Gothic Fanart Novels & Stories

Greetings to all my wonderful readers! As you've likely noticed, I have actual artwork of my characters for the cover of my book now. This was a commission I paid for from a very dear artist friend by the name of Rydi on DeviantART also known as lucia-garcia on ArtCorgi. We've known each other for a long time now, and I was super happy she gave me permission to use the old commissions in this way, so if you like her style, feel free to check her out.

“Vampires and Dragonkin don’t usually mingle, but yes I have some in stock.” “We’re special like that.” Milo grinned and chose a seat near the bed where I’d sat down. “What kind of art do you want?” He didn’t make any introductions so I didn’t feel the need to introduce us either. I pulled a sheet from my jacket pocket and handed it to him. I’d already designed it myself but if he was as good as I thought he was then he’d redraw it. “It’s in cuneiform, two names and a black baccara rose with thorns on the stem.”

A screenshot of a trending tag: #PLANTGIRL My soul left my body and filed a complaint. “Why,” I croaked. “Why would they call her that.” Sienna looked offended on my behalf, which was almost sweet considering she was still convinced it was me. “Because she hid him behind a plant! People love a theme.” I stared at the screen. Someone had made fan art. Not good fan art, more like a doodle of a girl in a hoodie heroically standing beside a potted palm while Jace hovered in the background like a rescued prince.

For the remainder of the class, Hailey adds finishing touches to her painting quietly and I added my watermark to mine. I didn't paint a trash can full of succulents as I'd been thinking of doing. Instead, I went with a rather dark Gothic theme, of a bloodthirsty, vampire with blood dripping down its fangs, with a dark desert-like background and shrivelled broken cacti strewn on the ground. Those cacti were rather inspiring after all. While Hailey had done her take on Van Gough's Starry Night over a desert of distorted looking cacti which was pretty cool. Char walked around and inspected the pieces over our shoulders and I heard her squeal slightly every time she came across a painting she l

Greetings to all my wonderful readers! As you've likely noticed, I have actual artwork of my characters for the cover of my book now. This was a commissioned piece from a very dear artist friend by the name of Rydi on DeviantART also known as lucia-garcia on ArtCorgi. We've known each other for a long time now, and I was super happy when she agreed to make a book cover for me, so if you like her style, feel free to check her out.

A circle of roses, bleeding. A silver crown pierced by thorns. A pair of red, slitted eyes above a mouth full of fangs. A girl in the center, eyes wide, hands outstretched. Offering. I didn't sign that painting with my name. I signed it with a symbol I’d never used before. A rune I must've seen somewhere in the depths of my soul, etched in instinct. When it dried, I sold it anonymously at the Illumina Exhibit show my college hosted. The buyer paid a ridiculous amount for it. I didn’t ask who they were.

And the best ones are always the BL girlies. They post fanart. Edits. Soft-core music videos of us with K-drama OSTs in the background. Sometimes Lucian sees them and mutters, “I don’t know whether to sue them or hire them.” And then proceeds to scroll through all of it anyway. He pretends to hate the attention, but I know he secretly loves being the villain in our love story. Because that’s what we are. Villain and chaos. Cold and color. Blood and brushstroke.