Our #Thread of short #gothicfiction & #supernatural #ghost #spooky #scarystories continues with
"The Upper Berth" by F. Marion Crawford
www.gutenberg.org/files/22246/...

For your Halloween 2026 reading list: gothic mysteries, haunted houses, witchy stories, and autumn books with just the right amount of unease. 🍂📚

What's one book you always recommend for spooky season?

#HorrorLit #GothicFiction #BookSky #ReadingCommunity

Buzzing for a huge day of Gothic and ghostly fiction on the 14th November, all running online - WINTER HAUNTS is back again for 2026! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-hau... #winter #spooky #haunting #ghosts #ghost #ghoststory #Gothic #Gothicfiction

SPOOKY SEASON SAVINGS! Save $1 on the Kindle edition of The Peculiar Affliction of Thomas Wade Duncan: a.co/d/074lhHw4

#spookyseasonreads #gothicfiction #historicalfiction #CivilWar #addiction #opiates #witchcraft #kindlebooks

Quite the line-up of talent from the UK and beyond joining us online for WINTER HAUNTS - if you're into the darker aspects of reading and writing, then this event could be for you! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-hau... #ghosts #ghoststory #ghoststories #Gothic #Gothicfiction

Good crystal doesn't make the water taste better. But it changes the experience.

Baccarat. Waterford. Lalique. Three men, three choices.

What does the crystal reveal?

The Weight of the Glass
antoniaportage.com/blog/the-weight-of-the-glass
#baccarat #waterford #lalique #DarkFantasy #gothicfiction

For readers in the UK: The Mona Lisa Cage is 99p on Kindle until Saturday morning.

Florence, 1503. Leonardo agrees to paint a dead woman, and spends sixteen years refusing to let her go.

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H42QP8TF

#GothicFiction #KindleDeals

I missed a couple, but -- New on the blog: 🐺
Why do transformation stories never get old?

I explore werewolves, identity, duality, and what change reveals about us.

Read free: authoratp.wixsite.com/atpikestudio...

#WritingCommunity #Werewolves #DarkFantasy #GothicFiction #ATPike

🦊 Black Fox Review – Winter 2027: Caged and Confined

Submissions are open.

500–3,000 words · Contributor's copy + $10
Free for members · $3 for non-members

Submit here:
🔗 matatabipress.subfolios.com/submit

#CallForSubmissions #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #GothicFiction #BlackFoxReview

Author Tip: Dig into your brain - edit on paper in red ink.

#authors
#readers
#WritingTips
#gothicfiction
#spookyseason

Haunting times ahead this December, with a line-up of talent joining us from all over the UK, Europe and the US for WINTER HAUNTS on the 14th November! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-hau... #Gothic #ghoststory #ghoststories #Gothicfiction #horrorfiction #horror

Gothic mystery meets Victorian lesbian romance in Catherine Friend’s “The Lost Brontë.”

Read more: buff.ly/ENXviga

#Qnotes #OutInPrint #TheLostBronte #CatherineFriend #LesbianFiction #LesbianRomance #QueerBooks #LGBTQBooks #QueerLiterature #GothicFiction #GothicRomance #VictorianRomance

Here’s a little behind-the-scenes look at The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor.

I drew this floor plan while I was working on the book so I could keep the layout of the manor straight as scenes moved from room to room.

#GothicFiction #GothicHorror #Bookstagram #HorrorBookstagram

There are reviews you read once, smile, and carry on with your day.

And then, there are reviews that casually accuse you of “carving out a genre all your own” and leave you staring at the screen.

#EvelinaFontana #MRebeccaWildsmith #HistoricalMystery #GothicFiction #SupernaturalMystery

Check out the mini-reviews of some of the books I read this month

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#fantasy #urbanfantasy #gothicfiction #bookreview #bookstagram #andyweir #kimharrison #sunyidean #scottwesterfeld #mlrio #avareid

We've gathered together an exciting range of UK writing talent, as well as top names from Europe and the US, for the latest run of WINTER HAUNTS on the 14th November! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-hau... #writing #writers #authors #fiction #horror #horrorfiction #Gothicfiction #supernaturalfiction

SPOOKY SEASON READING!

The Peculiar Affliction of Thomas Wade Duncan: a.co/d/04W0clDR

MOOSE. INDIAN. A Dark Confession: a.co/d/01DNu5cL

My First and Final Journey: a.co/d/05k8xlA2

#SpookySeasonReading #HistoricalFiction #GothicFiction

“The gym cat appears to those who will die. He is our totem." This thought came to me a few weeks ago. I shared it with no one of course.”

#BookSky #Books #GothicFiction #MysteryThriller #DarkPsychology

HAPPY #THORNBYTHURSDAY!🖤

A spellbinding, intoxicating new debut historical mystery you won't forget by the BRILLIANT Stephanie Bramwell Lawes!🥹🕯️

OREDER YOUR COPY NOW!👇️
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#GothicFiction #HistoricalFiction #DebutAuthor #SpookyBooks

Our Cut of Salt is a strong debut from a Palestinian-American author to keep an eye on. I just wish I wasn't so burnt out on gothic horror; there was some real potential here. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

#booksky #horror #historicalfiction #gothicfiction #hauntedhouse

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