English Gothic

Discover a haunting Victorian Gothic tale where family secrets, supernatural terror, and the unbreakable bond between sisters collide in the wild moors of Northumberland... When desperate poverty forces Eliza Harrow to accept a mysterious inheritance from her estranged uncle, she believes her prayers have been answered. Withering House—a remote Gothic manor in the windswept Northumberland countryside—promises refuge from her precarious existence in Victorian London. But the house harbors secrets that stretch back three centuries. Local villagers speak in whispers of lights in empty ...

"A hand wearing a fancy watch parted the office blinds, and J.D. felt nauseous with despair: suddenly he knew—even though he could not explain how—that all of his mojo had been permanently taken away." J.D. and George: thick as thieves since the fourth grade. J.D., the troublemaker, the stud: the alpha. George, the sidekick, the misfit: the loser. Upon graduating college, J.D. has convinced the only job creator in rusty Middlestop to hire them. BrewCorp, the hot new coffee and retail chain, is offering a vice presidency to the employee with the boldest plan for growth, and J.D. is ...

We have a dark past, and now he is my sworn protector. My whole life, I wanted to be someone. I left the drudgery of my small-town life for a coveted job in New York City. But the past has a way of catching up with you. If I want to prove myself, I need to go back to Salem and wrap up some business. Running into Marcel Forrester wasn’t part of the plan, and bittersweet memories of the past have left me both frightened and intrigued. His big blues eyes, powerful position, and strong presence make me feel safe. But I can't get involved with someone like him. He has sworn to protect me ...

A Know-It-All Suit from the FBI Can't Tell Me What to Do. Even If He Is SMOKING Hot! I have always been fine on my own. I certainly don’t need some suit from the FBI infringing on my case. Even if he is smoking hot and stares at me like he wants to see me naked. I just need to focus on tracking down the elusive and seemingly random serial killer. But, when Lev is around, I can’t focus on anything other than my carnal instincts that draw me to him. I don’t want to let Lev in, and I don’t want him trying to break down the walls I need to survive. I am powerless to stop him though. He ...

Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out. At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher vanishes. For six awful days, no one can find him. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged.

It has been five years since the wedding of Jane and Lizzie Bennet. Even Kitty has married by now and Mary is the center of Mrs. Bennet's efforts to achieve matrimony, but prospects are not in abundance. However, when a mysterious inheritance is bequeathed to Mary a string of events is set in motion. Set in the gothic realms of a ruined fortress, Mary is beset by strange happenings and even stranger people. Will she find happiness or will this strange inheritance be her undoing?

In the crucible of history, where the flames of empires clash, and the destinies of civilizations are forged, there exists a chapter often overlooked—a tale obscured by the dust of ages. It is a saga of untamed lands, ancient conflicts, and beings whose destinies were bound to the cosmic threads of gods and mortals alike. Within the shadows of the Roman Empire, during the fateful year of 376 AD, a narrative unfolded that would echo through the corridors of time, leaving behind a legacy woven with threads of love, war, and the supernatural. "Tears of The Aeon: The Gothic War" unravels ...

When glamorous socialite Noemí Taboada receives a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin begging to be rescued from a mysterious doom, it's clear something is desperately amiss. Catalina has always had a flair for the dramatic, but her claims that her husband is poisoning her and her visions of restless ghosts seem remarkable, even for her. Noemí's chic gowns and perfect lipstick are more suited to cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing, but she immediately heads to High Place, a remote mansion in the Mexican countryside, determined to discover what is so affecting her cousin.

Portrait of the Medical Student as a Young Body Snatcher. Yet I must insist that in the end, this is not a story about Death. It is perhaps a Life story, or even—yes—a Love story. It is the story of how I clawed my way from the decay of a crumbling legacy into the modern era of Reason and Science. It is the story of how I escaped the prison of archaic superstition to the freedom of enlightenment. It is the story of how a rose can blossom from even the bloodiest soil, of how light can grow from shadow, how love can grow from despair.

When magic binds two souls, only true passion can break the spell. As they struggle against the fae's growing power over their bodies and desires, they discover that breaking the magical bond may require surrendering to the very passion they're fighting to control. "Mr. Darcy's Bargain - Part 2" is a sensual, supernatural Jane Austen Fan Fiction romance that follows Part 1. It explores fate, desire, and the magic that binds two reluctant hearts together.

