Fiction - Gothic

Ghoulish FrightsThe Ghastly Gothic Tomes contain many of the world's greatest Gothic novels, short stories and plays. This contemptuous volume contains Clermont by Regina Maria Roche and the lovely prose of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin.From 1765 to the early part of the 20th...

A Standalone Paranormal Romance Featuring a Feisty Slayer & an Arrogant Vampire Royal Eliminate Vampiric Influences Everywhere.That's my life.My job.My entire world. I fell victim to a vampire once. He used me to commit the ultimate crime of betrayal. A consequence I've lived with...

"John S. McFarland wrote with poetic brilliance while creating intriguing and sympathetic characters. A truly masterful story." Nella Warrent, author of Sin Full and Time Thief 1757."You are an herbalist, a doctor, a midwife, and a seer, some have said. A protector of women."...

James doesn't believe in ghosts, so when he starts dreaming about a gothic manor and a strange boy, he writes it off as stress. There's enough horror in his psych degree. He doesn't need it in his sleep. However, as his days fill with...

"...a great read, richly humid with atmosphere, tense, packed with paranoia. The characters are interesting and well-rounded, tackling some difficult social constructs. Subtle but distinct Lovecraftian undertones weave throughout." -The Horror Fiction Review "A tour of terror through a modern Southern gothic landscape." -...

CONTENTSThe Grey Woman Curious if True Six Weeks at Heppenheim Libbie Marsh's Three Eras Christmas Storms and Sunshine Hand and Heart Bessy's Troubles at Home Disappearances Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellISBN-10: 163637459XISBN-13: 9781636374598Publisher: Bibliotech PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2022Pages: 172Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d

Set in the early 20th century, this story centers on the Fleming family, living in the ominous Wastewater Hall on the rugged coast. When David Fleming returns to his childhood home, dark family secrets and memories resurface. As David navigates the complex dynamics of...

After eighteen long and friendless years in an orphanage, Julia has finally traced her father, the handsome Dr. Lucius Cagliostro, to a small New England village. But her happiness soon turns into nightmarish terror. The town of Belham is home to unspeakable evil, and...

"My home is nowhere, as is yours," the old Cajun woman said. "Bloodstone is a place to forget." "Forget? Never," Vanessa said. "We came from Bloodstone. We will return to it. Why prevent me from going where happiness waits for me?" "You do not...

Rediscover the chilling brilliance of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in "Tales and Stories, Now First Collected." This essential volume gathers Shelley's captivating short stories, showcasing her mastery of gothic fiction and her profound contribution to 19th-century English literature. Explore a collection of enduring literary fiction,...

Venture into the eerie unknown with William Hope Hodgson's "The House on the Borderland," a chilling masterpiece that blends science fiction, horror, and gothic sensibilities. This haunting tale invites you to explore the terrifying mysteries lurking within a desolate house. Hodgson masterfully crafts a...

Venture into the shadows with Wilkie Collins's "After Dark," a captivating collection of mystery and detective fiction that masterfully blends elements of the gothic novel and psychological thriller. This meticulously prepared edition brings Collins's 19th-century short stories to a new audience, showcasing his talent...

Venture into the shadows with Wilkie Collins's "After Dark," a captivating collection of mystery and detective fiction that masterfully blends elements of the gothic novel and psychological thriller. This meticulously prepared edition brings Collins's 19th-century short stories to a new audience, showcasing his talent...

Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Scottish Highlands, Sir Walter Scott's "Bride of Lammermoor" is a gripping tale of love, duty, and betrayal. This classic work of historical fiction delves into the complexities of an arranged marriage amidst a bitter family feud. As...

Charles Robert Maturin's gothic novel tells the story of a young man who is thrust into a dangerous world of intrigue and political upheaval. Set in 1798 during the Irish Rebellion, the novel features vivid descriptions of the era's violence and turmoil along with...

Bill, Sam, and Aidan are back in an all-new adventure in book two of the Vampire Consanguinity series. Lily is a normal, young twenty-two-year-old, college girl. Her world is turned upside down when she is held captive in a world not her own. Scared,...

