Vampyre

&quote;The Vampyre&quote; is a short story written by John William Polidori and is a progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The work is described by Christopher Frayling as &quote;the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre.&quote; Polidori's work had an immense impact on contemporary sensibilities and ran through numerous editions and translations