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Book / Horror

February 16, 2025

Reads: 1245

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

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Beneath the moon, pale lips entwine, In bitter kisses soaked with wine. A rose wilts in its crystal tomb, Perfume thick with autumn's gloom. Read More

Tags: love, fantasy, gothic, weird, decadent

Tags: love, fantasy, horror, romance, gothic

In 1540, conquistador Balthazar Jiménez de Quesada embarks on a quest for gold but encounters an ancient evil in the jungles of Colombia, La Pastola, transforming him into an immortal vampire. Centuries later, as Napoleon's army clashes with the British in 1815, a brutal massacre near Walloon births a new… Read More

Tags: vampire, gothic, historical, noir, la-pastola

Book / Horror

November 13, 2024

Reads: 810

Comments: 6

Shelves: 4

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Rasputin: Is a fictional work, revolving around the mysterious life of Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin. While some of the content is accurate, a lot of the story is fictionalised for dramatic effect, and is not to be taken as historically accurate. This fictionalised account contains, strong images of horror, some adult… Read More

Tags: fantasy, gothic, thriller, rasputin

Humben is a good island. Acksmouth is a good town. A wonderful place where up is up, down is down, and everything, everyone, has a place. Botanists have their blooming gardens, fisherman have their beautiful docks, and even the sinners have their place. A little neighbourhood, with houses so crooked… Read More

Tags: gothic, england, grotesque, psychological-horror, body-horror

After losing most of his cargo during a storm, an ambitious captain runs into a ghostly ship that promises gold in exchange for human sacrifice. Read More

Tags: horror, gothic, short-story, dark-fantasy, period-piece

After losing most of his cargo during a storm, an ambitious captain runs into a ghostly ship that promises gold in exchange for human sacrifice. Read More

Tags: horror, gothic, short-story, dark-fantasy, period-piece

An analysis of the film "Dead Man", directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Johnny Depp as lead character William Blake, contextualized within the realm of gothic literature with reference to F. Botting's "Gothic", among other literary pieces. Read More

Tags: terror, gothic, film, analysis, cinema

Short Story / Horror

October 20, 2024

Reads: 25

Shelves: 1

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"The Soul slips away into endless night: Under Dim Yellow Light!" Read More

Tags: fantasy, horror, gothic, art, decadent

Stranger 1 : "Screams are for the living ... Adam? My, Adam has forgotten what it means to scream." Stranger 2 : "And what remains of us?" (Stranger 1 leans closer) Stranger 1 : "Only truth beneath the rot ..." (His breath cold against Stranger 2’s skin) Read More

Tags: fantasy, horror, gothic, decadent, dark-roman

So drink the night, inhale the sin, For darkness blooms where light grows thin Read More

Tags: gothic, classic, dark-fantasy, decadent, dark-roman

Short Story / Romance

September 23, 2024

Reads: 60

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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"Oh, fragile beauty born to fade" Read More

Tags: fantasy, horror, gothic, decadent, weird-fiction

Short Story / Horror

September 23, 2024

Reads: 59

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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And swans upon the still, deep lake, Glide softly for eternity's sake, While whispers brush against my ear, Of things too soft for one to hear. Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, gothic, decadent, weird-fiction

Poem / Poetry

September 16, 2024

Small tribute for Robert W. Chamber's Repair of Reputation Read More

Tags: horror, mystery, gothic, decadent, hastur

Short Story / Horror

September 07, 2024

Reads: 69

Shelves: 1

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The mirrors crack with sighs of gold, Reflecting faces centuries old, Whose eyes are hollow, lips unsealed, With secrets long and never revealed. Read More

Tags: fantasy, dark, horror, fiction, gothic

Script / Horror

September 03, 2024

Reads: 80

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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Stand Still. Read More

Tags: fantasy, horror, gothic, classic, old-fantasy

lady grimbert's dream of becoming a mother comes true when she adopts two twins from an orphanage. excitement turns to concern as the children remain silent and strange occurrences begin happening in her mansion. as the days pass, lady grimbert's worry grows as the house becomes colder, noises echo through… Read More

Tags: family, mystery, gothic, adoption, twins

Still trying to load these chapters! Read More

Tags: erotica, gothic, vampires

Stolen chapter 52. Posted here on BOOKSIE for safekeeping. Read More

Tags: vampire, gothic, wolf, carol

Tags: vampire, horror, gothic, victorian, period

Tags: vampire, romance, erotica, gothic, vampires

Tags: vampire, romance, erotica, gothic, vampires

Arthur's mother was a hag. A withered old woman, who in spite of her very turbulent past, was an unholy moralizer. It was only in the aftermath of her death, that Arthur began denoting the scale of her true depravity. A journey of trauma and discovery, starting with his mother,… Read More

Tags: horror, murder, demonic, gothic, sex

Tags: dark, gothic, dance, emotional, self-expression

Tags: vampire, adventure, gothic, erotic

Saving part of last chapter, since WORD has been hacked. Read More

Tags: vampire, gothic, erotic, wolf

This appears to be the ORIGINAL Bloodfellow - a novel of Transformation. The Hackers loaded the two sections under these bizarre strings of long number and letters on my thoroughly hacked MacPro. I think APPLE needs to see this mess and give me a new computer! Anyway, this is the… Read More

Tags: gothic, vampires, dark-fantasy, erotica-saving

Tags: vampire, gothic, erotic, hacked

Someone found an old copy of my early version of Bloodfellow on an ex's computer and sent it to me. Just saving it here. Read More

Tags: gothic, vampire-dark-fantasy

Editing. Read More

Tags: magic, gothic, arrow, mina, vampire-dark-fantasy

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