Fiction - Gothic

"The Lair of the White Worm" is a 1911 horror novel by the world-famous Irish horror writer Bram Stoker. The story is based on the legend of the Lambton Worm, a folk tale originating from County Durham in Northeast England. Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847...

The Castle of Otranto is 'the original' gothic novel. This story initiatiated a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the later 18th century and early 19th century. Walpole is Thus, by extension, the forerunner to such authors as Charles Maturin, Ann Radcliffe,...

Teagan's senior year is almost over but with his and Summer's much anticipated freedom comes a new twist of unwanted fate. In the third installment of The Blue Moon Series, Summer's Moon, the soul mates are thrust into the world of Wolf Hunter's, werewolves...

Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, and subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. She takes up the post of governess at Thornfield, falls in love with Mr. Rochester,...

It all seemed so real that I could hardly imagine that it had ever occurred before; and yet each episode came, not as a fresh step in the logic of things, but as something expected. It is in such a wise that memory plays...

Charlotte Bront famous masterpiece in an unabridged version with the famous original illustrations by F.H. Townsend. Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity....

Horace Walpole was an 18th century Earl in England who specialized in art history, but he also wrote the Gothic novel The Castle of Otranto, a short but popular work of its time that all but started the genre.Author: Horace WalpoleISBN-10: 1507600755ISBN-13: 9781507600757Publisher: Createspace...

From Eliza Maxwell, the bestselling author of The Unremembered Girl, comes a gripping novel about the mysteries that haunt us and the twists of fate that can unravel them...Living in the shadow of a decades-old crime that stole his children from him, reclusive Lars...

The novel is set in the mid-19th century, although it includes glimpses into the history of the house, which was built in the late 17th century. The house of the title is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted since its construction by fraudulent dealings,...

This extra large print edition is written in bold and in an easy to read size 24 font. Gabriel Utterson is intrigued by the sinister figure of Mr Hyde, and the latter's strange relationship with Utterson's good friend, Dr Jekyll. When Mr Hyde beats...

One of the most famous contributions of the Bront family to the literary canon, Jane Eyre is a captivating story that is a must-read classic for everyone with a taste for reading.Author: Charlotte BronteISBN-10: 1495452689ISBN-13: 9781495452680Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/06/2014Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight:...

For the past twenty-seven years, Kayla Grayson's mother has refused to discuss Kayla's absent father or explain why the two of them have been alone in the world without relatives. A mysterious email sends Kayla to a Maryland beach town and her grandmother's home,...

This book is about recovery from loss. In the aftermath of a death, Ann Patterson's family is becoming unglued. To save it, the hot-tempered librarian splurges on a trip to Desolation Sound. The trip turns out far different from her expectations. With the help...

This early work by Mary Elizabeth Braddon was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new biography of the author. 'His Darling Sin' is one of Braddon's novels in the sensation literature genre. Mary Elizabeth Braddon was born...

This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1885 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Henry James was born in New York City in 1843. One of thirteen children, James had an unorthodox early education, switching...

Five Classic Horror Stories is a collection of the most chilling and influential horror stories ever written, including tales by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson. These five ghastly tales are sure to make your hair stand on end. Read Victor Frankenstein's story...

The great-uncle of Oscar Wilde, Charles Maturin was a prolific author of the early 19th century. His "Melmoth the Wanderer" is considered by many to be the last traditional "Gothic" novel. Many of the Gothic romance and horror stories, particularly those dating back to...

Now in paperback, the acclaimed debut novel featuring the ghost of a murdered cowgirl who guides her grief-stricken father and a disgraced former detective to her killer--and a long-hidden family secret. The celebrated novel from a shimmering new voice in Southern fiction, Anna Michaels...

A Libertine...alpha malJeremy Greymont certainly qualifies. Sex rough and women loose is his credo-one he's always taken seriously, with no deference whatsoever to the society into which he was born. Perfectly content milling along through life existing on courtesans and fine Scotch whisky...that is...

Victor Tudor, a man wrapped in mystery and temptation, gets everything he desires.And for the moment, he craves... me.I fought. It was a losing battle.I ran. His relentlessness ensnared me.I'm a token. A trinket. A toy for Victor's amusement.He's seductive. A dangerous deviant.Although I...

Secrets must be kept.Vows never broken.Till death do us part... Unless everything changes.Captive in one life...Kept in another...Taken to now be the wife I am forced to be. You will take this bride.To have and to hold from this day forward.Till death do you...

Now that the Darkness has tasted her, it won't let Emma go.Robbed of her memories, Emma feels like a ghost trapped in her own body. She doesn't remember much, but she knows one thing--something happened to her in Arnsmouth. Whatever had happened to her...

I swore I'd never love the man that forced me to be his bride. SelenaI made a deal with the Devil.I stepped foot into the kitchen hoping to grab a snack, but my hunger soon died as blood pooled on the black-and-white marble counter.The...

War has come to Sterling Falls.The guys and I are scattered. Finding them is the first step.Freeing them of their chains is the next.Labeled a fugitive, I'm hunted for a rebellion I haven't even begun to lead.But I will lead it. I fell in...

