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DRACULAS - A Novel of Terror Kindle Edition

4.1 out of 5 stars 976 ratings

A DYING MAN’S GREATEST TREASURE…

Mortimer Moorecook, retired Wall Street raider, avid collector, is losing his fight against cancer. With weeks to live, a package arrives at the door of his hillside mansion—an artifact he paid millions for…a hominoid skull with elongated teeth, discovered in a farmer’s field in the Romanian countryside. With Shanna, his beautiful research assistant looking on, he sinks the skull’s razor sharp fangs into his neck, and immediately goes into convulsions.

OPENS THE DOOR TO AN ANCIENT EVIL...

A rural hospital. A slow night in the ER. Until Moorecook arrives strapped to a gurney, where he promptly codes and dies.

WHERE DEATH IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

Four well-known horror authors pool their penchants for scares and thrills, and tackle one of the greatest of all legends, with each writer creating a unique character and following them through a vampire outbreak in a secluded hospital.

The goal was simple: write the most intense novel they possibly could.

Which they did.

A Word of Warning:

Within these pages, you will find no black capes, no satin-lined coffins, no brooding heartthrobs who want to talk about your feelings. Forget sunlight and stakes. Throw out your garlic and your crosses. This is the Anti-TWILIGHT.

NOTE: DRACULAS is a full length novel, 80,000 words long. But this ebook is also brimming with an additional 80,000 words of extras and bonuses:

- a clickable table of contents
- a round-robin interview with Strand, Wilson, Crouch, and Kilborn about writing DRACULAS
- deleted scenes
- two alternate endings
- four excerpts from the authors’ other works
- the short story “Serial” by Crouch and Kilborn
- the short story “Cub Scout Gore Feast” by Kilborn and Strand
- the short story “A Sound of Blunder” by Kilborn and Wilson
- author biographies
- comprehensive clickable bibliographies
- an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the writing of DRACULAS, delivered through a collection of over seven hundred emails between the writers as they were brainstorming and writing the book

About the Authors:

F. PAUL WILSON is an award-winning, NY Times bestselling novelist whose work spans horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, young adult, and virtually everything between. He is best known as the author of THE KEEP and creator of the urban mercenary Repairman Jack.

J.A. KONRATH has sold over three million books worldwide. He's known for the Jack Daniels Thriller series and the Konrath Dark Thriller collective.

JEFF STRAND is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of such novels as PRESSURE, DWELLER, GRAVEROBBERS WANTED (NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY), BENJAMIN'S PARASITE, and THE SINISTER MR. CORPSE. His secret shame is SUCKERS, co-written with J.A. Konrath.

BLAKE CROUCH is the author of four thrillers, DESERT PLACES, LOCKED DOORS, ABANDON, and SNOWBOUND, all published by St. Martin’s Press. His short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen, THRILLER 2, and other anthologies.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Books by JA Konrath

 
JACK DANIELS THRILLERS
#1-Whiskey Sour
#2-Bloody Mary
#3-Rusty Nail
#4-Dirty Martini
#5-Shot Of Tequila
#6-Fuzzy Navel
#7-Cherry Bomb
#8-Dead On My Feet
#9-Serial Killers Uncut (with Blake Crouch)
#10-Shaken
#11-Stirred (with Blake Crouch)
#12-Dying Breath
#13-Everybody Dies
#14-Rum Runner
#15-Last Call
#16-White Russian
#17-Shot Girl
#18-Chaser 
#19-Old Fashioned
#20-Bite Force
#21-Jack Rose
#22-Witch Brew
Bonus #2.5-Lady 52 (with Jude Hardin)
Jack Daniels Stories Vol. 1 (Novella Collection)
Jack Daniels Stories Vol. 2 (Novella Collection)
Jack Daniels Stories Vol. 3 (Novella Collection)
Jack Daniels Stories Vol. 4 (Novella Collection)
Banana Hammock (Novella Collection)

THE KONRATH DARK THRILLER COLLECTIVE
#1-The List
#2-Origin
#3-Afraid
#4-Trapped
#5-Endurance
#6-Haunted House
#7-Webcam
#8-Disturb
#9-What Happened To Lori
#10-The Nine 
#11-Second Coming
#12-Close Your Eyes
Bonus #4.5-Holes in the Ground (with Iain Rob Wright)
Bonus #5.5-Draculas (with Blake Crouch, Jeff Strand, F. Paul Wilson)
Bonus #6.5-Grandma? (with Talon Konrath)

