"The House by the Churchyard" is simply a triumph of style. From the outset, this particular work contrives to create an atmosphere of such uneasy foreboding, that the reader cannot help but be drawn in, despite any well-founded misgivings. This is one of the finest examples of literature of this ki[...]

Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as an early example of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and[...]

"Carmilla" is the book that set the text for "Dracula," that threw the light on our morbid fascination with the vampire legend. This is "Carmilla," J. Sheridan LeFanu's classic novel of blood, terror -- and a love that dare not speak its name.[...]