Afterlife of Frankenstein

Dr. David Sandner is a Mythopoeic Award-nominated scholar of the fantastic and teaches at California State University, Fullerton. His books include Critical Approaches to the Fantastic, 1712-1831; Fantastic Literature: A Critical Reader; and Philip K. Dick: Essays of the Here and Now, among other books and essays. He digitally mapped Mary Shelley’s other SF work, The Last Man, for Space(s) of the Fantastic and founded an online database, The Frankenstein Meme, to study Shelley’s literary influence. As a writer, he publishes fiction and poetry and is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association and the Horror Writers Association. Learn more at davidsandner.com.

“Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has been a literary lightning bolt, striking the imagination of other writers since its first publication in 1818. Sandner’s massively important anthology shows just how influential Shelley has been on her successors, single-handedly shaping much of the science fiction and horror genres as we know them today . . . Educators and genre fans alike will appreciate having [The Afterlife of Frankenstein] on their shelf, so they can bring the creature back to life in its various incarnations, again and again, at will.” —Michael Arnzen, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Grave Markings and Proverbs for Monsters "The Afterlife of Frankenstein is a treasure trove of truly remarkable stories. This entertaining and illuminating anthology presents a fascinating portrait of English and American literature in the wake of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and is not to be missed by anybody interested in the literature of the fantastic.” —Jacob Weisman, World Fantasy Award-winning editor of Invaders and The New Voices of Fantasy

• Part OneOf Creatures and Monsters“The Vampyre” (1819), John William Polidori“Fragment” (1819), Lord ByronExcerpt from Presumption; or, The Fate of Frankenstein (1823), Richard Brinsley Peake“The Monster Made by Man” (1825), AnonymousExcerpt from The Mummy! (1827), Jane Webb“Goblin Market” (1862), Christina RossettiPart TwoByronic Heroes and Sympathetic Monsters“Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman” (1826), Mary Shelley“The Mortal Immortal” (1833), Mary ShelleyExcerpt from Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily BrontëExcerpt from Mary Barton (1848), Elizabeth GaskellExcerpt from Great Expectations (1861), Charles DickensExcerpt from The Sport of the Gods (1902), Paul Laurence DunbarPart ThreeMad Science!!!“The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” (1845), Edgar Allen PoeExcerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), Robert Louis Stevenson“The Monster-Maker” (1887), W. C. MorrowExcerpt from The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), H. G. Wells“A Thousand Deaths” (1899), Jack London“The Third Drug” (1908), Edith NesbitPart FourFrom Automatons to Robots“The New Frankenstein” (1838), Anonymous (attributed to William Maginn)Excerpt from The Steam Man of the Prairies (1868), Edward S. Ellis“The New Mother” (1882), Lucy Lane Clifford“The Dancing Partner” (1893), Jerome K. Jerome“A Wife Manufactured to Order” (1895), Alice W. Fuller“The Lady Automaton” (1901), E. E. Kellett