There is one element of Stoker’s style I shall not directly imitate, to wit: His practice of editorializing in the author’s voice. For example:
“If only women knew how greatly appreciated these small gestures of thoughtful kindness meant to a man, and how value it added to her and their marriage when noticed, while for their part, if only men strove to notice the little details wives put into everything…”
Fake Quote
Stoker does this across every book of his I’ve read so far. I made the above up because I don’t have a text handy to copy from, but here’s a very mild case from LotWW:
So soon as Adam’s eyes met those of the younger girl, who stood nearest to him, some sort of electricity flashed—that divine spark which begins by recognition, and ends in obedience. Men call it “Love.”
Bram Stoker, Lair of the White Worm
By the way, he’s talking about freaking Lilla, which immediately flips to Mimi within pages.
Anyway, as much as I love the Victorian authorial voice when I read it, it feels too whimsical to put into a horror novel as such. But I’ll call it a semi-sacrifice because the characters can editorialize in this fashion, so expect some of that.
Lair Of The White Wyrm 