Rosemary and Dylan have grown apart since his return from WW2 and prison camp. But when memories from a bygone era begin to haunt them, they are drawn together to discover the source. Could the key be the locket that Dylan found in an...

"Once upon a time" is how the fairy tales go, but this is no child's story. Edward Cordwainer is a lonely and disgruntled shoemaker in the remote northern town of Houndstooth. Not satisfied with carving out a meagre living in his father's profession, Edward...

A gothic psychological vampire thriller blending 1980s nostalgia, historical mystery, and dark supernatural romance."A supernatural thriller of hypnotic beauty and shocking impact." Something is inside Rachel.At first, it feels like dreams.Then the missing time begins.Drawn toward the mysterious Angus McNab, Rachel finds herself trapped...

In the land of Langdom, history is repeating itself. The ghastly Riders of Illkature are enslaving the populace at the behest of their dark Wizard master, Monglom.Two men, Mime and Eeklan, still free, as implausible as they know it to be, decide to journey...

Catharine Zimmer had lived a good life - or so she thought. One deception follows her beyond the grave. She must face it when she listens to the stories of people whom she had never met - Aleric, a dictator who executed his lover;...

From an 1840s one-hit wonder, Ukrainian seminarist Khoma Kupryenko, comes a collection of four gothic tales that transport you into the eerie rural life of Ukraine. In these stories, the lines between the living and the supernatural blur as villagers encounter evil witches, benevolent...

A revised edition containing illustrations, interviews, poetry, character profiles and more.Within uncharted forest, where ancient magic keeps the night sky ever-present, stands Tenebrae Manor. Within its dusky walls dwell beings of macabre whimsy, headed by the pedant demon, Bordeaux, and the hedonistic gorgon, Lady...

A full decade after Jello Biafra declared Brisbane a heavy junta police state, Dante Halloran navigates its streets aided only by his wits and a debilitating mental illness that he has nicknamed The Inferno. Australia has just ushered in a change of Government, and...

Two stories: One is a bilingual play (French and English), with scenes in New York and Louisville, covering 20 years in the lives of two bilingual couples. Events during the New York Blackout of 1977 have reverberations two decades later on the eve of...

Sheriff Jack Joseph Towns is struggling with the sudden death of his father when five local children mysteriously disappear. To worsen matters, a fracking company is setting up test drills in the area, risking the chance of finding them alive. It's not the first...

The origin of the legend. A haunting, atmospheric exploration of the birth of an eternal love amidst the shadows of the Salem Witch Trials.How do you protect a sanctuary of love when the world outside has surrendered to madness?In 1690, James Wentworth arrives in...

WUTHERING HEIGHTS IN MODERN ENGLISHYes, it's that book. The one everyone says you should read. The original toxic love story that spawned entire genres of dark romance.Here's the thing: Wuthering Heights is unhinged, devastating, and has been absolutely wrecking readers for 175 years. It's...

In the shadow of Naples, a noblewoman falls in love with a man marked for ruin by a sinister priest. Fleeing convent walls and political plots, she faces danger, despair, and dark religious secrets. Beneath cloisters and confessionals, love must battle fear-and a past...

The lies that brought them together will tear them apart.Alek and Ian's relationship is built on lies and the cracks are starting to show.A pianist gifted with synesthesia, Alek sees sounds and hears colors and transforms all of his emotions into music. But no...

Rediscover some of gothic horror's greatest tales--and the real fears that inspired them. Gothic literature is full of monsters and mayhem, abandoned mansions, the supernatural, and plenty of death. Yet the characters and plots in each of these stories often are drawn from real...

Author: Eloisa JamesISBN-10: 1420535110ISBN-13: 9781420535112Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2026Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.41lbsLarge Print

From number-one international bestselling author Ann Marie Ruby, comes the Southern Gothic novel, The Olive Tree Estate. A paranormal compulsion leads Olivier Eldritch to purchase the infamously haunted American Civil War era plantation. His family opens the door of the estate only to realize...