It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness.

The Westgate Galleria Mall was once a sprawling, shining monument to American consumerism and suburban growth. Now, it is a crumbling reminder of how both have fallen - an architectural ghost, haunting the outskirts of society. That makes it the perfect filming location for a YouTube channel devoted to the exploration of abandoned places. But the mall isn't as empty as it seems, and the residents have sinister obscene plans for them. Now, with the daylight still hours away, both the hunters and the hunted will fight to stay alive...and desperately try to make it home.

Part memoir and part cultural critique, Darkly: Blackness and America's Gothic Soul explores American culture's inevitable gothicity in the traces left from chattel slavery. The persistence of white supremacy and the ubiquity of Black deaths feed a national culture of terror and a perpetual undercurrent of mourning.

While in the middle of writing a book of study notes for Pride and Prejudice, the author took a break and amused herself by writing a short story in the style of Jane Austen entitled A Night at Pemberley. She submitted it to a Jane Austen Fan Fiction web site and it was well received, encouraging her to attempt other, ever wilder, flights of Jane Austen-based fantasy – Darcy as a vampire, Darcy falling in love with Ann Radcliffe's Emily instead of Elizabeth, ghosts at Pemberley (from Mrs De Burgh's comment about the "shades of Pemberley", and many more. Darcy fans should note that these ...

Amidst the decaying grandeur of Stygian Manor, William Stygian battles family ghosts and a crumbling legacy. His mother's eerie warnings grow louder, leading to a confrontation with his estranged twin brother, Cain, that dredges up bitter rivalries and buried secrets. In a house where shadows hold sway and whispers carry the weight of generations, William must navigate treacherous waters of duty and deception before the sins of the past consume them all. At a charity gala, William meets Veronica Lacewood, a woman with ties to his family's murky history. As Veronica hints at the darkness ...

When Brenna is taken hostage by a forbidding Viking intent on using her to procure a safe place for him and his friends to stay, she knows she should be afraid. Not intrigued, not fascinated, and most certainly not aroused. Björn cannot afford to trust the vexing little Saxon who caused him to be beaten to within an inch of his life. He will keep her captive for as long as he needs, release her when she has served her purpose and not fall under her charm in the meantime. At least, that is the plan... Burning desire will come to throw everything into disarray. Björn and Brenna should never...

Betrayed by those she trusted, penniless and alone, Darcie Finch is forced to accept a position no one else dares as assistant to dangerously attractive Dr. Damien Cole. Ignoring the whispered warnings and rumors he's a man to fear, she takes her position at his eerie estate, where she quickly discovers nothing is at it seems, least of all her handsome and brooding employer. As Darcie struggles with her fierce attraction to Damien, she must also deal with the blood, the disappearances...and the murders.

Ronald Kelly returns to the land of his ancestry and explores the dark superstition and frightful folklore of Ol’ Éire. Seven stories of Celtic gothic terror… tales to quicken the beat of the heart and chill one’s bones to the very marrow.

He is dangerous, mysterious, powerful. And he feeds on her desire. Hansella’s life is painfully ordinary—long shifts at a dead-end café, lonely walks home, and a name she can’t stand. But everything changes one evening when she stumbles upon an unconscious man in a shadowy alley. What starts as an act of compassion turns into a nightmare as a monstrous demon emerges from the darkness, hungry for blood. The stranger, Desmond, is no ordinary man. With Hansella’s kiss—he unleashes a power that defeats the creature but reveals his true nature: wings, horns, and a fiery aura that ...

What if the real horror isn’t what you see—but what you remember? From debut author Scott Oscar comes Neural Static, a collection of six unsettling stories that dig deep into the fault lines of memory, perception, and the creeping sense that something isn’t quite right. These aren’t your typical ghosts. These are the echoes that follow you home, the whispers caught in broken recordings, the distortions that grow louder the more you try to ignore them. In these chilling tales: A grieving son is drawn into a decades-old list of haunted mirrors with deadly, shifting reflections. A ...