TIMECASTER
#1-Timecaster
#2-Timecaster Supersymmetry
#3-Timecaster Steampunk

CODENAME: CHANDLER (with Ann Voss Peterson)
#1-Flee
#2-Spree
#3-Three
#4-Hit
#5-Exposed
#6-Naughty
#7-Fix (with F. Paul Wilson)
#8-Rescue
#9-Free

STOP A MURDER PUZZLE BOOKS
#1-How: Puzzles 1-12
#2-Where: Puzzles 13-24
#3-Why: Puzzles 25-36
#4-Who: Puzzles 37-48
#5-When: Puzzles 49-60
#6-Answers
Stop A Murder Complete Cases (Book 1-5)

MISCELLANEOUS
65 Proof - Collected Short Stories
The Globs Of Use-A-Lot 3 (With Dan Maderak)

EROTICA
Writing as Melinda DuChamp


MAKE ME BLUSH series
#1-Kinky Secrets Of Mister Kink
#2-Kinky Secrets Of Witches
#3-Kinky Secrets Of Six & Candy

ALICE series
#1-Kinky Secrets Of Alice In Wonderland
#2-Kinky Secrets Of Alice Through The Looking Glass
#3-Kinky Secrets Of Alice At The Hellfire Club
#4-Kinky Secrets Of Alice Vs. Dracula
#5-Kinky Secrets Of Alice Vs. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
#6-Kinky Secrets Of Alice Vs. Frankenstein
#7-Kinky Secrets Of Alice's Christmas Special
#8-Kinky Secrets Of Alice's New Year Ball

JEZEBEL series
#1-Kinky Secrets Of Jezebel And The Beanstalk
#2-Kinky Secrets Of Puss In Boots
#3-Kinky Secrets Of Goldilocks

SEXPERTS series
#1-The Sexperts - Kinky Grades Of Shay
#2-The Sexperts - Kinky Secrets Of The Pearl Necklace
#3-The Sexperts - Kinky Secrets Of The Alien

Books by Blake Crouch
 
Luther Kite Series
#1-Desert Places
#2-Locked Doors
#3-Serial Killers Uncut (with JA Konrath)
#4-Stirred (with JA Konrath)
 
Wayward Pines Series
#1-Pines
#2-Wayward
#3-The Last Town
 
Standalones
Upgrade
Recursion
Dark Matter
Good Behavior
Pines
Wayward
The Last Town
Run
Abandon
Snowbound
Famous
Eerie (with Jordan Crouch)
Draculas (with JA Konrath, Jeff Strand, & F. Paul Wilson)
Fully Loaded (Short Stories)
 
Books By Jeff Strand

Novels
Deathless
Autumn Bleeds Into Winter
The Odds
Allison
Clowns Vs. Spiders
My Pretties
Ferocious
Bang Up
Bring Her Back
Sick House
Cyclops Road
Blister
Kumquat
Benjamin's Parasite
Draculas (with JA Konrath, F. Paul Wilson, and Blake Crouch)
Mandibles
Fangboy
Dweller
Pressure
The Haunted Forest Tour (with James A. Moore)
The Sinister Mr. Corpse
How to Rescue a Dead Princess
Out of Whack

Novellas
Twentieth Anniversary Screening
Cold Dead Hands
An Apocalypse of Our Own
Stalking You Now
Kutter
Facial
Disposal
The Severed Nose
Faint of Heart

The Wolf Hunt Series
Wolf Hunt
Wolf Hunt 2
Wolf Hunt 3

The Andrew Mayhem Series
Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary)
Single White Psychopath Seeks Same
Casket For Sale (Only Used Once)
Lost Homicidal Maniac (Answers to "Shirley")
Cemetery Closing (Everything Must Go)
Suckers (with JA Konrath)

Collections
Candy Coated Madness
Everything Has Teeth
Dead Clown Barbecue
Gleefully Macabre Tales
Five Novellas

Young Adult
Elrod McBugle on the Loose
A Bad Day For Voodoo
I Have a Bad Feeling About This
The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever
Stranger Things Have Happened
How You Ruined My Life

Books by F. Paul Wilson
 
Repairman Jack*
The Tomb
Legacies
Conspiracies
All the Rage
Hosts
The Haunted Air
Scar-Lip Redux (graphic novel)
Gateways
Crisscross
Infernal
Harbingers
Bloodline
By the Sword
Ground Zero
The Last Christmas
Fatal Error
The Dark at the End
Nightworld
Quick Fixes - Tales of Repairman Jack
 
