In an alternate universe, this book would have been Issue 2.5. The initial plan was for half-issues to serve as bridges between main books, containing stories that didn't quite fit with the others for various reasons. However, when "Another Dracula?" fell into my lap, I couldn't let it go, and that became 2.5. Going forward, these shorter volumes will fluctuate between new stories like these and fascinating, found reprints. I have several fun, almost forgotten works that I'm hunting down for you, which I hope to be able share in the near future.

In the meantime, please enjoy these new Renfield and Bloofer Lady stories. In C.L. Werner's "There Are Such Things," a Preternatural Inquiry society founded by Lord Holmwood investigates the circumstances surrounding their origins with horrifying consequences. And then we get a glimpse of a misunderstood Renfield who just can't give up the asylum life in Ross Baxter's "Renfield Hall."