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.

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,

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 134-year-old ghostly tale while browsing the archives of the National Library of Ireland.

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.

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

The story will be presented at this month's Bram Stoker Festival and published as a limited-release book. A long-lost short story by Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, has been re-discovered after remaining undocumented for more than 130 years.

Gibbet Hill, the Irish writer’s macabre tale of a man set upon by strange children at the site of a real murder, was discovered by Dublin researcher Brian Cleary