silver fork novels, could have moonlighted as a penny-a-liner." Grey's name never appeared in any of these penny dreadfuls published by Lloyd, but she was attributed as the author by Andrew De Ternant in an article in Notes & Queries in 1922. In fact, it's now known that Andrew De Ternant was a "notorious liar", as revealed in a recent investigation by Patrick Spedding in a paper "The Many Mrs Greys: Confusion and Lies about Elizabeth Caroline Grey, Catherine Maria Grey, Maria Georgina Grey and Others". Indeed, Spedding says the traditional life story of Grey, which can be ultimately sourced back to Andrew De Ternant's version, and later replicated in respectable encyclopaedias such as John Sutherland's Companion to Victorian Fiction, is a total fabrication. The Skeleton Count, or The Vampire Mistress The Skeleton Count, or The Vampire Mistress (1828) is a penny dreadful allegedly written by Grey (see above concerning dispute of penny dreadful authorships). In 1995, anthologist Peter Haining claimed it was the first vampire story written and published by a woman. Haining claimed that it was first published in the English weekly paper The Casket in 1828 (no relation to other magazines of the same name) and that a collector brought him the only known copy of the story. Contrary to Haining's claim, no other editors have included the story in collections of vampire tales, and the provenance of the tale is suspect. Haining has espoused controversial literary positions before, involving the alleged historicity of the popular penny dreadful Sweeney Todd. Works Works by Elizabeth Caroline Grey. The Skeleton Count, or The Vampire Mistress, in 1828's The Casket. (penny dreadful). De Lisle: or, The Distrustful man. London: Bull, 1828. The Trials of Life. London: E. Bull, 1829 Alice Seymour: A Tale. London: J. Hatchard and Son. 1831 The Duke. London: Bentley, 1839. The Young Prima Donna. London: Bentley, 1840. The Little Wife, and The Baronet's Daughters. London: Saunders and Otley, 1841. The Belle of the Family: or, The Jointure: A Novel. London: Newby, 1843. The Old Dower House: A Tale of Bygone Days. London: Newby, 1844. The Bosom Friend: A Novel. London: Newby, 1845. The Gambler's Wife. London: Newby, 1845. Hyacinthe; or, The Contrast. London: Newby, 1845. Sybil Lennard. London: Newby, 1846. The Ordeal by Touch. 1846. (penny dreadful) The Daughters. London: Newby, 1847. The Iron Mask. 1847. (penny dreadful) Aline: An Old Friend's Story. London: Newby, 1848.