Mytilene or Mytilini, being the name of its largest city.

11 There is no “Mount Calcla” on Lesvos, but there is an area south of Mytilini called “Halkias” which is on the mountain that is in plain view of the old town. There is also a mountain town on the Turkish mainland not far from Lesvos called “Canakkale.”

12 See Entretien with a Vampire in The Return of Lord Ruthven, our companion volume.