Gothic Fiction
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…
The Lane that had no Turning
This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting i…
Our Lady of the Pillar
A ghost story and love story all at once, set in medieval Portugal. Don Ruy is in love with Dona Leonor, but her husband has guessed his fee…
Secresy, or, the Ruin on the Rock
This is the story of Caroline and Sibella, two female friends. Strong and smart women who try to make it in a man's world while keeping thei…
Owen Wingrave
Owen Wingrave explores the conflict between personal conviction and familial duty through the story of a young man from a prestigious milita…
The Haunter of the Dark
The story takes place in Providence, Rhode Island, and revolves around the Church of Starry Wisdom, a mysterious cult using an artifact call…
December Tales
December is a time of winding down and of nature resetting itself. In this volume of so-titled December Tales, we listen to stories of human…
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 Wyvern Mystery
A classic with a pinch of romance, a pinch of gothic, and a dash of mystery, are you interested yet? When young Alice Maybell’ father dies s…
Melmoth The Wanderer
One of the first horror novels, it tells the story of Melmoth, who sells his soul so he could have an extended life. Throughout the novel, h…
Portrait Of A Man With Red Hair
Is the father insane or merely sadistic, a man entombed in a spirit of malevolence? This 1925 novel by a perceptive observer explores the te…
The Naiad
The Naiad: A Ghost Story is a supernatural novella by George Sand, the pseudonym of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant, née Dupin. - Sum…
Zofloya
Victoria de Loredani lives the life of a fairy tale princess in Venice. She has everything one might desire and more, until the sinister Cou…
The Marble Faun
The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical …
A Moment of Time
British author Richard Hughes is perhaps most well-known for his sea-faring adventure novel A High Wind in Jamaica, but a dive into his shor…
The Return of the Soul
Can the soul of the dead come back to haunt the one who was responsible for its death? What would happen if the responsible one did not beli…
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…
Black Cat
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
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 …
Zastrozzi, A Romance
“Would Julia of Strobazzo’s heart was reeking on my dagger!”From the asthmatic urgency of its opening abduction scene to the Satanic defianc…