Fiction - Gothic

From "a master ofverbal burlesque [and] a connoisseur of psychological blackmail" (John Updike), Witold Gombrowicz's harrowing and hilarious pastiche of the Gothic novel, nowin a new, authoritative English translation Witold Gombrowicz is considered bymany to be Poland's greatest modernist, and in The Possessed, hedemonstrates...

Every once in a blue moon, a masterful writer dives into gothic waters and emerges with a novel that--like Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, Minette Walters's The Breaker, and Donna Tartt's The Little Friend--simultaneously celebrates and transcends the tradition. Welcome Margaret Leroy to the clan....

What if someone wrote a tale about Dracula that was different from the rest? Wouldn't it be refreshing to read a vampire story that cuts through Hollywood's glitzy version of vampires, and invites the reader into the ethereal realm of otherworldly creatures? Our main...

The bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs returns with a brilliant new gothic suspense set at an Italian villa with a dark history. As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable. But by their 30s, their bond has been strained by the demands of their...

The Darkness That Comes Before is the first book in R. Scott Bakker's epic fantasy trilogy The Prince of Nothing. Set in a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, four people are swept up in the launch of an imminent crusade, during which they...

"Here is a generous portion of the work of a swiftly passing lifetime. Bountiful is the deserving page," Joy Williams writes in her introduction to this astonishing selection of Brad Watson's published and unpublished stories: "excellent, assured, funny, startling, heartbreaking, wild," full of "freakish...

LARGE PRINT EDITION. In this new edition of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, re-read the classic love story that has haunted and inspired nearly who've come across it. From the burning love between Catherine and Heathcliff, to the estranged family dynamics at Wuthering Heights,...

From the author of A Witch in Time comes a haunting tale of ambition, obsession, and the eternal mystery and magic of film. A vanished star. A haunted film. A mystery only love can unravel... 1968: Gemma Turner once dreamed of stardom. Now the...

He couldn't hold on until she let go.As a nurse, I spend my days in the supply closets and break rooms of the hospital making the egomaniacal surgeons grovel to get a whiff at what's beneath my scrubs. But when problems at home force...

Good and evil, right and wrong. Both are seen through the eyes of John Utterson, a lawyer and friend of the scientist Dr. Jekyll. After hearing the alarming account of the horrendous trampling of a small girl "like some damned juggernaut" by a violent...

A cursed alien king needs a virgin human bride.When an alien king is cursed, the cure is simple enough.Find a human virgin, capture her, take her purity, live happily ever after.What could possibly go wrong?Everything.The human woman I take is defiant and does not...

A Times Best Book of 2019. 'Paver is one of Britain's modern greats. This sinister, gothic chiller shows why' BIG ISSUE, Books of the Year 2019. "Something has been let loose..." In Edwardian Suffolk, a manor house stands alone in a lost corner of...

In this gripping tale set in eighteenth-century England, Vincent Goddard delves into the haunting legacy of his ancestral home, Mandrake Hall.Unbeknownst to Vincent, his late father's desperate attempt to defy mortality has awakened a darkness that now threatens to engulf the entire region. As...

From the author of Girl One comes a spellbinding adventure about a strange power lurking in the Arkansas Ozarks, and the group of friends obsessed with finding it. Five friends arrive back in Eternal Springs, Arkansas, the small town they all fled after high...

A hotly-anticipated and endlessly provocative new thriller of race and privilege set in an all-Black gated community from #1 New York Times best-selling author Nicola Yoon - "Brilliant...Your book club will be discussing this one for DAYS."--Jodi Picoult Jasmyn and King Williams move their...

ZOE"I have toys bigger than your..."I hate Grayson Black!He calls me Princess, like it's an insult.He blackmails me into letting him do what he wants to my body.I hate him.But mostly, I hate the way I'm starting to enjoy it.He's a monster though. The...

ZOEGrayson Black needs to pay.He deserved the bullet, but it wasn't enough to keep him away, and now he has a firmer grip on me than ever.I won't make things easy for him, though. I won't let him use me anymore. And if he...

In the tempestuous world of the mafia, loyalty is everything and secrets are a dangerous currency. Riccardo, the enigmatic right-hand man to the formidable Don, has always kept his past shrouded in mystery. But when the dark shadows of his past start to intertwine...

In the dark and treacherous underworld, Dante Micheli needs to obtain a crucial port for his empire but faces resistance from his enemy. His daring plan leads him to kidnap his enemy's daughter, the art student Juliet. What starts as a ruthless power play...

In the desolate, frozen expanse of Antarctica, a research team embarks on a mission to unearth the secrets buried beneath the ice. But what they discover is far beyond the realm of human comprehension. "Arctic Nightmare" is a spine-chilling journey into the heart of...

A searing, sensual novel with photographs, A Long Curving Scar Where the Heart Should Be weaves together southern fabulism and gothic fury. At this devil's crossroads of the King James Bible and the Egyptian Book of the Dead emerge the ghosts and realities of...

Years ago Van Marshall, lead singer and guitarist of the metal band Bleeding Passion, let the love of his life get away because he lacked the courage to tell her how he felt about her. He has been plagued by the memory of her...

Agnes Grey exposes the harsh working conditions of a young governess who's hired by multiple families, including the overly critical Bloomfields and the delusional Murrays. While on assignment, Agnes endures consistent cruelty, forcing her to look inward for strength and encouragement. Agnes is a...

In the spring of 1919, a young man assumes the alias of Marsden Fisher and travels to Maidenstone Hall, the Yorkshire country residence of the Earl and Countess of Scarborough, to tutor their daughter Alice. Searching for the truth about the death of his...

