@romancelandia

So, back to genre reading: this is a most excellent twitter thread on #GothicRomance with really amazing covers and excellent analysis. Beware: sadly, the covers have no alt-text.

https://twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/status/1700564693100716092

NOW AVAILABLE: The House of Ash (print and e-book)

My newest gothic horror novella is now out (woot!). 'The House of Ash' is a standalone vampire fiction book that's set in an AU Victorian England. There's a romantic subplot in the book, but the primary focus is the family matriarch and her efforts at protecting her blind grandson.

For more detailed info on the moodboard (attached to this toot), content warnings, etc., please check out my site's gallery page (link below).

Length: 50,000 words

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#GothicHorror #GothicRomance #GayFiction #GayRomance #VampireFiction #Vampires #Victorian #HistoricalFantasy #Occult #Supernatural

Bookstore:
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Gallery page:
https://haydenthorne.com/gallery

It's impossible to enter a pit full of snakes and not get bit.
Until you meet me, that is.

Vipers Are Forbidden by @altahensley is now LIVE!

Download today or read for FREE with #kindleunlimited
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#altahensley #godsamongmen #ContemporaryRomance #DarkRomance #EroticRomance #GothicRomance #AlphaHero #Billionaire #BandofBrothers #EnemiestoLovers #SecretorLostHeir #VirginHeroine

I have a new short story out in Brigids Gates Press’ newest anthology, Crimson Bones.

"The Die Has Been" depicts the love story between Lars Randal and Julia Greave, through belladonna and jamoon mix-ups, forbidden connections, and vicious ghosts.
Here's a link to the purchase: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9GWKZ8N/ref=sr_1_9...

#bipocwriters #blackwriters #gothicromance #writingcommunity

I'm a pawn in a brewing mafia war, a captive bride in a power play between two cold-blooded monsters.

Their Captive Bride: The Complete Trilogy by Julia Sykes is now on sale for just #99cents!

Download your copy today or read FREE with #kindleunlimited
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#juliasykes #theircaptivebride #DarkRomance #EroticRomance #RomanticSuspense #GothicRomance #AntiHero #ArrangedMarriage #BDSM #Billionaire #EnemiestoLovers #ForcedProximity

She is forbidden; disinterested while she admires the flaws of another.
Though that will not stop me from having her.

@srmauthor has revealed the gorgeous cover for Liars and Liaisons!

Releasing June 1, 2023

Pre-order today!
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#AdultRomance #GothicRomance #AgeGap #AntiHero #Billionaire #ForbiddenLove #VirginHeroine #BoyFallsFirst #ForcedProximity

#WritingWonders 3.27 deuxième parti — What would your MC’s favorite book be?

In the first part, I forgot to mention that she does read romance novels. They're about the same as in our world, but she's more keen on Phyllis A. Whitney gothic romances than Daniel Steele-type steamy ones.

She actually bribed servants to bring her copies (as if her guardian didn't know) before she ran away from home. She occasionally bases how she deals with men based on them. Explains a lot, if you think about it.

She also recalls in one story one about a mafia wife, and finds it weirdly applicable since she was then a bodyguard for a mob boss.

#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #romance #gothicRomance #writingcommunity

#BoostingIsSharing

Lord of the Last Heartbeat by May Peterson

Currently on sale for $1.99 at AMZ: https://amzn.to/3LNEXPW

A vivid gothic romance in a robust, atmospheric fantasy world. There was nothing light or breezy about this beautiful moving story. I adored these flawed characters and how Mio and Rhodry were a light in the darkness for each other, even when it seemed all hope was lost.

https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/925242225?source=link_share

#TransRightsReadathon #FantasyRomance #BookReviews #bookstodon #BookBub #GothicRomance

HOUSE MALIGN (Magnum Books, 1967)

Art: Shannon Stirnweis.

#pulp #pulps #pulpBooks #bookstadon #gothic #GothicRomance #Horror

"I wanted to write a gothic story because it's not generally associated with Latin American writers. There is an almost cliché association with magic realism but we are capable of writing more than that. . . ."

