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Gothic fiction Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror in the 20th century, is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name is a reference to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of e ...
(sometimes referred to as Gothic horror or Gothic romanticism) is a genre of literature that combines elements of both
horror fiction Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which is in the realm of speculative fiction. Literary historian ...
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romanticism Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...
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Joan Aiken Joan Delano Aiken (4 September 1924 – 4 January 2004) was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature. For ''The ...
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Castle Barebane A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
'' (1976) * John Aikin and
Anna Laetitia Barbauld Anna Laetitia Barbauld (, by herself possibly , as in French, Aikin; 20 June 1743 – 9 March 1825) was a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and author of children's literature. A " woman of letters" who published in mu ...
, '' Sir Bertrand, a Fragment'' (1773) * Sophie Albrecht, '' Das höfliche Gespenst'' (1797) and '' Graumännchen oder die Burg Rabenbühl: eine Geistergeschichte altteutschen Ursprungs'' (1799) * Louisa May Alcott, ''
A Long Fatal Love Chase ''A Long Fatal Love Chase'' is a 1866 novel by Louisa May Alcott published posthumously in 1995. Two years before the publication of '' Little Women'', Alcott uncharacteristically experimented with the style of the thriller and submitted the resu ...
'' (1866) *
Alexander Amfiteatrov Alexander Valentinovich Amfiteatrov (Amphiteatrof) (russian: Алекса́ндр Валенти́нович Амфитеа́тров); (December 26, 1862 – February 26, 1938) was a Russian writer, novelist, and historian. Biography Born a prie ...
, '' Kymeriyskaya Bolezn'' (1910) *
Leonid Andreyev Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (russian: Леони́д Никола́евич Андре́ев, – 12 September 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian liter ...
, '' The Grand Slam'' (1899) and ''
On (Rasskaz neizvestnogo) On, on, or ON may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * On (band), a solo project of Ken Andrews * ''On'' (EP), a 1993 EP by Aphex Twin * ''On'' (Echobelly album), 1995 * ''On'' (Gary Glitter album), 2001 * ''On'' (Imperial Teen album), 200 ...
'' (1913) * Aleksey Nikolayevich Apukhtin, ''
Between Life and Death "Episode 29", also known as "Beyond Life and Death", is the twenty-second and final episode of the second season of the American mystery television series ''Twin Peaks''. Episode 29 served as the final episode of ''Twin Peaks'' for over 25 y ...
'' (1895) * Margaret Atwood, ''
Lady Oracle ''Lady Oracle'' is a novel by Margaret Atwood that parodies Gothic romances and fairy tales. It was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1976. Plot summary The novel's protagonist, Joan Foster, is a romance novelist who has spent her ...
'' (1976) * Jane Austen, ''
Northanger Abbey ''Northanger Abbey'' () is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels written by Jane Austen. Austen was also influenced by Charlotte Lennox's '' The Female Quixote'' (1752). ''Northanger Abbey'' was completed in 1803, the first of ...
'' (1818) *
Álvares de Azevedo Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (September 12, 1831 – April 25, 1852), affectionately called "Maneco" by his close friends, relatives and admirers, was a Brazilian Romantic poet, short story writer, playwright and essayist, considered to b ...
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Noite na Taverna ''Noite na Taverna'' (in en, A Night in the Tavern) is a short story collection written by Brazilian Ultra-Romantic author Álvares de Azevedo under the pen name Job Stern. It was published posthumously, in 1855; three years after Azevedo's deat ...
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François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'Arnaud (8 September 1718 – 8 November 1805) was a French writer, playwright, poet and novelist. His series of novellas ''Les Épreuves du sentiment'' inspired Bellini's opera ''Adelson e Salvini''. Work ...
, '' Euphémie, ou le Triomphe de la religion'' (1768) *
Yevgeny Baratynsky Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (russian: Евге́ний Абра́мович Бараты́нский, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈtɨnskʲɪj, a=Yevgyeniy Abramovich Baratynskiy.ru.vorb.oga; 11 July 1844) was lauded by Alexan ...
, '' The Ring'' (1832) *
Clive Barker Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English novelist, playwright, author, film director, and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the ''Books of Blood'', which established him as a leading h ...
, '' The Hellbound Heart'' (1986) * Eaton Stannard Barrett, ''
The Heroine ''The Heroine'' is an incomplete 1967 film, now lost, that was directed by Orson Welles. Jean-Pierre Berthomé and Frnancois Thomas, ''Orson Welles at Work'' (Phaidon, London, 2008) pp.231, 282-3 Plot The film was due to be a one-hour adaptation ...
'' (1813) * Konstantin Nikolayevich Batyushkov, '' Apparition'' (1810) *
Charles Beaumont Charles Beaumont (January 2, 1929 – February 21, 1967) was an American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction subgenres.Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, "Beaumont, Charles" in David Pringle, ed., '' ...
, '' The Vanishing American'' (1955) *
William Thomas Beckford William Thomas Beckford (29 September 1760 – 2 May 1844) was an English novelist, art collector, patron of decorative art, critic, travel writer, plantation owner and for some time politician. He was reputed at one stage to be England's riches ...
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Vathek ''Vathek'' (alternatively titled ''Vathek, an Arabian Tale'' or ''The History of the Caliph Vathek'') is a Gothic novel written by William Beckford. It was composed in French beginning in 1782, and then translated into English by Reverend S ...
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Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida (17 February 1836 – 22 December 1870), better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (), was a Spanish Romantic poet and writer (mostly short stories), also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented ...
, '' El Monte de las Ánimas'' (1861) *
Aloysius Bertrand Louis Jacques Napoléon Bertrand, better known by his pen name Aloysius Bertrand (20 April 1807 — 29 April 1841), was a French Romantic poet, playwright and journalist. He is famous for having introduced prose poetry in French literature,Stua ...
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Gaspard de la nuit ''Gaspard de la nuit'' (subtitled ''Trois poèmes pour piano d'après Aloysius Bertrand''), M. 55 is a suite of piano pieces by Maurice Ravel, written in 1908. It has three movements, each based on a poem or ''fantaisie'' from the collection '' ...
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Alexander Bestuzhev Alexander Alexandrovich Bestuzhev ( rus, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бесту́жев, p=bʲɪˈstuʐɨf, a=Ru-Alyeksandr Alyeksandrovich Byestuzhyev.oga; (), was a Russian writer and Decembrist. After the Decembrist rev ...
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Eisen Castle Eisen is a German surname meaning "iron". Notable people with the surname include: *Arnold Eisen, professor of Jewish studies * Arthur Arturovich Eisen, a Russian soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble *Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (1720–1778), ...
'' (1827), '' An Evening at a Caucasian Spa in 1824'' (1830), '' The Cuirassier'' (1831) and '' The Terrible Fortune-Telling'' (1831) *
Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – ) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book '' The Devil's Dictionary'' was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by ...
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The Death of Halpin Frayser "The Death of Halpin Frayser" is a Gothic ghost story by Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in the San Francisco periodical ''The Wave'' on December 19, 1891 before appearing in the 1893 collection '' Can Such Things Be?'' Plot summary Halp ...
'' (1891) and ''
The Spook House "The Spook House" is a Gothic short story of a haunted house by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in ''The San Francisco Examiner'' on July 7, 1889. According to H. P. Lovecraft, the story is "told ...
'' * Anastasia Blackwell, ''The House on Black Lake'' (2010) *
Algernon Blackwood Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary cri ...
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The Willows The Willows may refer to: Places * The Willows, El Paso, Texas, USA * The Willows, Queensland, a town in Australia * The Willows, Salford, home of Salford Rugby League club in Salford, England, UK * The Willows, Saskatoon, a residential community ...
'' (1907) * Robert Bloch, ''
Black Bargain Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have ...
'' (1942) and '' Psycho'' (1959) *
Petrus Borel Joseph-Pierre Borel d'Hauterive, known as Petrus Borel (26 June 1809 – 14 July 1859), was a French writer of the Romantic movement. Born at Lyon, the twelfth of fourteen children of an ironmonger, he studied architecture in Paris but abandoned ...
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Champavert, contes immoraux Joseph-Pierre Borel d'Hauterive, known as Petrus Borel (26 June 1809 – 14 July 1859), was a French writer of the Romantic movement. Born at Lyon, the twelfth of fourteen children of an ironmonger, he studied architecture in Paris but abandoned ...
'' (1833) *
Marjorie Bowen Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (née Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952), who used the pseudonyms Marjorie Bowen and Joseph Shearing, was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and ...
, '' Black Magic: a Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Antichrist'' (1909) *
Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery fictio ...
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The Fog Horn "The Fog Horn" is a 1951 science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, the first in his collection ''The Golden Apples of the Sun''. The story was the basis for the 1953 film ''The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms''. Plot summary The plo ...
'' (1951) * Ivo Brešan, ''
Cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...
'' (2007) * Poppy Z. Brite, '' Lost Souls'' (1992) and ''
Exquisite Corpse Exquisite corpse (from the original French term ', literally exquisite cadaver), is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule (e.g. ...
'' (1996) *
Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Brontë (, commonly ; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. She enlisted i ...
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Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first ...
'' (1847) and '' Villette'' (1850) * Emily Brontë, ''
Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent re ...
'' (1847) *
Charles Brockden Brown Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810) was an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period. He is generally regarded by scholars as the most important American novelist before James Fenimore ...
, '' Wieland'' (1798), ''
Ormond; or, the Secret Witness ''Ormond; Or, The Secret Witness'' is a 1799 political and social novel by American writer Charles Brockden Brown Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810) was an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early ...
'' (1799), ''
Edgar Huntly, Or, Memoirs of a Sleepwalker Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, rev ...
'' (1799) and '' Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the Year 1793'' (1799) *
Valery Bryusov Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov ( rus, Вале́рий Я́ковлевич Брю́сов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈjakəvlʲɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbrʲusəf, a=Valyeriy Yakovlyevich Bryusov.ru.vorb.oga; – 9 October 1924) was a Russian poet, prose writer, drama ...
, '' In the Mirror'' (1902) and '' The Fiery Angel'' (1908) * Mikhaíl Afanasyevich Bulgakov, ''
The Red Crown ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'' (1922) and '' A Séance'' (1922) * Edward Bulwer-Lytton, '' Night and Morning'' (1841) *
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin ( or ; rus, Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈbunʲɪn, a=Ivan Alyeksyeyevich Bunin.ru.vorb.oga;  – 8 November 1953) was the first Russian writer awarded the ...
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Dry Valley A dry valley may develop on many kinds of permeable rock, such as limestone and chalk, or sandy terrains that do not regularly sustain surface water flow. Such valleys do not hold surface water because it sinks into the permeable bedrock. There ...
'' (1912) *
Gottfried August Bürger Gottfried August Bürger (31 December 1747 – 8 June 1794) was a German poet. His ballads were very popular in Germany. His most noted ballad, '' Lenore'', found an audience beyond readers of the German language in an English and Russian ad ...
, '' Lenore'' (1773) *
Frances Burney Frances Burney (13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840), also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786–1790 she held the post as "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Mecklen ...
, '' The Wanderer'' (1814) * William Butler, '' The House of Balestrom'' (2011) *
Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...
, ''
The Giaour ''The Giaour'' is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 by John Murray and printed by Thomas Davison. It was the first in the series of Byron's Oriental romances. ''The Giaour'' proved to be a great success when published, consolidati ...
'' (1813) and '' Fragment of a Novel'' (1819)


