Gothic Fiction
A Dream
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Dream by Thomas Frederick YoungThis was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 26, 2025…
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…
The Monk
As one of the pioneers of Gothic fiction, this classic novel is seriously underrated. The story revolves around Ambrosio, the abbot, who is …
Carmilla
The classic vampire story, Carmilla by J Sheridan le Fanu, is brought to life in this captivating narration by Louisa Thornton. In this exce…
The Night-Side of Nature
The stories in Volume 1 centre on dreams, psychic presentiments, traces, wraiths, doppelgängers, apparitions, and imaginings of the aft…
A Whisper in the Dark
A Whisper in the Dark was published anonymously in 1877 and again in 1889, this time attributed to Louisa May Alcott, along with A Modern Me…
Carmilla
The classic vampire story, Carmilla, by J Sheridan Le Fanu, is brought to life in this captivating narration by Louisa Thornton. In Chapter …
Carmilla
Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu is a chilling tale of the un-dead, standing out as an all-time horror classic. In this first chapter, we meet…
Carmilla
The classic vampire story, Carmilla, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, is brought to life in this excerpt from Chapter 16 - Conclusion. The narrative …
The Worshipper of the Image
"The Worshipper of the Image," by Richard Le Galliene first published in 1900. The protagonist Antony, a poet buys a death mask i…
Orra
Considered by her contemporaries a playwright “second only to Shakespeare,” Joanna Baillie was one of the most critically acclaimed writers …
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."…
The Woman in White
Possibly Wilkie Collins' most famous novel, The Woman In White remade the Gothic Horror novel by taking its characters and tropes and settin…
Carmilla
A new podcast from Radio Theatre Group presents the classic vampire story, Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu. In this excerpt from Chapter 7, t…
Carmilla
The classic vampire story, Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu, is brought to life in this excerpt from Chapter 15, titled "Ordeal and Execu…
Carmilla
The classic vampire story, Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, is brought to life in this captivating narration by Louisa Thornton. In this exc…
Carmilla
The classic vampire story, Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu, is brought to life in this excerpt from Chapter 5, titled "A Wonderful Liken…
The History Of Lady Barton
This is the story of the three Cleveland siblings: Fanny, the innocent yet very sympathetic sister; Louisa, the strong willed sister whose m…
Carmilla
The classic vampire story, Carmilla, by J Sheridan Le Fanu, is brought to life in this excerpt from Chapter 14, titled "The Meeting.&qu…