Gothic suspense and edgy romance collide in this twisted tale of betrayal and revenge.You can't bury the past.Grieving novelist Rose Harper flees to the sleepy town of Griffin Bay to find a new muse, revive her writing career, and leave the past behind. She...

When The Picture of Dorian Gray first appeared in 1890, it provoked one of the most hostile reactions in Victorian literary culture. Reviewers condemned the novel as immoral, decadent, poisonous, and dangerous to public morality. Newspapers accused Oscar Wilde of corrupting literature itself, while...

Storms have followed Amahle Miller's family for generations. Women dream of wings and glowing eyes. Strange visions pass from mother to daughter. Every warning about the old bloodline has been buried beneath silence, superstition, and grief. Until the storms return. When a series of...

Shadowed SunMythic, atmospheric world-building & A visceral, psychological thrill ride.In the village of Valderakh, time stands still, but the shadows are moving.Behind the stone walls and locked doors of a village forgotten by the world, an ancient hunger has been waiting for centuries. Ten-year-old...

Some songs are only graves with music over them.In the west of Ireland, the village of Carrigmore has survived for generations beneath the shadow of an ancient hill. Its fields endure. Its families endure. Its secrets endure.When Nessa returns after her grandmother's funeral, she...

In To Love a Wolf, Wesley Heffron presents a captivating tale where humor intertwines with high stakes in a love story that showcases the triumph of good over evil. Seiko at thirty-five-year-old is determined to rescue his beloved wife, Lupa, from the clutches of...

It's 1887. High in the snow-swept Berkshires sits an old Romanesque convent where the nuns turn out bottles of their potent Italian amaro. They pray. They work. They pray some more. It's an isolated place where little gets in the way of the sisters'...

You were never meant to have power.And now they will burn the world to take it from you. In Verith, power is inherited through blood. Passed from father to son, bound to the noble houses that rule the Divine.When the Prevailing Diviner dies unexpectedly,...

When an ominous purple fog marks a new set of twins, it reawakens a blood feud.New Jersey, 1738. Peddler Sage Arsenault returns to the place of his youth determined to win a property auction and restore his family's reputation. But David Scry, once his...

A MULTICAST NARRATIONA queer, gothic horror romance set in a necromancy-tinged London, sure to entrance fans of The Death of Jane Lawrence and Mexican Gothic.London, December 1849-Irene Shallcross Haley has dedicated her life to necromancy, a forbidden, reviled art that is passed along through...

A Gothic Treasure Planet and Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Witcher in this Nautical Gothic tale set in 1806 about a cursed pirate, a wrathful sea witch, and the rise of the airship.After scorning the wrong type of woman, Captain Ryland Coldwell-pirate, lover,...

The haunted Juliet Capulet and the brooding Prince Hamlet cross plots and purposes in this gothic, Shakespeare-infused romantic fantasy Since her death and unexplained resurrection, Juliet of House Capulet has been deemed the "Miracle of Verona." A year after rising from her grave, her...

"Love never dies even when the lovers are separated by a heartbeat or submerged ever after." From number-one international bestselling author Ann Marie Ruby, comes the Gothic romance, Submerged Ever After. Dive into the forbidden love story within a haunted castle as the shadows...

Brielle Tanner is being forced into an arranged marriage with Sylvester McCree, a wealthy, arrogant and perverted old man. Resigned to her fate, she realizes the only way to save her father's home from the auction block is to agree to the wedding. Until...

The Collector's WifeA Romance ThrillerElena thought she was marrying into legacy, wealth, and security.Instead, she married into a family tradition no one survives.When Elena moves to her husband's ancestral estate on the rocky coast of Maine, she is swept into a world of old...

Edgar's worst nightmare has come true. The Witch of Thaxos is back, and she's one of the few people with the power to truly bring him down. She's ready to help those who are in need, but first she demands something in return. As...

In Felix Austria, the intricate relationship between a wealthy young woman and her orphan servant unfolds against the rich ethnic and cultural backdrop of the late Habsburg empire. Sophia Andrukhovych reconstructs with astonishing detail the atmosphere and the everyday life of the city of...