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Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote ( ; born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, ...
, '' Other Voices, Other Rooms'' (1948) *
Luigi Capuana Luigi Capuana (May 28, 1839 – November 29, 1915) was an Italian author and journalist and one of the most important members of the ''verist'' movement (see also ''verismo'' (literature)). He was a contemporary of Giovanni Verga, both having ...
, ''Spiritismo?'' (1884), "Il dottor Cymbalus", "Un vampiro" and other stories (1867-1904) * Abelardo Castillo, '' La casa de ceniza'' (1967) *
Angela Carter Angela Olive Pearce (formerly Carter, Stalker; 7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992), who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picar ...
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The Bloody Chamber ''The Bloody Chamber'' (or ''The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories'') is a collection of short fiction by English writer Angela Carter. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1979 by Gollancz and won the Cheltenham Festival Literary ...
'' (1974) *
Mrs Carver Mrs. (American English) or Mrs (British English; standard English pronunciation: ) is a commonly used English honorific for women, usually for those who are married and who do not instead use another title (or rank), such as ''Doctor'', ''Prof ...
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The Horrors of Oakendale Abbey ''The Horrors of Oakendale Abbey'' is a gothic novel first published in 1797 in one octavo volume by the sensationalist Minerva Press of London. It proved particularly popular with the new circulating libraries of the day. A gothic tale of horro ...
'' (1797) *
Jacques Cazotte Jacques Cazotte (; 17 October 1719 – 25 September 1792) was a French author. Life Born in Dijon, he was educated by the Jesuits. Cazotte then worked for the French Ministry of the Marine and at the age of 27 he obtained a public office at Mar ...
, '' The Devil in Love'' (1772) *
Robert W. Chambers Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories titled '' The King in Yellow'', published in 1895. Life Chambers was born in Brooklyn, New York, t ...
, '' The King in Yellow''/'' Yellow Sign'' (1895) * Alexander Vasilyevich Chayanov, '' The Tale of the Hairdresser's Mannequin'' (1918), '' Venediktov'' (1921) and ''
The Venetian Mirror ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'' (1923) *
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...
, '' Ward No. 6'' (1892) and ''
The Black Monk "The Black Monk" (russian: Чёрный монах, translit=Chyorny monakh) is a short story by Anton Chekhov, written in 1893 while Chekhov was living in the village of Melikhovo. It was first published in 1894 in ''The Artist (Russian magazin ...
'' (1894) * Georgy Ivanovich Chulkov, '' Golos iz mogily'' (1921) *
Marcus Clarke Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke (24 April 1846 – 2 August 1881) was an English-born Australian novelist, journalist, poet, editor, librarian, and playwright. He is best known for his 1874 novel '' For the Term of His Natural Life'', about the c ...
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For the Term of his Natural Life ''For the Term of His Natural Life'' is a story written by Marcus Clarke and published in ''The Australian Journal'' between 1870 and 1872 (as ''His Natural Life''). It was published as a novel in 1874 and is the best known novelisation of life ...
'' (1874) *
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake ...
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Lyrical Ballads ''Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems'' is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literatu ...
'' (1798) and '' Christabel'' (1816) *
Robert Cormier Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 – November 2, 2000) was an American author and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels, many of which were written for young adults. Recurring themes include abuse, mental illness, violence, ...
, ''
The Chocolate War ''The Chocolate War'' is a 1974 young adult novel by American author Robert Cormier. It was adapted into a film in 1988. Although it received mixed reviews at the time of its publication, some reviewers have argued it is one of the best young adu ...
'' (1974) *
Marie Corelli Mary Mackay (1 May 185521 April 1924), also called Minnie Mackey, and known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli (, also , ), was an English novelist. From the appearance of her first novel ''A Romance of Two Worlds'' in 1886, she became the bestsel ...
, ''Barabbas, A Dream of the World's Tragedy'' (1893)


