Why would Dracula choose a man confined to a mental institution as his servant?

     Lawrence Barker's novel Renfield, available from Marietta Publishing, gives the answer, and more. The old bug eater is more complicated than you might have thought -- it's time his side of the story was told! Lawrence is also the author of Mother Feral's Love, a science fiction/fantasy/murder mystery tale with a corpse-eating heroine, published by Swimming Kangarro Press. His short stories have recently appeared in anthologies such as Welcome to Devil's Gulch, Terror on the Rural Route, Mageria, and Hell's Hangmen. His horrific poetry has appeared in Weird Tales and a number of other markets. When not writing, Lawrence works as an epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He shares his house with five cats, including an albino Russian Blue.