The Madman's Gospel

Originally by Bram Stoker

Reimagined from the vantage point of Renfield

"They locked me away. But I was the only one who saw the truth."

R.M. Renfield is dismissed as a lunatic — a fly-eating madman in an asylum. But what if he was the first to understand what Dracula truly was? This psychological thriller reimagines Dracula through the fractured mind of its most disturbing character, blurring the line between madness and prophecy.

Pages

310

Print Price

$24.99

Kindle Price

$9.99

Genre

Psychological Gothic

Why This Vantage Point

The 2023 film 'Renfield' proved massive audience appetite for this character. Renfield's diary entries in the original are genuinely unsettling. A full novel from his perspective turns Gothic horror into psychological thriller.

Read an Excerpt

The Original

"The blood is the life! The blood is the life!"

— Bram Stoker, Dracula

The Reimagined — Renfield's Voice

They think I eat flies because I am mad. I eat flies because I understand what none of them do — that life is a chain, and every link feeds the one above it. The fly feeds the spider. The spider feeds the bird. The bird feeds me. And I — I feed Him. The Master. He is coming, you know. Dr. Seward writes it all down in his little journal, so certain that he is the observer and I am the specimen. He does not yet understand that the roles are reversed. I am the only one in this asylum who is paying attention.

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