Horror fiction Le Fanu, Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1886), Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1890), H. G. Wells' "The Invisible Man" (1897), and Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (1897). Each of these novels and novellas created an enduring icon of horror seen in modern re-imaginings on the stage and screen. The proliferation of cheap periodicals, as early as the turn of the century, led to a boom in horror writing. For example, Gaston Leroux serialized his "Le Fantôme de l'Opéra" before it was a novel in 1910. One writer who specialized in horror fiction for
Robert Horne Stevenson He is buried with his wife and his son-in-law, the artist Alexander Garden Sinclair ARSA (1859–1930). He married Frances Cadell, daughter and coheiress of Robert Cadell of Ratho, on 26 January 1853. Their children were- His publications include "Several Funeral Sermons" and a "Farewell Letter to the Congregation of St George’s" (Edinburgh, 1879). Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Volume I, by the Rev. Hew Scott, D.D., 1915 Robert Horne Stevenson Rev. Robert Horne Stevenson DD (27 October 1812 – 15 November 1886) was a Scottish minister. The son of John Stevenson of Gartclash, farmer, and Margaret, daughter of Robert Horne of Braziets,