The Teen Trilogy*
Jack: Secret Histories
Jack: Secret Circles
Jack: Secret Vengeance
 
The Early Years Trilogy*
Cold City
Dark City
Fear City
 
The Adversary Cycle*
The Keep
The Tomb
The Touch
Reborn
Reprisal
Signalz
Nightworld
 
The ICE Trilogy*
Panacea
The God Gene
The Void Protocol
 
Graphic Novels
The Keep
Scar-Lip Redux
 
The LaNague Federation
Healer
Wheels within Wheels
An Enemy of the State
Dydeetown World
The Tery
 
Other Novels
Black Wind*
Sibs*
The Select
Virgin
Implant
Deep as the Marrow
Sims
The Fifth Harmonic*
Midnight Mass
 
The Duad Novels*
Double Threat
Double Dose
 
as Nina Abbott
Rx Murder
Rx Mayhem
 
Novellas
"The Peabody-Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium"*
 "Wardenclyffe"*
"Signalz"*
 
Collaborations
Mirage (with Matthew J. Costello)
Nightkill (with Steven Spruill)
Masque (with Matthew J. Costello)
Draculas (with Crouch, Killborn, Strand)
The Proteus Cure (with Tracy L. Carbone)
A Necessary End (with Sarah Pinborough)
"Fix"* (with J. A. Konrath & Ann V. Peterson)
Three Films and a Play (with Matthew J. Costello)
Faster Than Light - Vols. 1 & 2 (with Matthew J. Costello)
 
The Nocturnia Chronicles
(with Thomas F. Monteleone)
Definitely Not Kansas
Family Secrets
The Silent Ones
 
Short Fiction
Soft & Others
Ad Statum Perspicuum
The Barrens & Others
Aftershock & Others
A Little Beige Book of Nondescript Stories
The Christmas Thingy
Quick Fixes - Tales of Repairman Jack*
Sex Slaves of the Dragon Tong
The Compendium of Srem*
Ephemerata
Secret Stories*
Other Sandboxes
The Compendium of F - 50 Years of F. Paul Wilson (Vols. 1-3)
 
Editor
Freak Show
Diagnosis: Terminal
The Hogben Chronicles (with Pierce Watters)
 
Omnibus Editions
The Complete LaNague
Calling Dr. Death (3 medical thrillers)
Scenes from the Secret History*
Ephemerata
Three Films and a Play (with Matthew J. Costello)
 
* "The Secret History

About the Author

F. PAUL WILSON is an award-winning, NY Times bestselling novelist whose work spans horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, young adult, and virtually everything between. He is best known as the author of THE KEEP and creator of the urban mercenary Repairman Jack.

JACK KILBORN is a pen name of J.A. Konrath, who has written six Jack Daniels thrillers. The seventh, SHAKEN, will be available this October. Kilborn is the author of AFRAID, ENDURANCE, TRAPPED, and SERIAL UNCUT, (written with Blake Crouch) which has been downloaded more than 250,000 times.

JEFF STRAND is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of such novels as PRESSURE, DWELLER, GRAVEROBBERS WANTED (NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY), BENJAMIN'S PARASITE, and THE SINISTER MR. CORPSE. His secret shame is SUCKERS, co-written with J.A. Konrath.

BLAKE CROUCH is the author of four thrillers, DESERT PLACES, LOCKED DOORS, ABANDON, and SNOWBOUND, all published by St. Martin?s Press. His short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen, THRILLER 2, and other anthologies.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0042AMD2M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Joe Konrath
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 7, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.1 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 547 pages
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Customers enjoy this horror novel for its fast-paced, gory content and humor that makes them laugh and cry. Moreover, the book features well-developed characters, with one customer particularly praising Benny the Clown's character, and maintains a cohesive narrative despite being written by multiple authors. Additionally, the writing quality receives positive feedback, with one customer noting how seamlessly the four writers combined their efforts.

150 customers mention "Readability"130 positive20 negative

Customers find the book entertaining and worth the time and money to read, with one customer noting it was fun to write.

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"...great, great read for anyone who likes to be SUCKED in ;) and who loves a fast-paced, suspenseful novel with believable main characters." Read more

"Great book!! Different from other horror books I've read. Very graphic and scary. I couldn't put it down!!! I loved it!!" Read more

61 customers mention "Humor"53 positive8 negative

Customers enjoy the book's humor, finding it makes them laugh and cry, with cycles of horror and black humor throughout.

