Fiction - Gothic

This astonishing collection of 95 rare Gothic tales from British Literary Annuals tales takes us further than perhaps eighteenth or nineteenth-century scholars are comfortable with- to the Gothic's afterlife. Once touted as a literary "dead zone" -the Annuals of the1820s and 30s are unexpectedly...

"His foot struck against something, he stumbled, and had nearly fallen; he stooped to examine what it was, and his hand rested on the face of a human being, cold, putrid, and clammy " Young Edgar's father, the noble Baron Fitz-Elmar, has been mysteriously...

"The sound approached towards him -- the chains rattled vehemently; scarcely had he sprung from his chair, and seized his sword, ere the door flew open, and a spectre, whose arms and legs were fastened with heavy chains, with a naked body covered with...

Set in France during the Dark Ages, where the good Count Richard has mysteriously disappeared and the usurper Albert and his evil wife Brunchilda reign tyrannically in his place, The Animated Skeleton is a masterpiece of Gothic horror. Brunchilda has marked out the unfortunate...

Ghostlight, this wonderful contemporary fantasy by New York Times bestseller Marion Zimmer Bradley was named "Best Fantasy Novel of the Year" by VOYA when it was first published. Thorne Blackburn claimed to have magickal powers, to be able to tap into ancient wisdom. Others...

In autumn of the year two thousand sixteen, I gave morbid birth to; A Scarlet Collection of Monsters and Madmen.A book that's taken me nearly a decade to complete with the brilliant help and collaboration of real life monsters and madmen. The very same...

First published in 1911, Ethan Frome is widely regarded as Edith Wharton's most revealing novel and her finest achievement in fiction. Set in the bleak, barren winter landscape of New England, it is the tragic tale of a simple man, bound to the demands...

The first great horror story The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde appeared in 1886 and was an instant literary sensation. Robert Louis Stevenson was at the heights of his powers when he penned this chilling tale that shocked Victorian readers. The...

One of the greatest love stories ever written, Jane Eyre is the tale of a young woman entangled with the powerful Mr. Rochester. What lurks in the attic at Thornfield, the ancestral home of the surly Mr. Rochester? Will the governess Jane Eyre discover...

Asset File 4-7: Elizabeth Watkins Genotype: NonhumanThat's the only information Jayson Masters has about his newest assignment. To learn more, he'll need to infiltrate her life in the most intimate of ways without getting too close.Game on.Lizzie's new neighbor is loud, seductive, and ridiculously...

Vampires are at war, Erin is in love, and those she cares about are in grave danger.When Sanguans attack Washington, D.C., the Spectavi respond but struggle to deal with the most powerful of their enemies. As the war escalates, Erin finds herself hunted, torn...

In the Dark Ages, in France, the first vampires came to be. Erin knows the accepted version of the story, but she's also heard that there's more to be told.While humanity struggles through ever-darkening nights, an ancient evil wreaks havoc upon the world. Erin...

Erin is desperate for revenge.As she discovers all she's capable of, she's pushed toward conflicting sets of values and drawn to someone untouchable. More secrets and history of the Sanguans and Spectavi could shed new light on Erin's mysterious past, teach her about the...

Twenty-two-year-old Erin Rose wakes up one morning with no memory of her past. She's in a strange apartment with only one clue: a vampire bite scar on her neck.Determined to unravel the mystery of her true identity, she contacts the Spectavi vampires, who drink...

Professional Cook and Hurricane Katrina survivor, Desmond attempts to pull his professional and social life together in a small Southern Virginia city. His attempts only strengthen a belief in his dark Nick-Name: Demon.Author: Kenneth Strader, K. L. MillerISBN-10: 0615672442ISBN-13: 9780615672441Publisher: Thoughts CondolidatedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/2012Pages:...

Strange things were happening in Drake House: A perfect rose appearing on a pillow...an antique dress materializing out of nowhere...a mysterious spirit roaming the halls... Five years after Rachel Lindquist had left California to chase her dreams, she returned home to care for her...

Although otherwise ignorant and ineffectual, McTeague has managed to eke out a meager career as an unlicensed dentist. His dreary existence rapidly improves upon meeting and marrying Trina, whose possession of a winning lottery ticket further brightens their lives. But Trina's lust for money...

In this chilling Shirley Jackson Award-nominated novel, a small, quiet Midwestern town is unremarkable save for one fact: when the teenagers reach a certain age, they run wild. When Lumen Fowler looks back on her childhood, she wouldn't have guessed she would become a...

From the author Time magazine calls "the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world," comes an elegant and gripping new novel that blurs the line between psychological suspense and Gothic horror. Kerstin Krist arrives at the vine-covered Lydstep Old Hall in rural Essex to...

A brilliant mythical drama about well-meaning people trapped in a war of spiritual forces Marian Taylor, who has come as a "companion" to a lovely woman in a remote castle, becomes aware that her employer is a prisoner, not only of her obsessions, but...

Jane Cockram makes her thrilling debut with this page-turning tale of psychological suspense in which a young woman whose life is in tatters flees to the safety of a family estate in England, but instead of comfort finds chilling secrets and lies.Miranda's life and...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Essex Serpent--soon to be an Apple TV+ Series"Masterful...scary and smart, working as a horror story but also a philosophical inquiry into the nature of will and love. Perry did as much in her richly praised novel The...

NOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIESA Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction * Winner of the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year and overall Book of the Year *A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of The Year * Waterstones Book of the Year *...