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Charlotte Dacre Charlotte Dacre (1771 or 1772 – 7 November 1825), born Charlotte King, was an English author of Gothic novels. Most references today are given as Charlotte Dacre, but she first wrote under the pseudonym "Rosa Matilda" and later adopted a seco ...
, '' Zofloya'' (1806) * Mark Z. Danielewski, ''
House of Leaves ''House of Leaves'' is the debut novel by American author Mark Z. Danielewski, published in March 2000 by Pantheon Books. A bestseller, it has been translated into a number of languages, and is followed by a companion piece, '' The Whalestoe Le ...
'' (2000) * Grigory Danilevsky, '' Mertvec-ubiytsa'' (1879) *
Robertson Davies William Robertson Davies (28 August 1913 – 2 December 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished " men of letters" ...
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The Deptford Trilogy ''The Deptford Trilogy'' (published 1970 to 1975) is a series of inter-related novels by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies. Overview The trilogy consists of ''Fifth Business'' (1970), ''The Manticore'' (1972), and '' World of Wonders'' (1975). ...
'' (1970-1975) * Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, '' The True and Affecting History of the Duchess of C****, Who was Confined by Her Husband in a Dismal Dungeon'' (1799) *
Carl Grosse Carl Friedrich August Grosse (5 June 1768 – 15 March 1847) also known as Edouard Romeo Vargas-Bedemar was a German author, translator, aesthetic philosopher, and mineralogist. He is best known for his Gothic fiction, gothic novel ''Der Genius'', ...
, '' Der Genius'' (1796) (also translated by Peter Will in an abridged version as '' Horrid Mysteries'') *
Walter de la Mare Walter John de la Mare (; 25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for a highly acclaimed selection of ...
, '' The Return'' (1910) *
Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué (); (12 February 1777 – 23 January 1843) was a German writer of the Romantic style. Biography He was born at Brandenburg an der Havel, of a family of French Huguenot origin, as evidenced in ...
, ''
Undine Undines (; also ondines) are a category of elemental beings associated with water, stemming from the alchemical writings of Paracelsus. Later writers developed the undine into a water nymph in its own right, and it continues to live in modern ...
'' (1811) *
Comte de Lautréamont Comte de Lautréamont () was the ''nom de plume'' of Isidore Lucien Ducasse (4 April 1846 – 24 November 1870), a French poet born in Uruguay. His only works, ''Les Chants de Maldoror'' and ''Poésies'', had a major influence on modern arts ...
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Les Chants de Maldoror ''Les Chants de Maldoror'' (''The Songs of Maldoror'') is a French poetic novel, or a long prose poem. It was written and published between 1868 and 1869 by the Comte de Lautréamont, the '' nom de plume'' of the Uruguayan-born French writer Isi ...
'' (1869) *
Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destin ...
, '' The Horla'' (1887) *
Isabelle de Montolieu Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832) was a Swiss novelist and translator. She wrote in and translated to the French language. Montolieu penned a few original novels and over 100 volumes of translations. She wrote the first French translation of ...
, '' Melissa and Marcia: or, the Sisters'' (1788), '' Louisa: or, the Reward of an Affectionate Daughter'' (1790), ''
The History of Ned Evans ''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite ...
'' (1796), '' The Church of Saint Siffrid'' (1797) and '' The Mourtray Family'' (1800) *
Gérard de Nerval Gérard de Nerval (; 22 May 1808 – 26 January 1855) was the pen name of the French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie, a major figure of French romanticism, best known for his novellas and poems, especially the collection '' Les ...
, '' Les Filles du feu'' (1854) and '' Aurélia ou le Rêve et la Vie'' (1855) *
Thomas de Quincey Thomas Penson De Quincey (; 15 August 17858 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his '' Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'' (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quinc ...
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ''Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'' (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and its effect on his life. The ''Confessions'' was "the first major work De Quincey published and the one ...
'' (1821) * Marquis de Sade, '' Justine'' (1791) *
August Derleth August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and th ...
, '' The Lonesome Place'' (1948) *
Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...
, '' Oliver Twist'' (1838), '' A Christmas Carol'' (1843), ''
Bleak House ''Bleak House'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and ...
'' (1854), '' Great Expectations'' (1861) and ''
The Mystery of Edwin Drood ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' is the final novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium ...
'' (1870) *
Thomas M. Disch Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction author and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nomination ...
, ''The Priest: A Gothic Romance'' (1994) *
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...
, '' The Double'' (1846), '' The Landlady'' (1847), ''
Bobok "Bobok" (russian: Бобок, ''Bobok'') is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that first appeared in 1873 in his self-published '' Diary of a Writer''. The story consists largely of a dialogue between recently deceased occupants of graves in a c ...
'' (1873) and ''
The Brothers Karamazov ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (russian: Братья Карамазовы, ''Brat'ya Karamazovy'', ), also translated as ''The Karamazov Brothers'', is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing '' ...
'' (1880) * Arthur Conan Doyle, ''
Lot No. 249 "Lot No. 249" is a Gothic fiction, Gothic Horror fiction, horror short story by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in ''Harper's Magazine'' in 1892. The story tells of a University of Oxford athlete named Abercrombie Smith who no ...
'' (1892) *
Daphne du Maurier Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather was Geo ...
, ''
Jamaica Inn The Jamaica Inn is a traditional inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall in the UK, which was built as a coaching inn in 1750, and has a historical association with smuggling. Located just off the A30, near the middle of the moor close to the hamlet ...
'' (1936), '' Rebecca'' (1938) and ''
My Cousin Rachel ''My Cousin Rachel'' is a Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier, published in 1951. Bearing thematic similarities to her earlier and more famous novel '' Rebecca'', it is a mystery-romance, set primarily on a large estate in ...
'' (1951) *
George du Maurier George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and writer known for work in ''Punch'' and a Gothic novel ''Trilby'', featuring the character Svengali. His son was the actor Sir Gerald ...
, ''
Trilby A trilby is a narrow-brimmed type of hat. The trilby was once viewed as the rich man's favored hat; it is sometimes called the "brown trilby" in Britain Roetzel, Bernhard (1999). ''Gentleman's Guide to Grooming and Style''. Barnes & Noble. and ...
'' (1894) * François Guillaume Ducray-Duminil, '' Coelina, or The Child Of Mystery'' (1799) * Nadezhda Andreyevna Durova, '' The Pavilion'' (1839)


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* Dorothy Eden, ''The Shadow Wife'' (1968) *
Hanns Heinz Ewers Hanns Heinz Ewers (3 November 1871 – 12 June 1943) was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels. While he wrote on a wide range of subjects, he is now known mainly for his works of horror, particularly his trilo ...
, ''
The Sorcerer's Apprentice "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (german: "Der Zauberlehrling", link=no, italic=no) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. The poem is a ballad in 14 stanzas. Story The poem begins as an old sorcerer departs his workshop, leaving ...
'' (1910), ''
Alraune ''Alraune'' (German for ) is a novel by German novelist Hanns Heinz Ewers published in 1911. It is also the name of the female lead character. The book originally featured illustrations by Ilna Ewers-Wunderwald. Legend The basis of the story o ...
'' (1911), ''
Vampyr ''Vampyr'' (german: Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Gray, lit=Vampyr: The Dream of Allan Gray) is a 1932 horror film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. The film was written by Dreyer and Christen Jul based on elements from J. She ...
'' (1921) and '' Der Geisterseher'' (1922)


