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 long-lost short story by Bram Stoker – the author of Dracula – has been unearthed by an amateur historian 130 years after it was published. Gibbert Hill was printed in a Christmas supplement of the Dublin edition of the Daily Mail in 1890,

Brian Cleary was spending time in the National Library of Ireland when he came across a forgotten Bram Stoker short story.

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

Gibbet Hill — set in a notorious crime hotspot in the English countryside and published as Bram Stoker was beginning work on Dracula — is rediscovered by an amateur historian passing the time in the National Library of Ireland.

Bram Stoker is renowned for creating Count Dracula, one of the most celebrated villains of literature and cinema, but earlier this week it was announced that a long lost short story by the famed author had been found in Dublin after 130 years – and is to be unveiled to the public at the festival.

According to AFP, 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.