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 Stevenson and Peggy Stevenson Robert Stevenson and Peggy Stevenson Robert J. Stevenson (1915–1975) and Peggy Stevenson were a husband and wife who served consecutive terms totaling sixteen years in representation of the Hollywood-Silver Lake-Highland Park area on the Los Angeles City Council—Robert between 1969 and 1975 and Peggy, after his death, between 1975 and 1985. Robert Stevenson was also a TV and film actor with approximately 133 credits. He was sometimes credited as Robert Forrest, Robert Stephenson, or Bob Stevenson. Robert Stevenson was born on October 10, 1915, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Stevenson was news editor and commentator for WHN radio and newscaster for "Around