"...Funny, irreverant, disgusting, and silly, this gore fest is the ultimate cure for those horror fans dying for something to counter the bad-taste-in-..." Read more

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56 customers mention "Character development"43 positive13 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, noting that each author wrote different characters, and one customer mentions the seamless transitions between voices.

"...this effort was going to be full on blood and guts with some interesting characters. I was not disappointed...." Read more

"...Its an excellent book, great characters, fast paced action, good dialog and surprises...." Read more

"I loved this story. Great characters and the change in vampire is a strong plus for me. I love vampire fiction, especially horror versions...." Read more

"...However, the lack of a central character made it one of those books that is great while you are reading it, but whenever you set it down ...more..." Read more

55 customers mention "Pacing"51 positive4 negative

Customers enjoy the book's pacing, describing it as a fast-paced gross-out read that flows well.

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"...It's creepy. It's fast-paced. And it may be just what you need to get in the Halloween spirit. Enjoy!" Read more

"...Featured is an interview with the authors, deleted scenes, alternate endings, behind-the-scenes of Draculas..." Read more

"...The Kindle Edition is only 47%, so it's a quick read. The rest of the book contains sneak peeks at the authors other upcoming work and samples...." Read more

53 customers mention "Writing quality"50 positive3 negative

Customers praise the writing quality of the book, finding it brilliantly executed, with one customer noting how seamlessly four authors collaborated to create a believable setting.

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34 customers mention "Short stories"28 positive6 negative

Customers enjoy the short stories in the book, describing them as glorious and cohesive, with one customer noting how the authors blend together seamlessly.

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"...The story is told from multiple viewpoints (both humans and vampires). There are no chapters, just changes in the viewpoints...." Read more

64 customers mention "Gore content"35 positive29 negative

Customers have mixed reactions to the book's gore content, with some enjoying the graphic and violent scenes while others find them excessive.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2011
    Rating: 4.7 out of 5

    A few weeks ago I suffered a serious case of fantasy over-exposure. After opening the next novel on my list, I found myself dreading yet another exploration into world-building and magical powers. So, to relieve my readerly doldrums, I put it down and picked up another book, one that's been hiding in my Kindle since I bought it the day it came out. That book...Draculas, by the combo of Jack Kilborn (aka J.A. Konrath), Blake Crouch, Jeff Strand, and F. Paul Wilson.

    I'm glad I saved it, for it was the cure for what ailed me.

    Draculas is a wham-bang, smack-em-around, eviscerate-the-enemy, action-packed adventure. It takes place in the boondocks town of Durango, Colorado, where the staple eccentric old rich guy, Mortimer Moorecock, has been delivered a very special package - the skull of an unknown, ancient being; a slice of archeology (complete with a mouthful of dagger teeth) that could possibly, if it proves real, be the missing link between the myth and reality of vampires.

    Due to a self-imposed wound involving said artifact, Mortimer is rushed to the hospital. It is there, in Blessed Crucifixion, that the rest of the story unfolds. Regular, everyday people undergo startling changes, becoming blood-driven maniacs, their physical forms changing in virtually a blink of an eye. Bedlam ensues, as those poor survivors are forced to fend for themselves in this incongruously-named, backwoods medical center while murdering, scissor-mouthed freaks - the draculas from the title, though they're nothing like traditional vampires except for the bloodlust - run amok.

    Taken at face value, the rest of the book is standard hack-and-slash fare. The text is filled with gore, with people tossed into unbelievable circumstances and responding in some pretty outlandish ways. The body count becomes too high to count by the time the fifth chapter rolls around. In a way, the violence on the page is almost mind-numbing. And I mean this in a good way. A very good way.

    The thing is, Draculas is the furthest thing from a serious book. Is it horror? Yes. But more than anything else, this is satire to the extreme. (The authors tell you this right from the dedication: For Bram Stoker, with deepest apologies, it reads.) Every character is a cliché - the skeptical researcher; the lawman obsessed with ultra-powerful weapons; the egotistical small-town doctor; the brave nurse who's been shortchanged; the idiot lumberjack with a heart of gold; the clown with depression issues; the spoiled little girl. However, these clichés are exaggerated to the point of absurdity, which demonstrates a group of authors that 1) don't take themselves too seriously, and 2) are just having fun with the typical horror tropes - making the characters special by amplifying personality traits, in effect flipping truism on its head. In fact, if this book has any fault at all, it's that there are a couple characters that aren't absurd enough. The scenes involving these particulars are the only ones that seem a bit slower than the others - as contradictory as it is to say, in the scope of the story involved they become less real.

