Gothic Examples Novels & Stories

Not Hot Topic gothic with chains and an Ouija board or Nightmare before Christmas or even skulls hanging from the ceiling. No, I wanted gothic architecture. All black walls with carved pillars, steeple style windows with the round cutouts at the top. An entire wall that was bookshelves filled with books of every type. Dark wood dressers and old antiques that made the whole room look like it was plucked from a castle miles and miles away.

"I rather enjoy gothic novels. L. R. Gloucester has a new book out. Lady Gloria and the Earnest Earl." Castles, supernatural forces, and dire stakes were something that delighted her? James couldn't fault her for that; he had a fondness for such things as well. "I've read one or two of those. Most amusing, if I do say so. Towers and storms and passionate affairs. It's exciting, isn't it?" He trailed a fingertip along the shelf nearest him, tapping the spine of each book as he walked. "It is," Miss Beaumont admitted. "What do you enjoy reading, Lord Pembroke?"

“Um… may I walk around for a bit? I would like to look around this mansion. It has been a long time since I saw a Gothic style building like this.” The older servant smiled and nodded. “Of course, Miss. If you need anything, just call us.” I nodded and stood up from the sofa. At first, I only wanted to ease my boredom while waiting for Kai, wherever he was. But the more I walked, the more this mansion pulled me in. Long corridors with shiny black marble floors, dark wooden walls filled with detailed carvings, and high ceilings that made every step echo. Ancient statues stood at every corner. Stone gargoyles with folded wings, marble angels with cold and unfriendly faces, large bronze vases d

O pray the earth enfold Our life-sick hearts and turn them into dust. This poem imagines a modern-day "Goth girl" as a vampire ... Dark Gothic by Michael R. Burch Her fingers are filed into talons; she smiles with carnivorous teeth ... You ask, “Are there vampires?” Get real! (Yet she has my belief.)  Sleep and Liberation―the Opiate World of Elizabeth Siddal Ulalume: A Ballad [excerpt] by Edgar Allan Poe The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere—

I stopped dead in my tracks at the monstrosity before me. It like an ancient British estate, with a manicured lawn labyrinth-ed by forbidding trees. Through the tangle of forest, a huge Gothic mansion sprung from a horror novel. It looked like Bluebeard's castle, made of dark wood and stone. The windows wept open; gargoyles yawned on the eaves. The terrifying music came from within, and I could have sworn a skeleton with a flute flashed past a window.

I’d never hung around to inspect the dead bodies of the vampires we’d killed before, though, so reading up on what to look for was a necessity. Torre’s house was huge. It was an imposing stone structure, and it made me think back to the Gothic architecture that had inspired so many scary stories in the Victorian era. The front driveway was a labyrinth of neatly sheared bushes and pristine white gravel, and, without warning, the thought of hot blood hissing and spitting and soaking into the ground shot into the forefront of my mind. I shook myself, and the gravel turned back from red to white.

He turned his head toward them with a boastful tone. "Remember, this is what happens when you eat things behind our backs. Whoever dares to order takeout again will end up like this." Dad pulled open the heavy metal door. Light poured into the small room that had been dark all night. The terrible scene inside was laid bare before everyone.

Actually she never liked excessive interactions with other people. "You can see over there is the library. Over there, the Witch class. The moss green building is Sirens class. Well, next to it is the Vampire class. Then ...." Louisa explained all details of the existing buildings inside the Gothic Academy, while Lyla listened lazily. "Over there, the mixed class. It is held once a week." Louisa continued.