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Antiochus Epiphanes is very generally looked upon as the Gog of the prophet Ezekiel. This honor is, however, more properly attributable to Cambyses, the son of Cyrus. And, indeed, the character of the Syrian monarch does by no means stand in need of any adventitious embellishment.

This thrilling installment of the Dark Gods finds each of the heirs desperately attempting to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives. But gods don't stay defeated for long, and soon an old enemy threatens the very existence of their realm. In the aftermath of the chaos and tragedy of...

"Filled with longing and desire, Muñeca explores the true cost of freedom and the lengths we go to attain it. Cynthia Gómez's writing is utterly hypnotic; from the very beginning, she had me completely under her spell." —Monika Kim, author of Eyes are the Best Part A vivid, surreal Gothic...

A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | AN EARPHONES AWARD WINNER Read by Rebecca Lowman with a multicast featuring Saskia Maarleveld and Kristen Sieh, with original music and creative production, this audio edition will immerse the listener in the novel’s atmospheric world. “An...

She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s mine. I first saw Emily when I was on a job—rifle in hand, target in sight. But it wasn’t the mark who stole my attention. It was her. The girl in the window, lit up by the glow of her kitchen light, completely unaware she’d just become mine. I’ve been watching her ever since. Her private moments. Her sweet little routines. The way she moans softly when she touches herself, thinking no one can hear. She thinks she’s safe in her apartment, but I see everything. The men she dated? Gone. I made sure of it. No one touches what’s mine. I’m not a good man.

Les aigües fosques i glaçades del riu Blackwater inunden Perdido, un petit poble al sud d'Alabama. Allà, els Caskey, un clan de rics terratinents, intenten fer front als danys causats per la riuada. Liderats per la Mary-Love, l'omnipotent matriarca, i l'Òscar, el seu fill obedient, els Caskey treballen per refer-se i protegir la seva fortuna. Però no compten amb l'aparició de la misteriosa Elinor Dammert. Una jove bonica però molt parca en paraules que només sembla tenir un objectiu: apropar-se als Caskey costi el que costi.

Nach NOCTICADIA das nächste Gothic-Dark-Fantasy-Highlight von Keri Lake Maevyth Bronwick weiß, dass der Wald neben ihrem Dorf verflucht ist. Niemand, der die Eating Woods betritt, kehrt jemals zurück. Doch ein tragischer Schicksalsschlag treibt sie dazu, sich in das düstere Labyrinth zu wagen. Dort trifft sie auf Zevander Rydainn, den tödlichsten Assassinen des gesamten Kontinents Aethyria. Seine Beute kennt ihn nur als The Scorpion, denn Zevander tötet ohne jede Gnade. Er würde Maeve lieber den Monstern des Waldes überlassen, als sie zu beschützen – doch er braucht sie.

On receipt of a desperate letter, demure young beauty Romara Shaldon rushes to the aid of her distressed sister Caryl, who has run away with the disreputable and cruel Sir Harvey Wychbold, who not only mistreats her, but also refuses to marry her when he finds she is with child. After a violent confrontation that leaves her bloodied and bruised, Romara is 'rescued' and taken to the next door home of Lord Ravenscar where, in her concussed, semi-conscious state, she finds herself married to his Lordship as part of his crazy drunken 'revenge' on a Society beauty who has spurned him.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. An old church, a nervous guide… and a book that should never have been opened. In Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book, M. R. James draws you into a quiet corner of rural France, where a curious English scholar stumbles upon a mysterious manuscript—filled...

In his world, control is power—and I won’t be controlled. I hate Benjamin Baranov. He stole everything from me—my dream internship, my friends, my future. And now, thanks to his father’s ruthless decree, I’m trapped… married to my enemy. He’s cold. Calculating. Consuming. A master manipulator who moves through the world like he owns it—and now, he thinks he owns me. He watches my every move. Twists my thoughts. Controls the very air I breathe. He’s not just playing a game. He’s writing the rules, stacking the deck, and locking the door behind me.

Bram Stoker Award–nominee and USA Today bestseller Johanna van Veen unveils a sapphic folk-horror tour de force?perfect for fans of The VVitch and The Salt Grows Heavy. A skull’s grin is eternal… The year is 1635. Sister Ursula, a young nun fleeing the ruins of her convent, and Elsebeth, a...

"Hop-Frog" (originally "Hop-Frog; Or, the Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849. The title character, a person with dwarfism taken from his homeland, becomes the jester of a king particularly fond of practical jokes. Taking revenge on the king and his cabinet for the king's striking of his friend and fellow dwarf Trippetta, he dresses the king and his cabinet as orangutans for a masquerade. In front of the king's guests, Hop-Frog murders them all by setting their costumes on fire before escaping with Trippetta.

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” is a terrifying classic Gothic horror story of fear, torture, and psychological suspense. Set during the Spanish Inquisition, the tale follows a condemned prisoner as he awakens in darkness and faces a series of nightmarish traps designed to...

A haunting tale of devotion, secrecy, and forbidden longing unfolds within the shadowed halls of the church. In The Priest and the Acolyte, John Francis Bloxam delivers a deeply atmospheric gothic story exploring faith, emotional conflict, repression, and tragedy. Written with quiet intensity...

Weaving historical fiction with folklore and Tasmanian gothic, this is a gorgeously atmospheric debut that explores memory and self, the resilience of women and a dangerous longing for the sea. The Findlay family history has long been steeped in secrets, tragedy and dark rumours of madness...

This is a radio play version of Mary Shelley's classic novel, about the scientist Victor Frankenstein who created a monster. Recent biographies of Mary Shelley have pointed to the fact that Mary Shelley's motives for writing her story differ from those the public eventually attributed to it...

Before Dracula struck England, his shadow was already drenched in blood. Step across the threshold of terror with this definitive collection of gothic nightmares from the legendary Bram Stoker. This heart-pounding anthology unearths Stoker's finest short fiction, led by the legendary title story...

Death has come to town. New England, 1821—Hester Stokely, an orphan with unusual abilities, struggles to find her place in the pious town of Wickstead. A house-servant in the employ of her uncle's upright family, Hester is treated as little more than a pariah by the judgmental townsfolk. When...

Seamus Murphy is everything I was raised to destroy. Irish. Brutal. Unshakable. He killed my cousin. Stole my future. And now? He's the man I'm being forced to marry. It started with a heist. One second I was stealing back my family's crest—the next, I was face-first in the dirt, pinned beneath a man who should've put a bullet in my skull. But Seamus didn't kill me. He watched. He followed. He touched. Now I'm his wife in name only—a pawn in a twisted truce I never agreed to. He wants answers.

"[Lemon] is a poet with knives for teeth." —Roshani Chokshi "Reads like a grimoire for overcoming." —Hannah Whitten "A gorgeously gothic fairy tale." —Ava Reid Inspired by the tale of Bluebeard, A Dark and Wild Wood is the lush and atmospheric story of a maiden with dark magic who becomes...