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* Ángel Faretta, '' Tempestad y asalto'' (2009) *
Henry Farrell Henry Farrell (September 27, 1920 – March 29, 2006) was an American novelist and screenwriter, best known as the author of the renowned gothic horror story '' What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'', which was made into a film starring Bette ...
, ''
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? may refer to: * ''What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'' (novel), a 1960 suspense novel by Henry Farrell * ''What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'' (film), a 1962 American psychological thriller, based on the novel. * '' W ...
'' (1960) * J.G. Farrell, ''
Troubles The Troubles ( ga, Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it is sometimes described as an " ...
'' (1970) *
William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most o ...
, ''
The Sound and the Fury ''The Sound and the Fury'' is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. It employs several narrative styles, including stream of consciousness. Published in 1929, ''The Sound and the Fury'' was Faulkner's fourth novel, and was not immedi ...
'' (1929) *
Paul Féval, père Paul Henri Corentin Féval, ''père'' (29 September 1816 - 8 March 1887) was a French novelist and dramatist. He was the author of popular swashbuckler novels such as '' Le Loup blanc'' (1843) and the perennial best-seller '' Le Bossu'' (1857). ...
, ''Le Chevalier Ténèbre'' (1860), ''La Vampire'' (1865) and ''La Ville Vampire'' (1874) *
Timothy Findley Timothy Irving Frederick Findley Timothy Findley's
entry in
Not Wanted on the Voyage'' (1984) * Richard Flanagan, '' Gould's Book of Fish'' (2001) *
Antonio Fogazzaro Antonio Fogazzaro (; 25 March 1842 – 7 March 1911) was an Italian novelist and proponent of Liberal Catholicism. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. Biography Fogazzaro was born in Vicenza to a wealthy family. In ...
, Malombra (1881) *
Alberto Fortis Alberto Fortis (1741–1803) was a Venetian writer, naturalist and cartographer. Life His real name was Giovanni Battista Fortis (his religious name was ''Alberto'') and he was born in Padua on either 9 or 11 of November 1741. He journeyed exten ...
, '' Travels into Dalmatia'' (1774)


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* Neil Gaiman, ''
The Graveyard Book ''The Graveyard Book'' is a young adult novel by the English author Neil Gaiman, simultaneously published in Britain and America in 2008. ''The Graveyard Book'' traces the story of the boy Nobody "Bod" Owens who is adopted and reared by the s ...
'' (2008) * , '' Society's Judgement'' (1840) * Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin, '' The Red Flower'' (1883) * Elizabeth Gaskell, ''
The Doom of the Griffiths ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
'' (1858), '' The Grey Woman'' and '' Lois the Witch'' *
Theophile Gautier Theophilus is a male given name with a range of alternative spellings. Its origin is the Greek word Θεόφιλος from θεός (God) and φιλία (love or affection) can be translated as "Love of God" or "Friend of God", i.e., it is a theoph ...
, '' The Mummy's Foot'' (1863) *
Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Perkins Gilman (; née Perkins; July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935), also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, advocate for social reform, and eugenicist. She w ...
, ''
The Yellow Wallpaper "The Yellow Wallpaper" (original title: "The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story") is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in '' The New England Magazine''. It is regarded as an important early work ...
'' (1892) * Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, '' Vymysel (Vecherniy rassskaz)'' (1906) *
Milovan Glišić Milovan Glišić (6 January 1847 – 20 January 1908) was a Serbian writer, dramatist, translator, and literary theorist. He is sometimes referred to as ''the Serbian Gogol''. Legacy Glišić is considered to be one of the best translator ...
, '' After Ninety Years'' (1880) *
Nikolay Gnedich Nikolay Ivanovich Gnedich ( rus, Никола́й Ива́нович Гне́дич, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ˈɡnʲedʲɪtɕ, a=Nikolay Ivanovich Gnyedich.ru.vorb.oga; – ) was a Ukrainian-born Russian poet and translator best kn ...
, '' Don Corrado de Gerrera'' (1803) * William Godwin, '' The Adventures of Caleb Williams'' (1794) and '' St. Leon: A Tale of the 16th Century'' (1799) *
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...
, " St. John's Eve", " May Night, or the Drowned Maiden" and "
A Terrible Vengeance "A Terrible Vengeance" (russian: Страшная месть, Strashnaya mest') is a short Gothic horror story written by Russian author Nikolai Gogol. It was published in the second volume of his first short story collection, ''Evenings on a F ...
" from ''
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka ''Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'' (russian: «Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки») is a collection of short stories by Nikolai Gogol, written in 1829–1832. They appeared in various magazines and were published in book f ...
'' (1831), " Viy" from ''
Mirgorod Myrhorod ( uk, Ми́ргород, ) is a city in the Poltava Oblast (province) of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Myrhorod Raion (district), the city itself is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast ...
'' (1835), " The Portrait" from ''
Arabesques The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with other elements. Another definition is "Foli ...
'' (1835) and " The Nose" (1835-6) *
Witold Gombrowicz Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937 he published his ...
, '' Possessed'' (1939) *
Jeremias Gotthelf Albert Bitzius (4 October 179722 October 1854) was a Swiss novelist; best known by his pen name of Jeremias Gotthelf. Biography Bitzius was born at Murten, where his father was pastor. The Bitzius family had once belonged to the Bernese patrici ...
, ''
The Black Spider ''The Black Spider'' is a novella by the Swiss writer Jeremias Gotthelf written in 1842. Set in an idyllic frame story, old legends are worked into a Christian-humanist allegory about ideas of good and evil. Though the novel is initially divide ...
'' (1842) * Barbara Gowdy, ''Mister Sandman'' (1995) *
Julien Gracq Julien Gracq (; 27 July 1910 – 22 December 2007; born Louis Poirier in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, in the French ''département'' of Maine-et-Loire) was a French writer. He wrote novels, critiques, a play, and poetry. His literary works were no ...
, ''
The Castle of Argol ''The Castle of Argol'' (french: Au château d'Argol, link=no) is a 1938 novel by the French writer Julien Gracq. The narrative is set at a castle in Brittany, where a man has invited a friend, who also has brought a young woman. The novel is loade ...
'' (1938) * Nikolay Ivanovich Gretsch, '' Black Woman'' (1834) * Alexander Grin, '' Krysolov'' (1924) and ''
The Grey Motor Car ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'' (1925) *
Davis Grubb Davis Alexander Grubb (July 23, 1919 – July 24, 1980) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for his 1953 novel '' The Night of the Hunter'', which was adapted as a film in 1955 by Charles Laughton. Biography Born in M ...
, '' The Night of the Hunter'' (1953) *
Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi (12 August 1804 – 25 September 1873) was an Italian writer and politician involved in the Italian Risorgimento. Biography Guerrazzi was born in the seaport of Livorno, then part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He ...
, ''
Beatrice Cenci Beatrice Cenci (; 6 February 157711 September 1599) was a Roman noblewoman who murdered her father, Count Francesco Cenci. She was beheaded in 1599 after a lurid murder trial in Rome that gave rise to an enduring legend about her. Life Beatri ...
'' (1854)


