Gothic Fiction
Manfred
Manfred is a Dramatic Poem written by Lord Byron in 1816-7 after he left England for the last time and shortly after the famous ghost story …
Ardath
Victorian-era writer Marie Corelli’s epic work Ardath, The Story of a Dead Self, is filled with supernatural and gothic themes. We meet The…
Dracula
The classic vampire story by Bram Stoker revolves around a struggle between good and evil, tradition and modernity, and lust versus chastity…
The House of Mystery
The House of Mystery is based upon the complicated plot involving two women who look exactly alike, one rich and one poor, and so mistaken i…
Hieroglyphic Tales
Surreal and satirical, these stories by the eighteenth century man of letters, Whig politician, art historian and antiquarian are '"...…
The Haunted Room
Mr. Trevor inherits a piece of land in the country called Myst Court, and plans to move there with his three children: Emmie, Bruce, and Vib…
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition
Explore the haunting and imaginative world of Edgar Allan Poe in this comprehensive collection, the final volume of the Raven Edition. This …
Prince Zaleski
Weird fiction author M. P. Shiel brings us a most unusual detective in Prince Zaleski in his first published book. Ensconced within his orn…
Auriol, or The Elixir of Life
If you stumble upon the elixir of life, which provides you with eternal life, youth and health, then it's rather a bad idea to spoil this gr…
The History of the Caliph Vathek
This is one of the earliest Gothic novels. The Caliph Vathek is one of the wealthiest and most powerful men who ever lived. But this is not …
The Haunted Palace
"The Haunted Palace" originally issued in the Baltimore American Museum for April, 1888, was subsequently embodied in that much ad…
Carmilla
Laura grew up on a castle in the Austrian mountains with her father, slightly lonely as there are no potential companions around. Her loneli…
Adelgitha
The second original tragedy written by Gothic writer Matthew Lewis, Adelgitha; or, The Fruits of a Single Error is a markedly more serious a…
The Lake
Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movemen…
Carmilla
The classic vampire story, Carmilla, by J Sheridan Le Fanu, is brought to life in this captivating narration by Louisa Thornton. In Chapter …
The Colour Out of Space
In the tale, written in 1927, an unnamed narrator pieces together the story of an area known by the locals as the “blasted heath” in the wil…
A Phantom Lover
A Phantom Lover is a supernatural novella by Vernon Lee (pseudonym of Violet Paget) first published in 1886. Set in a Kentish manor house, t…
The Testimony of the Suns
This is the first published volume of poetry by Californian author and poet George Sterling. These poems are the beginning of Sterling's gre…
Carmilla
The classic vampire story, Carmilla, by J Sheridan Le Fanu, is brought to life in this excerpt from Chapter 10, titled "Bereaved."…
Orra
Considered by her contemporaries a playwright “second only to Shakespeare,” Joanna Baillie was one of the most critically acclaimed writers …