Vikram's World

Two corrupt gypsy brothers, Danior and Manfir and their best friend Motshan leave their village behind in search of treasure, forbidden by their people as it is an act that can lead to greed, something which is taboo in their culture. They quickly arrive at a graveyard and while Manfir and Motshan keep watch Danior goes into a crypt. A particular tomb catches his eye as it appears Egyptian. Thinking it to contain treasure given its differing appearances from the other tombs in the crypt, Danior opens it, only to find a wrapped body with a decomposed scroll instead. Curiosity gets the better of Danior and he pries the scroll from the body and reads it to the best of his ability. Suddenly, the corpse is brought to life; it is none other than the mummy lord Imhotep, his body having been moved from Egypt after his "death". The scroll is then restored as a proper paper which Imhotep takes into his hands. As the terrified Danior attempts to escape, his brother and be

Everyone is familiar with the tale of the 1740 French Fairy Tale La Belle Et La Bete by  Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot De Villeneuve which was rewritten by Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont . When it was adapted by Scottish writer Andrew Lang and later the Brothers Grimm, its proper English translated title was Beauty and the Beast , the story of a merchant who owes a debt to a hideous beast for taking a rose from him, the bargain being that he will send his daughter Beauty who wanted the rose to the beast. The woman goes of her own free will and after gradually coming to love him, this act restores him as a handsome prince who was cursed by a fairy who he refused to shelter that he would be a beast until a woman he loved could see him with her heart and not her eyes. Another popular story by Irish author Bram Stoker is the 1897 novel Dracula about a 600-year old evil vampire of the name who plans for world domination although he is up against property solicitor Jonathan Harker, Harker