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Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that t ...
, ''
Young Goodman Brown "Young Goodman Brown" is a short story published in 1835 by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story takes place in 17th-century Puritan New England, a common setting for Hawthorne's works, and addresses the Calvinist/Puritan belief that all ...
'' (1835), ''
The Minister's Black Veil "The Minister's Black Veil" is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in the 1836 edition of ''The Token and Atlantic Souvenir'', edited by Samuel Goodrich. It later appeared in '' Twice-Told Tales'', a collection of ...
'' (1836), '' Edward Randolph's Portrait'' (1838) and ''
The House of the Seven Gables ''The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance'' is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston. The novel follows a New England family and their anc ...
'' (1851), '' Rappacini's Daughter'' (1844) *
Susan Hill Dame Susan Hill, Lady Wells, (born 5 February 1942) is an English author of fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels include ''The Woman in Black'', '' The Mist in the Mirror'', and '' I'm the King of the Castle'', for which she received t ...
, '' The Woman in Black'' (1983) * E.T.A. Hoffmann, ''
The Devil's Elixir ''The Devil's Elixirs'' (german: Die Elixiere des Teufels) is a novel by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Published in 1815, the basic idea for the story was adopted from Matthew Gregory Lewis's novel ''The Monk'', which is itself mentioned in the text. A ...
'' (1815), ''
The Entail ''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite ...
'' (1817) and '' Gambler's Luck'' (1819) *
James Hogg James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many ...
, ''
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner ''The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Written by Himself: With a detail of curious traditionary facts and other evidence by the editor'' is a novel by the Scottish author James Hogg, published anonymously in 1824. The p ...
'' (1824) *
William Hope Hodgson William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – 19 April 1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consisting of essays, short fiction, and novels, spanning several overlapping genres including horror, fantastic fiction, and scie ...
, '' The House on the Borderland'' (1907) * Victoria Holt, ''
Mistress of Mellyn ''Mistress of Mellyn'' was the first Gothic romance novel written by Eleanor Hibbert under the pen name ''Victoria Holt''. Plot A young woman, Martha Leigh, is hired as a governess by Connan TreMellyn, a widower, for his daughter, Alvean. M ...
'' (1960) and '' Kirkland Revels'' (1962) * Robert E. Howard, ''
Pigeons from Hell "Pigeons from Hell" is a horror short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, written in late 1934 and published posthumously by ''Weird Tales'' in 1938. The title comes from an image in Howard's grandmother's ghost stories, that of a deserte ...
'' (1934) *
Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...
, ''
The Hunchback of Notre Dame ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (french: Notre-Dame de Paris, translation=''Our Lady of Paris'', originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. It focuses on the unfortunate story ...
'' (1831) *
Evan Hunter Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Albert Lombino,(October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005) was an American author and screenwriter best known for his 87th Precinct novels, written under his Ed McBain pen name, and the novel upon which the film '' Blackb ...
, ''
Last Summer ''Last Summer'' is a 1969 teen drama film about adolescent sexuality based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Evan Hunter. Director Frank Perry filmed at Fire Island locations. It stars Catherine Burns, Barbara Hershey, Bruce Davison and R ...
'' (1968) *
Joris-Karl Huysmans Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (, ; 5 February 1848 – 12 May 1907) was a French novelist and art critic who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans (, variably abbreviated as J. K. or J.-K.). He is most famous for the novel '' À rebour ...
, '' Là-bas'' (1891)


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Thomas Ingoldsby Richard Harris Barham (6 December 1788 – 17 June 1845) was an English cleric of the Church of England, a novelist and a humorous poet. He was known generally by his pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby and as the author of ''The Ingoldsby Legends''. ...
, ''
The Ingoldsby Legends ''The Ingoldsby Legends'' (full title: ''The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels'') is a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually a pen-name of an English cl ...
'' (1840) *
Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and " The Legen ...
, ''
The Adventure of the German Student "The Adventure of the German Student" is a short story by Washington Irving, which was published in 1824 in his collection of essays ''Tales of a Traveller''. The story was inspired by a French tale of unknown origin, and several variations of the ...
'' (1824) and "
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories titled ''The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.'' Written while Irving was living abroad in Birm ...
" (1821) *
Junji Ito is a Japanese horror manga artist. Some of his most notable works include ''Tomie'', a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; '' Uzumaki'', a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and ...
, ''
Uzumaki is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Appearing as a serial in the weekly ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic Spirits'' from 1998 to 1999, the chapters were compiled into three bound volumes by Shoga ...
'' (2002) *
Alexander Pavlovich Ivanov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
, '' Stereoskop'' (1909) * Alexei Ivanov, '' Psoglavtsy'' (2011) * Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov, '' Agasfer'' (released in 1968)


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Shirley Jackson Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Over the duration of her writing career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two me ...
, ''
The Lottery ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'' (1951), '' A Visit'' (1952), ''
The Haunting of Hill House ''The Haunting of Hill House'' is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. A finalist for the National Book Award and considered one of the best literary ghost stories published during the 20th century, it has been mad ...
'' (1959) and ''
We Have Always Lived in the Castle ''We Have Always Lived in the Castle'' is a 1962 mystery novel by American author Shirley Jackson. It was Jackson's final work, and was published with a dedication to Pascal Covici, the publisher, three years before the author's death in 1965. T ...
'' (1962) *
W.W. Jacobs William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943) was an English author of short fiction and drama. His best remembered story is "The Monkey's Paw". He was born in Wapping, London, on 8 September 1863, the son of William Gage Jacobs ...
, ''
The Monkey's Paw "The Monkey's Paw" is a horror short story by English author W. W. Jacobs, first published in the collection '' The Lady of the Barge'' in 1902. In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with ...
'' (1902) *
Henry James Henry James ( – ) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the ...
, ''
The Turn of the Screw ''The Turn of the Screw'' is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in '' Collier's Weekly'' (January 27 – April 16, 1898). In October 1898, it was collected in ''The Two Magics'', published by Macmil ...
'' (1898) and ''The Real Right Thing'' (1899) *
M. R. James Montague Rhodes James (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambrid ...
, '' Ghost Stories of an Antiquary'' (1904), '' More Ghost Stories'' (1911), ''
A Thin Ghost and Others ''A Thin Ghost and Others'' is a horror short story collection by British writer M. R. James, published in 1919. It was his third short collection. Contents of the original edition * "The Residence at Whitminster" * "The Diary of Mr Poynter" * ...
'' (1919) and '' A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories'' (1925) *
Elfriede Jelinek Elfriede Jelinek (; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors writing in German today and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature for her "musical flow of voices and counter-vo ...
, '' Die Kinder der Toten'' (1995) *
Rikard Jorgovanić Rikard Jorgovanić (Mali Tabor, 1853 – Zagreb, 1880) was a Croatian writer. As the son of a Bohemian immigrant of German ethnicity, and his Croatianized last name was calqued after German ''Flieder''. He enrolled in the public school of Vara ...
, ''
Love upon the Catafalque Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the lov ...
'' (1876), ''
Dada Dada () or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (in 1916). New York Dada began c. 1915, and after 1920 Dada flourished in Pari ...
'' (1878) and '' A Wife and a Lover'' (1878)


