Gothic stories, books, poems, and more

The Historical Fantasy House

On the outlying parts of a town at peace, savage forces of a grim curse lure deadly traps for the lost, through a vast forest of unknown where many have entered but no one has returned. The brightest hope of the local townspeople against this ominous evil is a young… Read More

Tags: fiction, novel, mystery, gothic, fairytale

Wail Of The Wolves

By Liar-A

Book / Fantasy

July 22, 2020

Comments: 8

Shelves: 1

In this story there’s no hero on a quest to increase fame and heroism and simply good and evil have feeble meanings. A twist so twisted. Dark and cold, harsh and cruel, bout how one’s soul is shaped into an evil being. Read More

Tags: mystery, gothic, tragedy

Alice - The Ending of Darkness

By Reaper

Book / Thrillers

July 22, 2020

Comments: 77

Shelves: 20

The The Imaginarium House

Tags: fantasy, gothic, thriller, book, alice

Vitality

By Crysta Levere

Book / Romance

July 20, 2020

A violent passion. A dangerous bond. A nightmare that will change everything. To Ava, love is about as real as fairytales. But it might be that fairytales, myths, and magic have some truth to them after all - as well as the monsters that lie in the shadows. Or she… Read More

Tags: fantasy, paranormal, romance, gothic, dark-romance

Absence

By kaye park hinckley

Book / Commercial Fiction

May 16, 2020

ABSENCE is a mystery, in the deepest sense of the word, about marriage, about fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, and brothers and sisters; all backed into corners and at odds with each other as they struggle with their human nature, and their dependence upon the Nature of Earth. JAMES… Read More

Tags: gothic, literary, southern

The Last Act

By The foxy witch

Poem / Poetry

April 30, 2020

Comments: 1

The story of a girl who's given up on life and decided to take her own life. In her last moments she reflects on her life and the disappointments therein. Read More

Tags: poetry, gothic, amateur, state-of-mind

Montenegro Book Two: Dark Serenade

By Estela Vazquez Perez

Book / Horror

April 29, 2020

The The Imaginarium House

After surviving the New Orleans plague of 1853, Victor Montenegro is on a quest to find the coveted treasure of the sunken ship Ana Luisa. The Ana Luisa treasure hunt transports him and ally Ivan Ortiz into a haunted seabed, where they are confronted by the infamous Pirate Goldendeath. Will… Read More

Tags: horror, gothic, vampires

The Lady, Fair

By hullabaloo22

Poem / Poetry

April 20, 2020

Comments: 3

Written for NaPoWriMo Day 20 Cover image: pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: gothic, task, knights, lady

Mamoris' Ascension

By Alexander Grätke

Short Story / Fantasy

March 26, 2020

A vampire lord meets with his minion and celebrates his latest victory. He now has the means to conduct a ritual which would let him be ahead of everyone else. But what he discovers is not what he expected. Read More

Tags: vampire, evil, gothic, villain, dungeons-and-dragons

The October Country

By Local.Creep

Book / Horror

February 08, 2020

Claudia had nowhere to go, nowhere but that farmhouse. Maybe she should've listened to the locals. Maybe she should've questioned why no one had lasted through the Fall there since the house was built. Maybe she should've wondered why no one had lived there since the fifties. It's too late… Read More

Tags: horror, paranormal, ghost, gothic, southern-gothic

Chains

By hullabaloo22

Short Story / Romance

January 19, 2020

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

My attempt at writing a Gothic romance. Cover image: pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: love, gothic, haunting, chains

The Departure

By Adam Steele

Short Story / Fantasy

December 29, 2019

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

This is a Poem Story that deals with an event that hits close to home. Read More

Tags: gothic, cemetaries, leaving-home, peom-story, black-masses

A Hungry Ghost: The mystique of Karmic Love cycle

By Daniel Wren Chung

Short Story / Religion and Spirituality

December 21, 2019

interview with the dead Read More

Tags: love, gothic, spiritual, witch, buddha

The Vampire

December 19, 2019

Comments: 2

A long short horror story about a female vampire. Read More

Tags: horror, gothic, girl, short-story

The Midnight Girl A novel

Book / Horror

November 15, 2019

Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

Ohio, 1971. Katherine Gate is a ten year old girl who lives in an old house. When a series of murders happen in the old well, a darkness consumes her. The new horror novel by Robert Helliger, author of Gloom, The Dorm, and The Spellcaster. Read More

