#gothic

Penelope had read several novels about such governesses in preparation for her interview and found them chock-full of useful information, although she had no intention of developing romantic feelings for the charming, penniless tutor at a neighboring estate. Or - heaven forbid! - for the darkly handsome, brooding, and extravagantly wealthy master of her own household. Lord Frederick Ashton was newly married in any case, and she had no inkling what his complexion might be ↗

— Maryrose Wood

#governess #parody #romantic

Some ghosts are so quiet you would hardly know they were there. ↗

— Bernie Mcgill

#historical-fiction #ireland #irish #literary-fiction #mother

It was enough to drive me mad. I was no longer myself and yet I was so much more me than I had ever been before. ~Katherine Demure ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#gwenn-wright #historical-romance #katherine-demure #love #romance

No, I will not join your Civil War reenactment troupe. ↗

— Aaron A.A. Smith

#civil-war #fantasy-fiction #gothic-fiction #historical #historical-fiction

I came from across the ocean and through the wilderness and landed here and found you hiding behind a tapestry. My fate was sealed at the sight of your stockinged feet. ~Viktor von Strassenberg ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#gwenn-wright #new-release #romance #viktor #von-strassenberg

The Only Way Out Is To DIE!!!! ↗

— Bullet for My Valentine

#gothic #music #death

I like the dark, mysterious, maybe even gothic type girls. They have to have a good personality too! I'm very picky! ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#even #good #gothic #i #like

Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process. ↗

— Kenneth Clark

#architecture #been #could #foreseen #gothic

Inevitably, his vision verged toward the fantastic; he published a scattering of stories - most included in this volume - which appeared to conform to that genre at least to the degree that the fuller part of his vision could be seen as "mysteries." For Woolrich it all was fantastic; the clock in the tower, hand in the glove, out of control vehicle, errant gunshot which destroyed; whether destructive coincidence was masked in the "naturalistic" or the "incredible" was all pretty much the same to him. RENDEZVOUS IN BLACK, THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, NIGHTMARE are all great swollen dreams, turgid constructions of the night, obsession and grotesque outcome; to turn from these to the "fantastic" was not to turn at all. The work, as is usually the case with a major writer was perfectly formed, perfectly consistent, the vision leached into every area and pulled the book together. "Jane Brown's Body" is a suspense story. THE BRIDE WORE BLACK is science fiction. PHANTOM LADY is a gothic. RENDEZVOUS IN BLACK was a bildungsroman. It does not matter. ↗

— Barry N. Malzberg

#cornell-woolrich #fantastic #gothic #horror #noir

I'm not really into gothic music, it's not really my type of scene but each to their own. I listen to pretty much anything. ↗

— Richard Fleeshman

#each #gothic #i #into #listen