The Google Doodle depicts a scene from Le Fanu's famous novella Carmilla(Image: ) You might not realise but today's Google Doodle actually marks the 200th birthday of Irish Gothic horror writer ...

The latest Google doodle – a wispy, fanged blonde girl-head floating over a sleeping dark-haired woman – commemorates the 200th birthday of the Irish novelist Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-73). The ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. When thinking of the origins of Vampire literature in the Western world, chances are you ...

Sheridan Le Fanu: his work was informed by childhood encounters with a mummy, a wicked surgeon, a headless corpse and a school drummer. Portrait by Brinsley Le Fanu (1916)/National Gallery of Ireland ...

Were his ghastly apparitions real or in the minds of his characters? How Sheridan Le Fanu changed supernatural fiction forever Le Fanu's work was highly influential, inspiring the likes of Hammer's ...

Sir, – Paul Griffin (Letters, October 29th) should look beyond events this Halloween in Dublin before urging a revival of interest in Sheridan Le Fanu. We have just held our third Le Fanu Festival in ...

George Victor Sheridan Le Fanu, soldier and parliamentary officer: born 24 January 1925; Deputy Assistant Serjeant at Arms, House of Commons 1963-76, Assistant Serjeant at Arms 1976-81, Deputy ...

The 200th birthday of writer Sheridan Le Fanu has been celebrated in a Google Doodle. Irish writer Le Fanu was as a pioneer of gothic horror literature whose greatest successes came late in his career ...