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* Karl Friedrich Kahlert's '' The Necromancer'' (1794) *
Nikolay Karamzin Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin (russian: Николай Михайлович Карамзин, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kərɐmˈzʲin; ) was a Russian Empire, Russian Imperial historian, romantic writer, poet and critic. He is best ...
, '' Poor Liza'' (1792) and ''
Island of Bornholm An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerry, skerries, cays or keys. An r ...
'' (1793) *
Uladzimir Karatkievich Uladzimir Karatkievich ( be, Уладзімір Сямёнавіч Караткевіч; russian: link=no, Владимир Семёнович Короткевич) (26 November 1930 – 25 July 1984) was a Belarusian romantic writer. Biog ...
, ''
Savage Hunt of King Stakh Savage may refer to: Places Antarctica * Savage Glacier, Ellsworth Land * Savage Nunatak, Marie Byrd Land * Savage Ridge, Victoria Land United States * Savage, Maryland, an unincorporated community * Savage, Minnesota, a city * Savage, M ...
'' (1964) * Pavel Katenin, ''Olga'' (1816) * John Keats, ''
La Belle Dame sans Merci "La Belle Dame sans Merci" ("The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy") is a ballad produced by the English poet John Keats in 1819. The title was derived from the title of a 15th-century poem by Alain Chartier called '' La Belle Dame sans Merc ...
'' (1819) and ''
Isabella, or the Pot of Basil ''Isabella, or the Pot of Basil'' (1818) is a narrative poem by John Keats adapted from a story in Boccaccio's ''Decameron'' (IV, 5). It tells the tale of a young woman whose family intend to marry her to "some high noble and his olive trees", ...
'' (1820) * Raymond Kennedy's ''
Lulu Incognito Lulu may refer to: Companies * LuLu, an early automobile manufacturer * Lulu.com, an online e-books and print self-publishing platform, distributor, and retailer * Lulu Hypermarket, a retail chain in Asia * Lululemon Athletica or simply Lulu, a ...
'' (1988) * Caitlin Kiernan, ''
Silk Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons. The best-known silk is obtained from the ...
'' (1998) * Stephen King, '' 'Salem's Lot'' (1975) and '' The Shining'' (1977) * Stephen King and
Ridley Pearson Ridley Pearson (born March 13, 1953 in Glen Cove, New York) is an American author of suspense and thriller novels for adults, and adventure books for children. Some of his books have appeared on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. Literary ...
, '' The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer'' (2002) * Ivan Vasilyevich Kireyevsky, ''
Opal Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO2·''n''H2O); its water content may range from 3 to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6 and 10%. Due to its amorphous property, it is classified as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline form ...
'' (1834) * T.E.D. Klein, ''
The Events at Poroth Farm ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'' (1972) * Alexander Alexeyevich Kondratyev, '' Satiressa'' (1907) and '' Na nevedomom ostrove'' (1910) * Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko, ''
Judgement Day (Yom Kippur) The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...
'' (1889) * Sigizmund Dominikovich Krzhizhanovsky, ''
The Phantom ''The Phantom'' is an American adventure comic strip, first published by Lee Falk in February 1936. The main character, the Phantom, is a fictional costumed crime-fighter who operates from the fictional African country of Bangalla. The char ...
'' (released in 1991) *
Aleksandr Kuprin Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (russian: link=no, Александр Иванович Куприн;  – 25 August 1938) was a Russian writer best known for his novels ''The Duel'' (1905)Kuprin scholar Nicholas Luker, in his biography ''A ...
, ''
Silver Volf Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...
'' (1901) * Dawn Kurtagich, The Dead House ''And the Trees Crept In'' (2016) and ''Teeth in the Mist (2019)''


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Lady Caroline Lamb Lady Caroline Lamb (née Ponsonby; 13 November 1785 – 25 January 1828) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and novelist, best known for ''Glenarvon'', a Gothic novel. In 1812 she had an affair with Lord Byron, whom she described as "mad, bad, and ...
, '' Glenarvon'' (1816) *
Francis Lathom Francis Lathom (14 July 1774 – 19 May 1832) was a British gothic novelist and playwright. Biography Francis Lathom was born on 14 July 1774, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where his father, Henry, conducted business for the East India Company and ...
, ''
The Castle of Ollada ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'' (1795) and ''
The Midnight Bell ''The Midnight Bell'' is a gothic novel by Francis Lathom. It was first published anonymously in 1798 and has, on occasion, been wrongly attributed to George Walker. It was one of the seven "horrid novels" lampooned by Jane Austen in her novel ...
'' (1798) * Sheridan Le Fanu, ''
Uncle Silas ''Uncle Silas'', subtitled "A Tale of Bartram Haugh", is an 1864 Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work ...
'' (1864), ''
In a Glass Darkly ''In a Glass Darkly'' is a collection of five stories by Sheridan Le Fanu, first published in 1872, the year before his death. The second and third stories are revised versions of previously published stories. The first three stories are short ...
'' (1872), and '' Carmilla'' (1871) * Harper Lee, ''
To Kill a Mockingbird ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 and was instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' has become ...
'' (1960) *
Dennis Lehane Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is an American author. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including ''A Drink Before the War''. Of these, four were adapted a ...
, ''
Shutter Island ''Shutter Island'' is a novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, published by HarperCollins in April 2003. It is about a U.S. Marshal who goes to an isolated hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of a patient who is ...
'' (2003) *
Fritz Leiber Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( ; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright, and chess expert. With writers such as Rober ...
, '' The Girl with the Hungry Eyes'' (1949) *
Julia Leigh Julia Leigh (born 1970) is an Australian novelist, film director and screenwriter. In 2011 her debut feature film '' Sleeping Beauty'' was selected to screen in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. She is an author of two award-wi ...
, '' The Hunter'' (1999) *
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...
, '' Vadim'' (1832), '' Demon'' (1838) and "Bela" and "Tamanj" in ''
A Hero of Our Time ''A Hero of Our Time'' ( rus, Герой нашего времени, links=1, r=Gerój nášego vrémeni, p=ɡʲɪˈroj ˈnaʂɨvə ˈvrʲemʲɪnʲɪ) is a novel by Mikhail Lermontov, written in 1839, published in 1840, and revised in 1841. It ...
'' (1840) and '' Stuss'' (1845) *
Gaston Leroux Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel '' The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, ...
, ''
The Phantom of the Opera ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pier ...
'' (1910) * Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov, '' The White Eagle (A Ghost Story)'' (1880) *
Ira Levin Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels '' A Kiss Before Dying'' (1953), '' Rosemary's Baby'' (1967), '' The Stepford Wives'' (1972), ''This Perfe ...
, '' Rosemary's Baby'' (1967) and '' The Stepford Wives'' (1972) *
Matthew Gregory Lewis Matthew Gregory Lewis (9 July 1775 – 14 or 16 May 1818) was an English novelist and dramatist, whose writings are often classified as "Gothic horror". He was frequently referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his 1796 Gothic no ...
, ''
The Monk ''The Monk: A Romance'' is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796. A quickly written book from early in Lewis's career (in one letter he claimed to have written it in ten weeks, but other correspondence suggests that he ha ...
'' (1796) and '' The Castle Spectre'' (1797) *
Thomas Ligotti Thomas Ligotti (born July 9, 1953) is an American horror writer. His writings are rooted in several literary genres – most prominently weird fiction – and have been described by critics as works of ''philosophical'' horror, often formed into ...
, '' Vastarien'' (1987) *
George Lippard George Lippard (April 10, 1822February 9, 1854) was a 19th-century American novelist, journalist, playwright, social activist, and labor organizer. He was a popular author in antebellum America. A friend of Edgar Allan Poe, Lippard advocated a s ...
, '' The Quaker City, or The Monks of Monk Hall'' (1845) *
Frank Belknap Long Frank Belknap Long (April 27, 1901 – January 3, 1994) was an American writer of horror fiction, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, gothic romance, comic books, and non-fiction. Though his writing career spanned seven decades, he is best known ...
, ''So Dark a Heritage'' (1966) *
Jane Loudon Jane Wells Webb Loudon (19 August 1807 – 13 July 1858) (also known as Jane C. Loudon) was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She wrote before the term was coined, and was discussed for a century as a writer of Gothic fic ...
, ''
The Mummy! ''The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century'' is an 1827 three-volume novel written by Jane Webb (later Jane C. Loudon). It concerns the Egyptian mummy of Cheops, who is brought back to life in the year 2126. The novel describes a future fi ...
'' (1827) * H. P. Lovecraft, '' The Outsider'' (1921), ''
The Rats in the Walls "The Rats in the Walls" is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. Written in August–September 1923, it was first published in '' Weird Tales'', March 1924. Plot In 1923, an American named Delapore, the last descendant of the De la ...
'' (1923), ''
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward ''The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'' is a short horror novel (51,500 words) by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's lifetime. Set in Lovecraft's hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, it w ...
'' (1927) * Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky, '' The Bear Wedding'' (1923)


