What was the First Vampire Short Story Set in France?
- andybarger
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What was the first vampire short story set in France? In the English language it appears to be "Pepopukin in Corsica," published in 1826.
It was in a British rag of an anthology called The Stanley Tales. The author was attributed as A.Y. and in The Best Vampire Stories anthology I edited, I give reasons why I think the author was Arthur Young who was an English writer that travelled extensively in France. He died in 1820, so it had to be published posthumously. "Pepopukin in Corsica," was published for the first time in 175 years in The Best Vampire Short Stories 1800-1849. https://www.andrewbarger.com/best-vampire-short-stories-1800-1849
It tells of malevolent vampires having claws and being the crushers of bones.



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