Tags: horror, scary, gothic, girl, teen-fiction

Between the darkness and the Light

Book / Horror

November 07, 2019

Wisconsin, 1972. Maddie Frank is a teenager who has moved from city to city due to her parents' jobs. As she struggles to define herself, she doesn't fit in with school. As a consequence, she is forced to deal with the idea that vampires are attacking everyone at night. The… Read More

Tags: horror, gothic, vampires, youngadult

Dead Men Tell Tales

By Jonathan Scott Griffin

November 07, 2019

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

A little girl's vacation is ruined when she meets Death. Recommended for ages 13 and up for intense subject matter involving a child. Cover by William Blake. Read More

Tags: death, gothic, innocence-lost

I Dreamt Of Death

By hullabaloo22

Poem / Poetry

October 30, 2019

Comments: 6

Shelves: 2

Cover image: Dimitar Donovski on Unsplash. Read More

Tags: death, gothic, crow, corvidae

The Cold Town 2 A novel

Book / Horror

October 27, 2019

Shelves: 1

The town of Ostrow, three miles from Ohio, has been taken over by vampires. Tom Graham, a writer, has come to the town to get away from his past. But, as he spends the year there, he knows that the Undead are waiting for him in the darkness. The sequel… Read More

Tags: horror, gothic, vampires, sequel

The Cold Town A novel

Book / Horror

October 26, 2019

Comments: 3

The town of Ostrow, three miles from Ohio, is a quiet place where ordinary people work, live, and raise their families. When Roy Chamberlain, a former football player arrives there, for a vacation as Halloween arrives, he is drawn into a nightmare of horror that he can't get away from. Read More

Tags: horror, romance, gothic, vampires

Feed 13

October 01, 2019

Madison Carson is a three hundred year old vampire in Ohio. When Mike Pierson, a hunter, arrives at the cemetery looking for the Undead who are in their black coffins, he comes prepared with his stake, and hammer, as well as garlic, to battle the vampire, as the temperature decreases… Read More

Tags: vampire, horror, gothic, sequel, feed

Dorrigan

September 24, 2019

Comments: 1

Dorrigan is a short gothic horror story of Elizabeth Candle, a woman who come back home to find out that the place of her birth has changed forever. It is inspired by Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Daphne DuMaurier, and Shirley Jackson. Read More

Tags: horror, romance, gothic, vampires

Momentos

By Paul R

Poem / Romance

September 24, 2019

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

Nights speak of the dark and endings, the morning of light and beginnings. Unfortunately my mornings these days are more likely to be filled with the activities of work and life and my moments to ponder are left to those strange times when I wake at ungodly hours and let… Read More

Tags: poetry, gothic, past, regret, love-lost

Feed 12

September 18, 2019

Comments: 1

No one wants to go to the Ohio Cemetery at night, unless they meet three hundred year old vampire Madeline Carson. When Mike Anderson arrives at Midnight, he finds out that the Undead still roam the cemetery. The eleventh sequel to "Feed". Read More

Tags: vampire, horror, gothic, sequel, feed

The House of Time

September 16, 2019

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

Moore House In South Carolina is a four hundred year old Mansion. When Parker Gordon arrives to get rid of the ghosts there, he struggles to with his sanity. Read More

Tags: paranormal, gothic, drama, house

Feed 11

September 14, 2019

Comments: 2

Madeline Carson is a three hundred year old vampire in Ohio. When Mark Anderson spends a night there on Friday the 13th, he gets more than he bargained for in the darkness. The tenth sequel to "Feed". Read More

Tags: vampire, horror, gothic, sequel, feed

Feed 10

September 01, 2019

Madeline Carson isn't the only vampire in Ohio. When James Franklin explores the cemetery, he attempts to get rid of the vampires once and for all. The ninth sequel to "Feed". Read More

Tags: horror, gothic, vampires, sequel, feed

Feed 9

August 30, 2019

Comments: 1

The Ohio Cemetery isn't the kind of place where vampires dwell in the darkness. Unless visitors see Madeline Carson's rotten grave. When Frank Moore enters the cemetery, he meets the daughter of most famous vampire in the city. The eighth sequel to "Feed". Read More

Tags: vampire, horror, gothic, sequel, feed

Feed 8

August 28, 2019

Shelves: 1

Madeline Carson is a vampire who lives in the Ohio cemetery. When Tom Sheppard, a lonely teenager, heads inside, he meets the vampire who needs to feed on his blood to survive in the Ohio darkness. The seventh sequel to "Feed". Read More

Tags: vampire, horror, gothic, sequel, feed

Feed 7

August 26, 2019

Comments: 2