Edgar Manley is a peculiar child who feels threatened by the world shifting around him. On one especially dreadful day, he receives news of his father's death and that guardianship will be passed to his estranged uncle. That night, while fast asleep, his mind...

Chapter 1 Jess Walter's The Zero.- Chapter 2 J. Robert Lennon's Castle.- Chapter 3 Joyce Carol Oates' Carthage.- Chapter 4 Graphic Novels.- Chapter 5 Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy.Author: Danel OlsonISBN-10: 3031170156ISBN-13: 9783031170157Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/02/2023Pages: 324Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w...

First published in 1886, 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' is one of the most disturbing horror stories and an examination of man's capacity for evil by Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish novelist, and essayist, poet, and travel writer. One pitch-black...

From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Sucevic comes a funny, sexy standalone novel.Carter Prescott is one of those guys who has it all.Wealthy family...check.Good looks...check.Brains to match all that brawn...check.And let's not even talk about all those sculpted muscles (no-seriously, I don't want to...

Discover a haunting collection of Gothic fantasy inspired by the longest nights of the year.Striking a poignant balance between the endearing and the sentimental, this collection of wintry-themed short stories and novellas offers readers a unique and engaging selection of Gothic and supernatural, character-driven...

The Novel Predating Bram Stoker's Dracula. A Classic Victorian vampire novella, which influenced Bram Stoker's later treatment of the vampire mythos in Dracula. The story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later revealed to be Mircalla,...

From USA Today Bestselling Author, Felicity Brandon.One obsessed protector, One willing captive, One soul-shattering conclusion. TiffanyWhen Kade Walker crashed into my world, He devastated everything I'd ever known, His nefarious intent almost destroyed me. But I went back for more of his dark passion,...

From USA Today Bestselling Author, Felicity Brandon. One obsessed predator, One exhausted workaholic, One mind-blowing collision of souls. Tiffany I never saw him coming, Could never have predictedThe woman he'd push me to become. Kade Walker changed everything.He crashed into my life and tore...

Olov fled from the old world to get away from his crimes. But he could not hide for long for he had left a path of death and destruction wherever he went. a path easily followed west. Settling in the new Louisiana Purchase Territory,...

The haunting tale of a young woman being seduced by a female vampire, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla still manages to enthrall its readers almost two centuries later. Predating the more uneven Dracula by some 26 years, Carmilla (1871) is the first and perhaps...

In this ingenious and subversive twist on the classic gothic novel, the mysterious past of an island mansion lures two sisters into a spiderweb of scandal, secrets, and murder.Two sisters, strangers since birth yet bound by family secrets, are caught up in a century-old...

Mother Horror presents: When Anne O'Donnell arrives on a dock in France in 1789 with no memory of her past, she allows herself to be renamed Marguerite and taken in as governess for Mellian, the petulant daughter of the rich merchant, Donatien Marais. But...

"[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist Seth ... [offers] chills--and charm."--New York Times Book ReviewWorld-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2023.Maitland returns to his ancestral estate after having lived a largely solitary...

"[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist Seth ... [offers] chills--and charm."--New York Times Book ReviewWorld-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2023.Reverend Nigel arrives at Tilchington Rectory expecting a comfortable living in the...

""The Vampyre"" is a short work of prose fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori. Aubrey, an orphaned young gentleman in possession of a large fortune, arrives in London for the season where he meets the mysterious Lord Ruthven. Aubrey befriends Lord Ruthven...

Who could have been so cruel as to do away with poor Vivian Lambert? And why oh why couldn't she just stay dead? In a rustic, idyllic English village, on a summer's day, in the midst of a carefree tennis party, a fragile, needy...

Sense and Sensibility, is a novel by Jane Austen that was published in three volumes in 1811 and became a classic. The comic work offers a lucid depiction of 19th-century middle-class life as it follows the romantic relationships of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. While...

The estranged grandson of a wealthy collector of human curiosities becomes fascinated with teenaged twin sisters, leading them into a web of dark obsessions. A dazzlingly dark gothic novel from the bestselling author of The Somnambulist. ' Mysterious, sometimes shocking, full of surprises and...

Chiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the world's finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these titles feel extra special and...

Don't get killed on Devil's Night.I thought I was close to figuring out the truth about the mysterious death of my roommate. But Blackfriars University still holds her secrets close.In the name of the Father...Father Sebastian Pearce - my priest, my teacher, my friend....

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; By A Lady appears on the title page where the author's name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) and Marianne...

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; By A Lady appears on the title page where the author's name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) and Marianne...

Most of her life had been spent against the wall. Pushed against it to be yelled at, abused, backed into corners to keep from escaping. When your entire life was spent against a wall, it wasn't crazy to begin finding ways to blend into...

This book provides a comprehensive reading of a space/place-based experience from the birth of the American horror genre (nineteenth century American Romanticism) to its rise and evolution in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Exploring a series of narratives, this study focuses on the role...

David Mills has always secretly yearned for the incredible. Due to his father's dictates, he's just settled for what's proper. But after he makes an egregious mistake and learns his ex-lover is a selkie, everything he pretends to be starts to shatter: he's forced...

From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Becca Steele, comes an all-new dark MM standalone story.It began with one stolen moment. I was never supposed to see him again.I was never supposed to find out the secret of the Cirque des Masques.Everyone...