    But these scenes are few. For the most part, we have page after page of action, of wisecracking dialogue and dismemberment gone awry. And, oddly enough, there's some actual emotion here, as well. Toward the latter stages of the novel, when the poop really starts hitting the fan, there are a couple extremely well-written and affecting scenes. It was strange to find, especially in a work of fiction this ridiculous and over-the-top, but it was most certainly appreciated. It takes a ton of talent to do this, talent these four writers obviously possess.

    The writing is very smooth and virtually seamless, to the point that the only way you'd know this was written by more than a single author is by reading the multiple names in the title. Though I'm sure each of them have a style all their own (this is the first work I've read by any of them), here they've managed to meld their different approaches to the craft into a cohesive whole. Again, that takes talent.

    Draculas is an exceedingly fun read. It might not be for everyone, what with the amount of blood spilled within its pages, but for those who want to laugh, cringe, and even feel their heart skip a beat more than once, this is the book for you. It's a grindhouse adventure that doesn't take its foot off the pedal until the end, which in itself is hilarious in its irony and rewriting of myth. But more than anything it's a good time, no matter how irreverent to the source material the authors may be - in an affectionate way, of course.

    I had a blast reading it. You will, too.

    Plot - 10
    Characters - 8
    Voice - 10
    Execution - 9
    Personal Enjoyment - 10

    Overall - 47/50 (4.7/5)
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2011
    Back on October 19th, 2010, I spotlighted the release of Draculas written by J.A. Conrath, Blake Crouch, Jeff Strand, and F. Paul Wilson on my blog (LL Book Review). The concept was the four of them would write a "real" vampire story together, and they wanted to release it in time for Halloween last year. Since no traditional publisher would ever be able to get a book out in a month, the foursome published it on Kindle.

    To get the word out, they put their fan base and mailing lists together, sending out advanced ecopies in exchange for reviews posted to Amazon on the day of the release. And it worked! The book spiked to #1 on the Horror Kindle Bestsellers the day of its release, and garnered over 100 reviews the first day. On November 6th, a paperback edition of the book was released through CreateSpace.

    I downloaded it myself a few weeks ago, having not read a good gory story in ages. And gory it is! It begins with a headline about an odd skull that's been dug up by a farmer in Transylvania. The skull is human but has razor-like fangs protruding from its mouth. Mortimer Moorecook, a wealthy retired American businessman, purchases the skull for a hefty sum and upon its arrival, he sinks the skull's teeth into his neck.

    He's rushed to the hospital and just as he enters the ER, those razor sharp teeth begin to burst through his jaws and mouth and long talons jut out of his fingers. All hell breaks loose as the blood thirsty zombie-like vampire Moorecook attacks the hospital staff and other patients in the ER, causing them to quickly change as well. Soon, an army of "draculas" is surging through the hospital hungrily in search of blood.

    Just as the WORD OF WARNING suggests in the description: Within these pages, you will find no black capes, no satin-lined coffins, no brooding heartthrobs who want to talk about your feelings. Forget sunlight and stakes. Throw out your garlic and your crosses. This is the Anti-TWILIGHT.

    But the story is not without its classic homage to other horror classics we know and love, and that scare us half to death. One of the draculas is Benny the Clown, a birthday performer in the ER because the birthday girl's braces are stuck in the flesh of his hand. A horror in and of itself, but image a vampire clown! His squeaky shoes coming down the hospital hallway will send chills up your spine. Oh, and the little girl with the braces? She gets changed into a little demon vampire too, in search of "red candy."

    Our heroes and heroins are quickly introduced by way of three couples. We have Moorecook's caretaker Nurse Jenny and her ex-husband Randall, a chainsaw wielding lumberjack whose also a patient in the hospital because of a self inflicted chainsaw wound. Picture a big lumberjack chasing vampires through a hospital in his open hospital gown - with his chainsaw - and you've got chapters of laugh out loud scenes, like this quote from Randall when he and Jenny set out to save the children in the pediatrics ward:

    "Of course it's for you. But it's also so those little diseased children don't become dracula snacks. We need to get them safe so they can be sick and die in peace."

    Then there's Shanna, Moorecook's assistant, and her gun obsessed cop boyfriend named Clay. Clay fights back with a duffel bag full of souped up guns, including one special gun he calls Alice. Lastly, there's a minister and his wife, whose pregnant and about to give birth to their first child.

