MINDCANDY

A weekly rummage in the attic of sci-fi

Taste the blood-red jelly of Dracula! Ah, did Bram Stoker ever dream that his undead creation would one day slither from his Transylvanian tomb to pimp frozen sugar-rushes to the nation's youth? Here's a wonderful old advert for Count Dracula's Secret, a splendidly lurid ice lolly from the long-lost summers of the '70s (fact: it still seems to be available in Spain!). For more of this sort of thing head on over to the nocturnally nostalgic http://cobwebbedroom.blogspot.com/


Nick Setchfield
Editor-at-Large, SFX Magazine

Nick Setchfield is the Editor-at-Large for SFX Magazine, writing features, reviews, interviews, and more for the monthly issues. However, he is also a freelance journalist and author with Titan Books. His original novels are called The War in the Dark, and The Spider Dance. He's also written a book on James Bond called Mission Statements.