Gothic Fiction
The Canal, and Leonora
Everil Worrell was one of the few female writers of weird fiction in the early days of Weird Tales magazine and 1927 marked a seminal year f…
Weird Tales
Paradoxically, it is variety that unites the tales you are about to read. They take place in widely separated countries and historical perio…
Meister Zacharius
Meister Zacharius ist ein Uhrmacher in Genf und berühmt für die Genauigkeit seiner Uhren. Eines Tages beginnen seine Uhren falsch …
Afterward
Mary and Ned Boyne have fled their dreary life in Wisconsin for a home in rustic Dorsetshire. But you can only run so far, and some things -…
Bulemanns Haus
Nach dem Tod seines Vaters kehrt Herr Bulemann nach in Übersee verbrachten Jahren in seine Heimatstadt zurück und zieht in das Hau…
Bungay Castle
Bungay Castle is a gothic novel by Elizabeth Bonhôte. It was first published in 1796 and follows the fortunes of the De Morney family …
Undine
Die märchenhafte Erzählung "Undine" ist ein charakteristisches Werk der deutschen Romantik und das wohl bekannteste Werk…
The Statement of Stella Maberly
From childhood Stella Maberly has been violently wilful and jealous, yet certain of her own superiority. She can be loving and friendly, but…
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre is a profound exploration of a young woman's journey toward self-discovery and independence. Set in 19th-century England, the nove…
Benighted
Phillip and Margaret Waverton, along with a cheerful young acquaintance Roger Penderel, finds themselves driving through a terrible storm wi…
Walpurgisnacht
In der Nacht des 30. April, der Walpurgisnacht, stört ein schlafwandelnder Schauspieler die Abendgesellschaft im Hause des Barons Elsen…
The Goddess
After a night of drinking and gambling, John Ferguson has a terrifying dream of his neighbor being violently torn to shreds by an unknown at…
Carmilla
Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, originally published as a serial in the London-based literary ma…
Trilby
Trilby, published in 1894, fits into the Gothic horror genre which was undergoing a revival during the Fin de siècle and is one of th…
Clarimonde
Clarimonde is a haunting tale that intertwines love and the supernatural, exploring the depths of desire and the boundaries of life and deat…
Der Sandmann
Der Student Nathanael glaubt in einem Wetterglashändler namens Coppola einen Mann wieder zu erkennen, der in seiner Kindheit als Advoka…
Uncle Silas
Maud Ruthyn, the young, naive heroine, has a governess who is an enigmatic older woman, a liar, bully, and spy, who takes a dark secret with…
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (…
Wieland; Or, The Transformation
The lives of a prosperous, intellectual family are disrupted when they meet the mysterious Carwin. Set in the period before the Revolutionar…
The Beast With Five Fingers
A well off English bachelor receives a legacy from his uncle. This includes the uncle's very large library and a box containing something t…