After the Great War, American heiress Ruby Vaughn made a life for herself running a rare bookstore alongside her octogenarian employer and housemate in Exeter. She's always avoided dwelling on the past, even before the war, but it seems to have a way of...

Haunted by the souls of his victims......the father of her child is a serial killerHow much blood must spill before the risk is too great? She's a confident and powerful investigative journalist from Chicago. He's the affluent rancher and truck driver in North Carolina....

A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this "utterly terrifying and wholly immersive . . . story about generational trauma, colonization, systemic oppression, and the horror at the heart of motherhood" (Library Journal, starred review). "Castro is one of...

"The Descent Beyond Reality" is a chilling and immersive work of cosmic horror by the enigmatic writer Magnum Tenebrosum. Set in a coastal town in 2023, the novel presents a harrowing tale of humanity's futile struggle against otherworldly forces. This Lovecraftian masterpiece plunges readers...

Look at this picture. Tell me what you see...The American South is rife with stories of a haunted past--especially its houses. In this eclectic and impressive collection, thirteen novelists were asked to build their tales around the photo of a dilapidated mansion. They were...

Some families hide their darkest secrets, others bury them... After the sudden death of her father, Kate's cold-hearted grandmother treats her like a lowly servant inside her isolated estate. Falling in love with a young stable hand only complicates matters when she discovers her...

The story begins with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his help. Although Poe wrote this short story...

This Great Smoky Mountains cabin has been in my family for seven generations. When Jake died, and the bridge was flooded as it is now, we had to bury him on site. It was like losing my twin. I came back to move past...

XavierDay in and day out.Every minute like sand in a hour glass, and each one identical to the next.I teach the science of time, conveying a message of life wasted on a daily basis.To a bunch of morons.I didn't think my sands of time...

As emotional as it is haunting, Through the Midnight Door explores the sometimes-fragile bonds of sisterhood and the way deeply rooted trauma can pass from generation to generation.The Finch sisters once spent long, hot summers exploring the dozens of abandoned properties littering their dying...

Hoffmann's eerie and captivating tale follows the journey of a young man who seeks the elixir of life from a mysterious stranger. With its dark twists and turns, The Devil's Elixir is classic Hoffmann, and a must-read for fans of Gothic literature.This work has...

"Gish's prose is as sharp as a scalpel." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "Grey Dog is a bewitching tale of the horrors of spinsterhood in the early 1900s, with madness and magic threaded through every sentence." -- Heather O'Neill, author of When We Lost...

Halloween in Eastwood is not like any other town.Monsters hide around every corner. Dressed in your darkest fantasy.Strangers of the NightStrangers of the TownStrangers of the CrowdAuthor: C. L. EastonISBN-10: 1998910091ISBN-13: 9781998910090Publisher: Black Rose PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/13/2023Pages: 516Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.22lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x...

From indie darling Harper L. Woods comes THE COVEN, a sexy, deliciously imaginative fantasy romance where The Magicians meets Ninth House with vampires. Revenge. Raised to be my father's weapon against the Coven that took away his sister and his birthright, I would do...

ZOEGrayson Black needs to pay.He deserved the bullet, but it wasn't enough to keep him away, and now he has a firmer grip on me than ever.I won't make things easy for him, though. I won't let him use me anymore. And if he...

The last time I spoke was eight years ago when my best friend tried to kill me. I never dreamed my silence would break with a scream.Being sent to Chapel Crest after my new stepfather deemed me a heathen seemed like a blessing compared...

A gripping and atmospheric debut that is at once a chilling gothic mystery and a love letter to Victorian fiction. Nobody ever goes to Hartwood Hall. Folks say it's cursed... It's 1852 and Margaret Lennox, a young widow, attempts to escape the shadows of...

In the scorching and riveting conclusion to Hollow, a dark academia and gothic romance reimagining of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Katrina Van Tassel, Ichabod Crane, and Brom Bones have unraveled the bone-chilling mystery of Sleepy Hollow's Headless Horseman.But their journey is far from...

A dark, modern, romantic retelling of Sweeney Todd with a Medusa twist and a happy ever after.Their revenge is sweet... their love is unhinged.Fifteen years ago, a girl sacrificed her life for mine. I've wanted only justice ever since.Then Talia entered the stage.I'm the...

Carmilla by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu is an 1872 Gothic novella. Many regard it as one of the early works of vampire fiction. Initially published as a serial form, it tells the story narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female...

Eileen Saint Lauren's "My Neighbors, Goodlife, Mississippi" is a collection of eleven stories written by Mary "Myra" Boone, a recurring character in Saint Lauren's work. Saint Lauren has her characters speak guiding truth with the purest of voices by way of magical realism, the...

"A young writer comes under the powerful influence of a mysterious older master, who seems to have left a trail of ruined proteges in his wake. The story is as much about the nature of artistic creation as it is a chilling vampire tale."Author:...

A familiar chill runs down your spine. You've been here before: the abandoned house on the hill, the dark hallway with the creaking floorboards, the ancient cemetery veiled in mist, the rutted pathway to a lonely place. You know these stories, or do you?...

My royal blood flows black with twisted secrets.I am a beast who wears a crown.Heir to a modern kingdom cloaked in corruption and depravities.The time has come to claim my princess.An innocent hidden away from my dark world.Till now.Her initiation will require sacrifice and...

Love and violence thrive in the glamorous diplomatic worlds of Washington, Rio de Janeiro and the Texas oil fields in this suspenseful novel that opens in Midland, Texas in the summer of 1949. Midland is a booming oil town, thrust up from the West...

The Sons of Navarus series by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author K.M. Scott writing as Gabrielle Bisset! Begin the series today with Blood Avenged and follow the action, suspense, and romance of each of the Sons of Navarus as they march...