Showing results for "The Tomb" in Gothic

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her emperor to fight an unwinnable war. Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath - but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her.   

Jervas Dudley is a young man of means who is prone to flights of fancy. This predilection leads to an obsession with an abandoned crypt that will last for the rest of his life....

Conan Doyle & Wilde: Victorian England's sharpest minds meet the paranormal in this Sherlock-meets-X-Files steampunk adventure, steeped in London fog! Doyle recruits the witty Oscar Wilde to solve bizarre murders, diabolical plots, and long-buried mysteries—each with a chilling supernatural twist.

When church restorers arrive in a forgotten English village, they discover more than crumbling stonework and damp mortar. Pressed against the east wall lies the Tomb of Sarah Kenyon: Countess, widow, and whispered monster of old. Local legend claims she kept a wolf as her familiar, fed on lambs and children alike, and could never truly die. But legends have roots. And when the marble slab is shifted, the village begins to feel the weight of every dark tale ever told.

Frederick George Loring was born in 1869. He was an English naval officer and writer, and an early expert in wireless telegraphy. As a writer his talents extended to both poetry and the short story; ‘The Tomb of Sarah’ being a classic of the genre. He died in 1951.