- the book documents the "conception" of monster-related literature, concentrating on the literary works of Dracula and Frankenstein
- it documents the backgrounds and personal lives of the authors behind the books; the author strives to reconstruct the authors' lives surrounding the conception of said stories to highlight the "narrative of artistic creation and personal destruction"
- one learns that Mary Shelley's life is surrounded by drama and tragedy, such as the eerie deaths of her parents and her fellow writers
- it beckons us to question how her creation of the story Frankenstein may have created a monster
- finally, the book recognizes that some circumstances are coincidences, but many of the queer happenings echo key events in Frankenstein
- one can see this in how the creature cannot find a female counterpart, much like Mary found Percy, but he was married and had two children. also, many people around her die, such as the writing community that gathered at Lord Byron's house for the challenge and the sudden death of her parents after she was born.
sources: Mary Shelley & the Curse of Frankenstein, http://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Mary-Shelley-Curse-Frankenstein/dp/0316000787
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