'Tis the Season

It has to be because it's October.
I decided to read Polidori's Vampyre, a novella that is steeped in Gothic atmosphere and very much a tell and not show story. If written as a modern story, it would be hundreds of pages long instead of less than 50.
But it does show the seductive lure of the vampire, before and after he became undead. Lord Ruvhen, Polidori's vampire, was not a good person before he died...and afterward, he was worse, preying on his only friend's sister.
Since Vampyre is short, I won't count it as one of my 100 books - see how honest I am?