"The House of the Vampire" is a Gothic vampire novel written by George Sylvester Viereck and first published in 1907. Viereck was an American poet, writer, and politician, and this novel is one of his notable literary works. The book is recognized as an early example of vampire fiction in American literature. The novel tells the story of a young writer named Horace Holly who befriends an enigmatic and charismatic man named Vladislaus...