#gothic horror books

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𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕄𝕠𝕠𝕟 by Constance Sayers

📽🎬🎞🎥🌑/5

I loved this book, as it was a perfect blend between the fantastical and the “realistic,” and you could really feel the growing tension as both the stakes, and the body count, are rising.

When 1960’s movie starlet Gemma Turner disappears during the filming of one of her last movies - a horror titled L’Etrange Lune/The Strange Moon - it remains as one of film’s greatest mysteries. Christopher Kent has been intrigued by the missing starlet since he was 10 - when a photo of her caused his mother to become catatonic and force him to live with his aunt and uncle instead. Having studied filmmaking since this point, he receives an invitation to watch a secret showing of L’Etrange Lune, where no one other than a mysterious select group of people have ever seen. However, whenever the film is shown every 10 years, new footage is somehow added to the film. How are scenes still being filmed, despite Gemma Turner’s disappearance? Christopher needs to figure out the secret behind L’Etrange Lune and the missing Gemma Turner before it is too late for the both of them.

If you love historical fiction, thrillers, and gothic horror, then don’t hesitate to pick up this book!

Thank you to the author, NetGalley and Redhook books/Orbit Books for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review ❤️

(Physical book pictured was purchased with my own money. Only a digital review copy was given to me.)

[Also posted to Instagram and Goodreads.]

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

[daily-spooky]

[ethanmaldridge]

The house keeps its own secrets.

Based on my illustrated gothic horror series, the Deephaven Mysteries! The first book is on shelves now, with a new mystery coming this September that you can preorder wherever you get books!

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[evydraws]

"It seemed as if the whole, awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion."

Bram Stoker's Dracula | portfolio | prints

[frankenisms]

The Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe by Satty (1976)

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

The spooky atmosphere of..

The Fall of the House of Usher (1960) dir. Roger Corman

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Gothic romance novels cover art by Harry Barton (1970s)

[dyingnome]

Karnstein Ruins - concept art for a project based on Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

[themerrymallgoth]

Would hang out at the mall with any of these girlies

[georgiacooked]

It’s hereeee! It has arrived! My hardback proof copy of the Dracula Daily Sketch Collection! My housemate spotted a few text issues to fix on the back cover, but otherwise it looks so gooood! My tiny Art Child!

Hoping to get a paperback proof sorted next, then onto seeing how best to sell them!

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

[daily-spooky]

[ethanmaldridge]

Something still waits here.

DEEPHAVEN is an illustrated gothic horror novel. You can reserve your copy here or at your bookseller of choice!

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