Sherlock Holmes and the Return of Dracula

by Logan Lattina

Set a few years after the events of the original Bram Stoker Dracula novel, Dracula returns to England to seek vengeance upon those who wronged him, beginning with Arthur Holmwood After discovering Arthur's bloodless corpse with two puncture wounds in his throat, his cousin, Constance Bracknell, a very beautiful and independent-minded young woman, hires consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his aide/biographer Dr. John Watson to investigate, which leads them to encounter Professor Abraham Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker, and Dr. John Seward, who were informed of what happened to Arthur. Together, and aided by Constance, Sherlock's brother Mycroft Holmes, and Detective Lestrade, the group works to stop Dracula from completing his vengeance with the aid of an old enemy of Holmes'. One that the detective thought he'd never see again.