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Arthur Machen Arthur Machen (; 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His ...
, ''
The Great God Pan ''The Great God Pan'' is a horror and fantasy novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. Machen was inspired to write ''The Great God Pan'' by his experiences at the ruins of a pagan temple in Wales. What would become the first chapter of the n ...
'' (1890) * Grigori Alexandrovich Machtet, '' Zaklyatiy kazak'' (1876) *
Florence Marryat Florence Marryat (9 July 1833 – 27 October 1899) was a British author and actress. The daughter of author Capt. Frederick Marryat, she was particularly known for her sensational novels and her involvement with several celebrated spiritual me ...
, ''
The Blood of the Vampire ''The Blood of the Vampire'' is a Gothic novel by Florence Marryat, published in 1897. The protagonist, Harriet Brandt, is a mixed-race psychic vampire who kills unintentionally. The novel follows Harriet after she leaves a Jamaican convent fo ...
'' (1897) *
Frederick Marryat Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel ...
, ''
The Phantom Ship ''The Phantom Ship'' (1839) is a Gothic novel by Frederick Marryat which explores the legend of the ''Flying Dutchman''. Plot introduction The plot concerns the quest of Philip Vanderdecken of Terneuzen in the Netherlands to save his father ...
'' (1839) * Richard Marsh, '' The Beetle: A Mystery'' (1897) *
Richard Matheson Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of '' I Am Legend'', a 1954 science fictio ...
, ''
Long Distance Call "Long Distance Call" is episode 58 of the American television anthology series ''The Twilight Zone''. It originally aired on March 31, 1961, on CBS. In the episode, a 5-year-old boy named Billy communicates with his dead grandmother using a toy t ...
'' (1953), '' I am Legend'' (1954) and '' A Stir of Echoes'' (1958) * Antun Gustav Matoš, '' U čudnim gostima'' (1898), '' Miš'' (1899) and '' Camao'' (1900) *
Charles Maturin Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C. R. Maturin (25 September 1780 – 30 October 1824), was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained in the Church of Ireland) and a writer of Gothic plays and novels.Chris Morgan, "Maturin, Charles R(obert) ...
, ''
Melmoth the Wanderer ''Melmoth the Wanderer'' is an 1820 Gothic novel by Irish playwright, novelist and clergyman Charles Maturin. The novel's titular character is a scholar who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for 150 extra years of life, and searches the wo ...
'' (1820) * Michael McDowell, '' The Elementals'' (1981) * Patrick McGrath, '' The Grotesque'' (1989) * John Meaney, '' Bone Song'' (2007) * Wilhelm Meinhold, '' The Amber Witch'' (1838) and ''
Sidonia von Bork Sidonia von Borcke (1548–1620) was a Pomeranian noblewoman who was tried and executed for witchcraft in the city of Stettin (today Szczecin, Poland). In posthumous legends, she is depicted as a ''femme fatale'', and she has entered English lit ...
'' (1847) *
Prosper Mérimée Prosper Mérimée (; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, and one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, and a ...
, '' La Vénus d'Ille'' (1837) and '' Lokis'' (1869) * Barbara Michaels, ''Ammie Come Home'' (1968) * John Moore, ''
Zeluco ''Zeluco'' is a 1789 novel in Scotland, novel by Scottish author John Moore (Scottish physician), John Moore that centers on the vicious deeds of the eponymous anti-hero, the evil Italian nobleman Zeluco. The novel's full title is ''Zeluco: Various ...
'' (1789) *
Toni Morrison Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist. Her first novel, ''The Bluest Eye'', was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed '' So ...
, ''
Beloved Beloved may refer to: Books * ''Beloved'' (novel), a 1987 novel by Toni Morrison * ''The Beloved'' (Faulkner novel), a 2012 novel by Australian author Annah Faulkner *''Beloved'', a 1993 historical romance about Zenobia, by Bertrice Small Film ...
'' (1987) * Manuel Mujica Lainez, ''
Bomarzo Bomarzo is a town and '' comune'' of the province of Viterbo ( Lazio, Central Italy), in the lower valley of the Tiber. It is located east-northeast of Viterbo and north-northwest of Rome. History The city's current name is a derivation o ...
'' (1962) *
Alice Munro Alice Ann Munro (; ; born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Munro's work has been described as revolutionizing the architecture of short stories, especially in its tendency to move f ...
, '' Selected Stories'' (1996)


N

* Vasily Narezhny, '' Mertviy Zamok'' (1801) *
Momčilo Nastasijević Momčilo Nastasijević (23 September 1894 – 13 February 1938) was a Serbian poet, novelist and dramatist born in Gornji Milanovac in Serbia, and whose work was issued during the interwar period. He spent most of his adult life, however, teachi ...
, '' Rodoslov loze vampira'' *
Benedikte Naubert Benedikte Naubert (born Christiana Benedicta Hebenstreit; 13 September 1756 – 12 January 1819) was a German writer who anonymously published more than 50 historical novels and is considered a pioneer of the genre in the 1780s. Naubert wrot ...
, '' Hermann of Unna'' (1788) * Vasily Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko, '' Zasypanniy kolodec'' (1911) *
Vítězslav Nezval Vítězslav Nezval (; 26 May 1900 – 6 April 1958) was a Czech poet, writer and translator. He was one of the most prolific avant-garde Czech writers in the first half of the 20th century and a co-founder of the Surrealist movement in Czechos ...
, '' Valerie and Her Week of Wonders'' (1945)


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Peter O'Donnell Peter O'Donnell (11 April 1920 – 3 May 2010) was an English writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of ''Modesty Blaise'', an action heroine/undercover trouble-shooter. He was also an award-winning gothic h ...
, ''Moonraker's Bride'' (1973) * Joyce Carol Oates, '' Bellefleur'' (1980), '' Night-Side'' (1980), ''
A Bloodsmoor Romance A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes' ...
'' (1982), ''
Mysteries of Winterthurn Mysteries may refer to: * Sacred mysteries in ancient esoteric religions * " The Mysteries: Renaissance Choros", a 1931 poem by H.D. * ''Mysteries'' (album), a 1975 jazz album by Keith Jarrett * ''Mysteries'' (novel), an 1892 psychological nov ...
'' (1983) and ''My Heart Laid Bare'' (1998) *Fitz-James O'Brien, ''What Was It?'' (1859) *Flannery O'Connor, ''Wise Blood'' (1952), ''The Violent Bear It Away'' (1960) *Vladimir Odoevsky, ''The Sylph (Odoevsky), The Sylph'' (1837), ''The Ghost (short story), The Ghost'' (1838), ''The City Without a Name'' (1839), ''4338 A.D.'' (1840), ''The Cosmorama'' (1840), ''Russian Nights'' (1844) and ''The Living Corpse (Odoevsky), The Living Corpse'' (1844) *Margaret Oliphant, ''A Beleaguered City'' (1880) *Valeryan Nikolayevich Olin, ''Rasskazy na stanciy'' (1838-9)А. Е. Бутузов (editor): Русская готическая повесть XIX века (2008) * Lauren Owen, ''The Quick'' (2014)


P

*John Palmer Jr., ''The Mystery of the Black Tower'' (1796) *Gilbert Parker, ''The Lane that Had No Turning, and Other Tales Concerning the People of Pontiac'' (1900) *Eliza Parsons, ''The Castle of Wolfenbach'' (1793) and ''The Mysterious Warning'' (1796) *Thomas Love Peacock, ''Nightmare Abbey'' (1818) *Mervyn Peake, ''Gormenghast (series), Gormenghast'' trilogy (1946-1955) *Pyotr Pletnyov, ''The Gravedigger'' (1820) *Edgar Allan Poe, ''Berenice (short story), Berenice'' (1835), ''Ligeia'' (1838), ''The Fall of the House of Usher'' (1839), ''The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'' (1839), ''The Masque of the Red Death'' (1842), ''The Oval Portrait'' (1842), ''The Pit and the Pendulum'' (1842), ''The Black Cat (short story), The Black Cat'' (1843) and ''The Tell-Tale Heart'' (1843) *Antony Pogorelsky, ''The Lafertovo Poppy-Cake Seller'' (1825) and ''Monastyrka'' (1830-31) *Nikolai Polevoy, ''The Voices from the Other World'' (1829) and ''The Bliss of Madness'' (1833) *John William Polidori, ''The Vampyre'' (1819) *Jan Potocki, ''The Manuscript Found in Saragossa'' (1805) *W.H. Pugmire, ''Tales of Sesqua Valles'' (1997) *Alexander Pushkin, ''The Bridegroom'' (1827), ''The Undertaker (short story), The Undertaker'' (1831) and ''The Queen of Spades (story), The Queen of Spades'' (1834)


