As part of a new project, I’ve started using this newsletter to publish occasional bits of horror fiction. Today is May 26, the 123rd publication anniversary of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, so here is a very strange story about two of my favorite girls in horror, Mina Murray and Lucy Westenra.
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That afternoon, they cancelled homeroom for yet another demonstrati…