Charles L. Grant's town of Oxrun Station became real to horror fans (much like Lovecraft's Arkham and King's Castle Rock). While most of Grant's stories were contemporary, he did write a trilogy of "historical" novels placed in an earlier Oxrun.The Soft Whisper of the Dead is the first of these. It is the account of the evil Count Braslov's attempt to subjugate the Oxrun population to his vampiric will. It is fun, fast-paced and fraught with gas-light atmosphere, plucky women, and the excitement of the classic vampire tale.