    Much of the story is scene after scene of Jenny and Randall trying to save the children, the minister trying to save is wife and child, and Clay trying to save Shanna, all while having to defend themselves from the growing herd of blood thirsty monsters. If you don't like blood and gore, then do NOT read this book. It's full of it. But you have to appreciate the over-the-top scenes that will have you either smiling, raising your eyebrows and shaking your haed, or flipping the pages to find out what the four authors did next. It's definitely a fun read that wasn't meant to be taken too seriously. Heck, even the dedication was to Bram Stoker with apologies.

    The Kindle Edition is only 47%, so it's a quick read. The rest of the book contains sneak peeks at the authors other upcoming work and samples. There's also a collection of "behind the scenes" emails between the authors which gives an awesome look into how they collaborated and wrote this together. So, it's half book and half "making of" material. Just like the extras you find on a DVD, this electronic version has the same type of pluses.

    Kudos to these guys for jumping on the self-publishing wagon and taking it to a new level! A Draculas 2 is coming soon and I can't wait to see what's in store!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2025
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    I got this book as a recommendation from Reddit for a horror book that dives right in, and this book absolutely hit the spot. Vampires take over a hospital in the first 20 pages, and we re off to a spectacular good time.

    Great descriptions, very vivid to where I got uneasy dreams, and overall a good time. Would recommend for a fast fun read

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  • Franky
    5.0 out of 5 stars Zombie-Horror nicht ohne Komik
    Reviewed in Germany on November 1, 2013
    Packende Blutsauger/Horror-Story über den Überlebenskampf einer Hand voll nicht infizierter inmitten eines Dracula-Outbreaks in einem amerikanischen Provinzkrankenhaus. Die selbstironische Beschreibung der einzelnen Charaktere und eine gewisse Situationskomik bringt einen dem Splatter- Genres zum Trotz dennoch zum Lachen.
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  • Dark Booksmith Reviews
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, gory, fast-paced horror
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2025
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Draculas is a bullet speed horror novel co-authored by Blake Crouch, J.A. Konrath (writing as Jack Kilborn), Jeff Strand, and F. Paul Wilson. This collaboration brings together four authors to create one gory, and fast-paced story.
    It all starts in a rural hospital where a vampire outbreak erupts, throwing the everyone into a chaotic fight for survival. The book is unapologetically, with no room for slow buildups—it's all about immediate action and escalating terror. It leaps off the page at you.
    If you're in the mood for a horror novel that doesn't hold back, Draculas is a thrilling choice. I really enjoyed this gory, fast-paced horror that doesn't take itself too seriously. It’s a wild, bloody ride.
    Rated 5/5
    @Dark Booksmith Reviews
  • robyn and soph
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this!
    Reviewed in Australia on June 30, 2014
    What a fantastic read! I love this genre and this was one heck of a ride. Highly recommend if you like the bejesus scared out of you ;)
    Warning though...this is NOT Twilght and these vampires are not Robert Pattinson. They do not sparkle, they are not brooding and sensitive. They eat you. In gory detail. With much relish. So avoid if you have a squeamish tummy :)
  • Misfit Malice
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
    Reviewed in Canada on November 13, 2020
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    Non-stop action! A real page turner, that collaboration with the five authors is definitely a win! I wish there were a sequel, as it was kind of short (it's only half of the book).
  • Leslie Briones
    2.0 out of 5 stars Too Action Packed, Not Enough Depth
    Reviewed in Japan on July 11, 2015
    I've always been a big fan of Kilborn and have read a majority of his horror books and loved it. This one fell short of my expectations. It was interesting in the beginning, but became repetitive with the running away from the vampires scene in the end.

    Most of the action took place in the hospital and it felt more like an action movie than a horror one. The so called vampires weren't truly vampires, but felt more like zombies. There was a lot of running, screaming, transforming into vampires, blood and guts. If you're into those, there's plenty in this book. Be warned, nothing really spine tingling horror though. It was just ok, but I prefer their other books. I would have liked it better if the authors gave more depth into the backstory and history of the skull unearthed. It would be more interesting if we knew more about the origins of the first vampire.

    There's no definite ending. It looks like there's going to be sequel so it left me hanging in the end. The novel is only half of the e-book and the rest are short previews of the authors' short stories. Also included are email messages between authors as they planned their writing. Interaction was interesting and amusing, I probably found it more interesting than the actual story.

    Rating - 2.5 stars

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