Help me, Lazyweb, you're my only hope...

[caddyman]

This is particularly aimed at boroshan, but there are others of you who may be able to help me in my puerile quest.

Some years ago - and I am talking in the 15 - 20 years ago mark, boroshan and I found a series of truly awful Dracula books; books so awful that they, like any movie by Ed Wood, transcended the genre. I can only recall that they were set in an approximately modern time (mid to late 20th century) and that someone, maybe Van Helsing or a descendant had captured Dracula and was using him to help detect and foil crimes. This seemingly impossible feat being accomplished by the insertion into Dracula's chest during daylight hours of a small radio-controlled electric motor and magnet affair with a small stake made of a broken match. When the motor was switched on, the stake would me removed from Dracula's heart. When it was off, or the battery failed, the stake plunged back into his heart thus providing an on-off switch.

You can see where this is going can't you?

Anyway, I can't recall the name of the series or the author and it has been plaguing me.

Comments

[sack-boy.livejournal.com]

Robert Lory?

http://sidneywilliams.blogspot.com/2006/06/dracula-vampire-detectives-and-musty_25.html

[boroshan.livejournal.com]

Better still....

http://groovyageofhorror.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_groovyageofhorror_archive.html

I had no idea there were so many of these suckers

(and this is the first time in over a year LJ has deigned to let me log in...)

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that - I knew you'd know!

And how spooky that the link you gave me is EXACTLY three years today!

It's an omen I tells yer.

[queenortart.livejournal.com]

I'll ask on whatsthatbook for you

reply from someone called calliopes_pen

[queenortart.livejournal.com]

Argh! I remember the ones you mean, I've read them, too. According to a book on vampires that I happen to have handy, they were written by Robert Lory.

They include: Dracula Returns, Dracula's Brother, Dracula's Gold, The Hand of Dracula, The Drums of Dracula, and The Witching of Dracula. Possibly one or two others, but I'm not sure.

Is that them so I can feedback?

Re: reply from someone called calliopes_pen

[queenortart.livejournal.com]

http://groovyageofhorror.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html

Re: reply from someone called calliopes_pen

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Yep - them's the books!

I have got to try and find some; as I said, they are so bad, they are marvellous!