SOURCES: "The Drifting Snow" by Stephen Grendon (August Derleth)(Weird Tales, February 1939)

DESCRIPTION: “Henry came to his feet suddenly, looking dazed. He walked forward a few steps, his eyes traveling from one to the other of them, yet apparently not seeing them. He began to speak abruptly, in an unnatural child-like voice.“The snow,” he mumered, “the snow – the beautiful hands, so little, so lovely – her beautiful hands – and the snow, the beautiful, lovely snow, drifting and falling about her….”He turned slowly and looked toward the French windows, the others following his gaze. Beyond was a wall of white, where the snow was drifting against the house. For a moment Henry stood quietly watching then suddenly a white figure came forward from the snow – a young girl, cloaked in long snow-whips, her glistening eyes strangely fascinating.” (“The Glamour of the Snow” by Algernon Blackwood)

NOTES: The vampire dwells in the snowy winds around the cabin.

HISTORY: August Derleth wrote five stories about vampires. This was probably his most skillful.

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