Vampirism has been a popular subject for authors since before the Victorian times, although the publication of Carmilla changed opinions about vampires in a drastic way. Instead of deranged creatures with evil intentions, readers were given a more sexual version, something that continued on with publications by others. Vampires were able to become whatever the authors wanted, from terrifying, like Dracula (1897), to mysterious, as portrayed in The Screaming Skull (1908), or even providing a different kind of vampire, much like in the 1897 short story, The Blood of the Vampire, where instead of blood, vampires feast on a victims essence. The best thing about the Victorian Vampires is the fact that there are so many different types.