Fiction - Gothic

"It's a stunner." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) From award-winning South African author Nadia Davids comes a gothic psychological thriller set in the 1920s, where a young maid finds herself entangled with the spirits of a decaying manor and the secrets of its enigmatic owner....

Two vampire stories, two authors, two striking meditations on dependency and desire.For readers of Octavia E. Butler, Tananarive Due, and Gwendolyn Christie, comes Caramelle, Jewelle Gomez's latest addition to the universe of The Gilda Stories. This short story offers a supernatural alternate history where...

Sink your teeth into the cult classic that inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula. Fear sweeps the countryside as people fall victim to a strange illness. After a peculiar accident, beautiful Mircalla becomes a ward at Laura's family home. Soon, friendship blooms between the mysterious Mircalla...

Sheridan Le Fanu was born at No. 45 Lower Dominick Steet, Dublin, into a literary family of Huguenot origins. Both his grandmother Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu and his great-uncle Richard Brinsley Sheridan were playwrights. His niece Rhoda Broughton would become a very successful novelist....

Atmospheric, sensual and utterly riveting, Carmilla is the novel that inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula. A true gothic masterpiece, this titillating tale is a key text in the history of vampire literature. A haunting presence lurks among the secluded castles and rolling mountains of Styria,...

A queer Gothic pre-Dracula vampire tale, steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance. In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view,...

In 'Carmilla, ' Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu reinvigorates the Gothic tradition with a haunting tale of vampire lore, exploring themes of desire, sexuality, and the supernatural. Written in 1872, this novella presents an atmospheric narrative enriched by Le Fanu's masterful prose, employing vivid imagery...

A stunning hardcover edition of the original vampire story that inspired Dracula--now with a haunting art deco design, vibrant red foil, and thoughtful layout for a seductive reading experience Sapphic longing meets gothic horror in this "exploration of obsessive first love [as] both exciting...

A stunning new paperback edition of the original vampire story that inspired Dracula -- featuring blood-red sprayed edges, an eternally sexy spine, art deco design, and thoughtful layout for a seductive reading experience Sapphic longing meets gothic horror in this "exploration of obsessive first...

A new art book edition of the original vampire novel. The book that inspired Stoker's DRACULA and pioneered depictions of queer longing in contemporary fiction, now elaborately illustrated and presented as a breathtaking slipcase-housed coffee table book.The award-winning illustrator and graphic novelist Rosemary Valero...

There are some things only your mother can teach you . . . In this viscerally strange and dark, queer Victorian gothic, longing and transformation take wing through the secret selves we nurture when no one is watching. "A fetid feast of body horror...

"[A] delicious literary Gothic debut." -THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, EDITORS' CHOICE"Moody and evocative as a fever dream, Catherine House isthe sort of book that wraps itself around your brain, drawing you closer witheach hypnotic step." - THE WASHINGTON POSTA Most AnticipatedNovel by...

Two friendsOne ouija boardand a massive secret that will tear them apart***All Leah and Ariel wanted was a quiet weekend getaway. Maybe a few too many drinks and reminiscing about the good old days.That all goes to hell when the night turns into an...

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...

The classic poems and spine-tingling stories of America's Gothic master, Edgar Allan Poe, now available in one horrifying volume."It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night."Of all the American masters, Edgar...

Cold Hand in Mine was first published in the U.K. in 1975 and in the U.S. in 1977. The story 'Pages from a Young Girl's Journal' won the Aickman World Fantasy Award in 1975. It was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy &...

A haunting and psychologically driven collection from Shirley Jackson that includes her best-known story "The Lottery" At last, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" enters Penguin Classics, sixty-five years after it shocked America audiences and elicited the most responses of any piece in New Yorker history....

A family's Halloween haunted house becomes a conduit to something ancient and uncanny; a young man's effigy of a movie monster becomes instrumental in his defense against a bully; a family diminishes while visiting a seaside town, leaving only one to remember what changed;...

The second installment of The Mafia Academy Series--a forbidden romance set at a boarding school for the sons and daughters of the most powerful mafia lords...now with exclusive bonus content!Sofia MorettiFor years, I've harbored a secret love for my best friend's older brother. Yet,...

There are many things that go bump in the night, and I am one of them.Witches are supposed to be good, powerful, and omniscient, but unluckily for me, I seem to lack all of those qualities.I have been battling the darkness that lives within...