Breaking Boundaries Norm for 'Mexican Gothic' Novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia

https://www.cbc.ca/books/gothic-horror-on-canada-reads-breaking-boundaries-is-the-norm-for-mexican-gothic-author-silvia-moreno-garcia-1.6755238
Photo: Del Ray, Martin Dee
#MexicanGothic #MexicanGothicBook #MexicanGothicNovel #SilviaMorenoGarcia #GothicLiterature #GothicRomance #GothicHorror

Today's review! A haunting gay fantasy that spans centuries - Primavera by Hayden Thorne:

"Adam is 19, and has been having greatly disturbing nightmares... a haunting and beautiful romantic story about reincarnation, and how the past and future come together."

https://www.limfic.com/2023/02/13/review-primavera-hayden-thorne/

#fantasy #Gothic #GothicRomance #Reincarnation #GayRomance #MMRomance #gay #LGBTQ #MMBookstodon #LGBTQBookstodon @LGBTQBookstodon @MMbookstodon @diversebooks #bookstodon @bookstodon #books #Review #BookReview

Today's review! A haunting gay fantasy that spans centuries - Primavera by Hayden Thorne:

"Adam is 19, and has been having greatly disturbing nightmares... a haunting and beautiful romantic story about reincarnation, and how the past and future come together."

https://www.queerscifi.com/review-primavera-hayden-thorne/

#fantasy #Gothic #GothicRomance #Reincarnation #GayRomance #MMRomance #gay #LGBTQ #MMBookstodon #LGBTQBookstodon @LGBTQBookstodon @MMbookstodon @diversebooks #bookstodon @bookstodon #books #Review #BookReview

Today's review! A haunting gay fantasy that spans centuries - Primavera by Hayden Thorne:

"Adam is 19, and has been having greatly disturbing nightmares... a haunting and beautiful romantic story about reincarnation, and how the past and future come together."

https://www.queeromanceink.com/2023/02/13/review-primavera-hayden-thorne/

#fantasy #Gothic #GothicRomance #Reincarnation #GayRomance #MMRomance #gay #LGBTQ #MMBookstodon #LGBTQBookstodon @LGBTQBookstodon @MMbookstodon @diversebooks #bookstodon @bookstodon #books #Review #BookReview

I just started watching The Mayfair Witches on Prime and I’m enjoying it. It takes me back to all those gothic romances I devoured as a teen, but in a modern setting. The Witching Hour was my favourite of Anne Rice’s books. I haven’t read it since it came out, so my memory is fuzzy on it. I’m just glad that every single character in the show isn’t unfeasably beautiful like all the characters are in the books. #Witches #GothicRomance #GothicHorror #AnneRice #MayfairWitches

#writerslife: A little bit about me. I have a liberal arts degree, though I am into science, logic, programming, and science fiction. I started loving technology when the Internet was the Darpanet and university computer departments interconnectied via wire. I'm what they once called a troll because of my diverse interests. I was a hacker back when being one was praiseworthy. I bought an original Fat Mac in college. The Apple ][ I wrote my first novel on still functions.

At university, I studied non-western music, theatre, and art. I specialized in folklore and mythology, and understand how the Odyssey and the Iliad could be committed to memory, and how oral traditions aren't superhuman feats. Maybe this is why I read all my work aloud, and edit it by doing dramatic readings (while on the treadmill).

I use my background, especially the folklore and mythology one, to ensure that I create unique fantasy milieus that draw little or nothing from existing folklore or mythology. No Norse retreads here! Or power streaming from hands or wands. I use my lay understanding of science and technology to build magic systems with hard limits and defined physics. I don't write hard SF.

My fantasy follows #SF (science fiction) rules, and often edges into #mystery and #gothicRomance as the reader will understand everything they need to know to solve it.

Enough about me. What about you? How does your background affect your writing?

#writing

The figure = me. The water = my to-do list. #PulpCoverArt #GothicRomance
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The figure = me. The water = my to-do list. #PulpCoverArt #GothicRomance
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@Mgellis I found my copy. It's this one from 2019 edited by Carmen Maria Machado, with a fantastic introduction about the real-life love affair that likely inspired it and new footnotes and illustrations throughout. Here is an interview with Machado that sure is something. You'll feel it when it goes off the rails. She talks about the book's importance in queer history and reminds us that Carmilla predates Dracula.

#Carmilla #QueerRomance #Horror #GothicRomance #Vampires #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

RT @LeoRosanna
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