Award-winning romance author Sophia Nash makes her women's fiction debut with a beautifully crafted, funny, and life-affirming story set in the Atlantic seaside region of France, as one woman returns to France to sell her family home and finds an unexpected chance to start...

From the New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of Black Sunshine and River of Shadows comes a new dark vampire romance about the vampire known as Dracula.Once there was a man who fell deeply in love with a woman he could never...

SOME WITCHES CAST SPELLS, OTHERS SLAY KINGS.A mysterious Grimoire. A marriage full of dark secrets. A History sculpted by a quartet of Sister witches. For three hundred years, Sister Autumn has incited wars, burnt villages, killed kings, and released plagues at the bidding of...

In "The Axe" a literature professor arrives at the door of one of his students in the middle of the night. On his way he has stumbled (with a flask of whiskey) through the pouring rain, stopping in a city park to vandalize the...

In a town enamored with its Unhallowed Horseman legend, a distraught teenage boy must come to terms with his personal demons, and perhaps the Horseman himself. Set on All Hallows' Eve, psychological thriller The Unhallowed Horseman takes place against the backdrop of a seemingly...

I live in a world where secrecy reigns. A Society rooted in power, wealth, and long-held dynasties. Where men are Kings, and women are pawns. For as long as I can remember, I've dreamt of escaping the shackles of my expectations. But it can...

The Reaper is out for blood, How fast can you run?You've taken something that isn't yours, When will you learn?There's nowhere you can hide, What choice do you have?She can smell your fear, Who can help you now?You can't avoid the scythe, Why do...

She fled in the dead of night, Where will she run?No stone left unturned, Who will feel my wrath?A few steps behind her every move, How many more will suffer?Her punishment will be severe, When will she be aware?With each swing of her scythe,...

The Reaper is hot on your tail, What have you done?You've made it onto her list, Who did you hurt?The hunt is just the beginning, How far can you run?Your soul is hers to reap, Where can you hide?Watch out for her scythe, Why...

It is not the monster you must fear, but the monster it makes of men. . .Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the Arctic, but she doesn't know why or how. . ....

"Enchanting. Molly Greeley has pulled off a piece of magic to tell a dazzling love story about the outcast's ache to be cared for and belong. This book broke my heart and put it back together again."--Allison Epstein, author of A Tip for the...

A lyrical and dreamy reimagining of Dracula's brides, A Dowry of Blood is a story of desire, obsession, and emancipation. Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying...

"Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides."André Malraux GreerAfter my mother died, I made it my mission to connect with my only other living relative, my grandfather, Sterling Richmond. She'd fought since I was born to keep me...

The first time we met, it was an accident.The second was the night my mother told me she was marrying his father. I didn't know his name then, but I do now: Hayes Ambrose. Captain of the swim team. Popular, gorgeous, the guy every...

What if you could write a new ending for yourself?England, 1898. When Evelyn first married the famous novelist William Aubrey, she was dazzled by his brilliance. But their newlywed bliss is brief when William is gripped by writer's block, and becomes jealous of Evelyn's...

Our tale truly began the day I awoke the heart of a monster.Together, we were more than a tale of obsession.We were the impossible that happened.The scorching combination of two opposite aromas that had stopped battling their desires to plunge into the void together.We...

Reprint of the original, first published in 1863.Author: Charles DickensISBN-10: 3375000812ISBN-13: 9783375000813Publisher: Salzwasser-VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2022Pages: 556Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.16lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.38d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1863.Author: Charles DickensISBN-10: 3375000804ISBN-13: 9783375000806Publisher: Salzwasser-VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2022Pages: 556Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.59lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.24d

This book offers new insights on socially and culturally engaged Gothic ghost stories by twentieth century and contemporary female writers; including Shirley Jackson, Angela Carter, Toni Morrison, Ali Smith, Susan Hill, Catherine Lim, Kate Mosse, Daphne du Maurier, Helen Dunmore, Michele Roberts, and Zheng...

Why am I so angry?Why does the need to make another bleed reside within me?Easy, genetics right?I'm nothing like my mother and my father is dead.Now what?Whitsborough is a town that's shiny on the outside but rotting on the inside.Unearthing one secret here means...

Thinking of your journeys, are in the reminded state of mental gymnastics, the exercise is of the mind's eye not on the face. The dream is inside, where I live with the people who had everything and nothing at all, coming to terms with...

Thinking of your journeys, are in the reminded state of mental gymnastics, the exercise is of the mind's eye not on the face. The dream is inside, where I live with the people who had everything and nothing at all, coming to terms with...

Welcome to his nightmare . . . There's a sinister man about London town with something of the night about him. Mr Hyde is mad, bad, and has a penchant for bumping off kindly innocents. Will his friend Dr Jekyll be able to stop...

"An exemplary edition!" -- Claudia L. Johnson, Princeton University Author: Jane AustenISBN-10: 1551114798ISBN-13: 9781551114798Publisher: Broadview Press IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/29/2002Pages: 280Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d

A whimsical, moving novel about a retirement home for literary legends who spar, conjure up new stories, and almost magically change the lives of the people around them.Alfonse Carducci was a literary giant who lived his life to excess--lovers, alcohol, parties, and literary rivalries....

Costa Book Award Finalist and the Waterstones (UK) Book of the Year 2016I loved this book. At once numinous, intimate and wise, The Essex Serpent is a marvelous novel about the workings of life, love and belief, about science and religion, secrets, mysteries, and...

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was...