Amateur historian Brian Cleary was paging through Stoker’s works at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin, the gothic novelist’s hometown, when he made the discovery.

An amateur historian has discovered a long-lost short story by Bram Stoker, published just seven years before his legendary gothic novel Dracula. Brian Cleary stumbled upon the 124-year-old ghostly tale while browsing the archives of the National Library of Ireland.

A short story by Bram Stoker, the legendary author of “Dracula,” has been unearthed by a lifelong enthusiast in Dublin who stumbled upon the work while browsing in a library archive. Titled “Gibbet Hill,

The work by Bram Stoker, previously unknown to scholars, will be read and included in a book launched during Dublin’s annual Bram Stoker Festival.

Award-winning Redtwist Theatre is presenting the world premiere of Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Bottle Fly, directed by Co-Artistic Director Eileen Dixon, now playing through November 24 at its home in Edgewater, the newly renovated Redtwist Theatre. Check out photos here!