A selection of Weird Tales magazine cover art.

(unfortunately I do not know the artists of each to credit)

Virgil Finlay

 http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/weird-tales

http://weirdtalesmagazine.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Tales

On the centennial of the death of Bram Stoker

and in tribute to the recent passing of Simon Marsden.

R.I.P.

Bran Castle, Transylvania, Romania

The ruins of Vlad Dracul's Palace, Tirgoviste, Romania

The Watchtower, Vlad Dracul's Palace, Tirgoviste, Romania

The Chapel, Bontida Castle, Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania

Graveyard, Village in The Carpathian Mountains, Romania

Baroque Statue, Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania

Vlad Dracul's Private Chapel, Tirgoviste, Romania

Corvin Castle, Hunedoara, Transylvania, Romania

Interior, Bontida Castle, Transylvania, Romania

Roadside Shrine, entrance to the Carpathian Mountains, Romania

Vlad Dracul's Grave, Snagov Monastery, Wallachia, Romania

Bust of Vlad Dracul, Tirgoviste, Romania

All Images © The Marsden Archive / Simon Marsden 

http://www.marsdenarchive.com/

Interview with Simon Marsden

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/48474/simon-marsden-talks-vampires-twilight-world-photographing-spooky-places-and-more

http://www.simonmarsden.co.uk/books-TwilightWorld-Cover.htm

'The Vampire lives on, and cannot die by the mere passing of time' Dracula, Bram Stoker

All Images - Gustave Dore (1832 - 1883) for Garganua and Pantagruel written by Francois Rabelais

http://www.doreillustrations.com/gallery.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Dor%C3%A9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Rabelais

Images inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka (1883 -1924) 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka

Robert Crumb http://www.amazon.com/Kafka-David-Zane-Mairowitz/dp/1560978066

José Rafael Hernández http://www.amazon.co.uk/El-proceso-Franz-Kafka/dp/8477022984/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332439268&sr=1-5

Bill Bragg  http://www.foliosociety.com/book/FKS/kafka-trilogy

Jaramila Marinova :  http://www.jarmilamaranova.com/

 Lawrence Sterne Stevens 

Koji Yamamura

uploaded to youtube by Shelly Spider

All images Theodor Kittelsen (1857 - 1914)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Kittelsen

http://kittelsen.efenstor.net/