R

*Ann Radcliffe, ''A Sicilian Romance'' (1790), ''The Romance of the Forest'' (1791), ''The Mysteries of Udolpho'' (1794) and ''The Italian (Radcliffe novel), The Italian'' (1797) *Jean Ray (author), Jean Ray, ''Malpertuis'' (1943) *Clara Reeve, ''The Old English Baron'' (1778) *Aleksey Mikhailovich Remizov, ''The Sacrifice (1909 film), The Sacrifice'' (1909) and ''Sisters of the Cross'' (1910) *Władysław Stanisław Reymont, ''The Vampire'' (1911) *G.W.M. Reynolds, ''Faust'' (1846), ''Wagner the Wehr-wolf'' (1847) and ''The Necromancer (novel), The Necromancer'' (1857) *Anne Rice, ''Interview with the Vampire'' (1976) *Regina Maria Roche, ''Clermont (novel), Clermont'' (1798) and ''The Children of the Abbey'' (1800) *W. E. D. Ross, ''Dark Shadows by Marilyn Ross'' (1966-1972) *Yevdokiya Rostopchina, Yevdokia Petrovna Rostopchina, ''Poedinok'' (1838) *James Malcolm Rymer, ''Varney the Vampire'' (1847) *Ryukishi07, ''Umineko: When They Cry'' (2007 - 2010)


S

*Ernesto Sabato, ''On Heroes and Tombs'' (1961) *Evgeny Salias De Tournemire, ''On zhe'' *Friedrich Schiller, ''The Ghost-Seer'' (1787-9) *Walter Scott, ''The Monastery'' (1820) *Marcus Sedgwick, "My Swordhand is Singing" (2006) *Osip Senkovsky, ''Antar (story), Antar'' (1833) *Anya Seton, ''Dragonwyck (novel), Dragonwyck'' (1945) *Diane Setterfield, ''The Thirteenth Tale'' (2006) *Mary Shelley, ''Frankenstein'' (1818) *Percy Bysshe Shelley, ''Zastrozzi'' (1810) and ''St. Irvyne; or, The Rosicrucian'' (1811) *Anne Rivers Siddons, ''The House Next Door (novel), The House Next Door'' (1976) *Eleanor Sleath, ''The Orphan of the Rhine'' (1798) *Clark Ashton Smith, ''The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis'' (1932) *Orest Somov, ''Tales of Buried Treasure'' (1829), ''The Werewolf (short story), The Werewolf'' (1829) and ''Kiev Witches'' (1833) *Christian Heinrich Spiess, ''Das Petermännchen'' (1793), ''Der alte Überall und Nirgends'' (1792), ''Die Löwenritter'' (1794) and ''Hans Heiling, vierter und letzter Regent der Erd- Luft- Feuer- und Wasser-Geister'' (1798) *Robert Louis Stevenson, ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' (1886) *Mary Stewart (novelist), Mary Stewart, ''Nine Coaches Waiting'' (1958) *Robert Lawrence Stine, ''Goosebumps'' (1992) *Bram Stoker, ''Dracula'' (1897) and ''The Lair of the White Worm'' (1911) *Theodor Storm, ''The Rider on the White Horse'' (1888) *Oleksa Storozhenko, ''The Devil in Love (Storozhenko novel), The Devil in Love'' (1861) *Peter Straub's ''Julia (novel), Julia'' (1975)


T

*Rabindranath Tagore, ''The Lost Jewels'' *Donna Tartt, ''The Secret History'' (1992) and ''The Little Friend'' (2002) *G.P. Taylor, ''Shadowmancer'' (2004) *Ludwig Tieck, ''Der blonde Eckbert'' (1797) and ''Der Runenberg'' (1804) *Vladimir Pavlovich Titov and Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, ''The Remote House on Vasilyevsky Street'' (1828) *Yana Toboso, ''Black Butler, Kuroshitsuji'' (2006) *Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, ''The Family of the Vourdalak'' (1839) and ''The Vampire (novella), The Vampire (Upyr')'' (1841) *Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, ''Graf Kaliostro'' (1921) *Zacharias Topelius, ''Linnaisten kartanon viheriä kamari'' (1859) *Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, ''Faust'' (1856), ''Phantoms (novella), Phantoms'' (1864), ''The Song of Triumphant Love'' (1881) and ''Clara Milich'' (1883)


U

*Miloš Urban, ''The Seven Churches'' (1999) and ''Lord Mord'' (2008)


V

*Alexander Fomich Veltman, ''Yolanda (Veltman), Yolanda'' (1837) and ''Heart and Thought'' (1838) *Giovanni Verga, ''Le storie del castello di Trezza'' (1877) *Ludwig Achim von Arnim, ''Die Majoratsherren'' (1819) *Adelbert von Chamisso, ''Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte'' (1814) *Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, ''The Marble Statue'' (1819) *Heinrich von Kleist, ''The Beggarwoman of Locrano'' (1810) and ''The Foundling (von Kleist), The Foundling'' (1811) *Leopold von Sacher-Masoch¨s ''Die Seelenfängerin'' (1886) *Christian August Vulpius's ''Rinaldo Rinaldini, the Robber Captain'' (1797)


W

*Karl Edward Wagner, ''Karl Edward Wagner#Short stories, Endless Night'' (1987) *Horace Walpole, ''The Castle of Otranto'' (1764) *Hugh Walpole, ''Portrait of a Man with Red Hair'' (1925) and ''The Killer and the Slain'' (1942) *Sarah Waters, ''The Little Stranger'' (2009) *Eudora Welty, ''A Curtain of Green'' (1941) *Edith Wharton, ''Afterward (short story), Afterward'' (1910) *Walt Whitman, ''Franklin Evans'' (1842) *Phyllis A. Whitney, ''Lost Island'' (1970) *Oscar Wilde, ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1891), Salome (play), ''Salome'' (1894) *F. Paul Wilson, ''The Keep (F. Paul Wilson novel), The Keep'' (1981)


Z

*Carlos Ruiz Zafon, ''The Shadow of the Wind'' (2001) *Marija Jurić Zagorka, ''The Witch of Grič'' (1912-1914) and ''The Flaming Inquisitors'' (1928-9) *Mikhail Zagoskin, ''Unexpected Guests'' (1834) *Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin, ''The Fisher of Men'' (1921) *Andrei Zarin, Andrei Yefimovich Zarin, ''Black Lady'' (1895) and ''Satan's Gift'' (1904) *Maria Zhukova, Maria Semyonovna Zhukova, ''A Summer Place on the Peterhof Road'' (1845) *Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky, ''Ludmila (poem), Ludmila'' (1808) and ''Svetlana (poem), Svetlana'' (1813) *Michelle Zink, ''The Prophecy of the Sisters'' (2009) *Heinrich Zschokke, ''Abällino, der grosse Bandit'' (1793)


Anonymous

*''The Cavern of Death'' (1794) *''The Nightwatches of Bonaventura'' (1804)


References

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