

Her cheeks were pale, and her eyes had the wild and stolid glare which Rodolph had observed when she awakened from the slumber of the grave; she quitted the castle, and after gazing around her, as if uncertain which way to go, she proceeded towards the village.
In the mid 1800s, the inexpensive publications known as penny bloods were all the rage in Britain. Spinning tales of high Gothic drama, violence and monstrosity, this literary phenomenon was significant for its depictions of dangerous and transgressive women which inspired such milestone Gothic works as Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla .
Collecting ten tales from classic – and truly obscure – penny publications and featuring newly edited text and insights from Dr Dittmer’s research, this new volume revives a company of witches, femme fatales, vampire mistresses and deadly criminals to enthrall a new generation of readers.
Shelve Bewitched

Shelve Celtic Weird: Tales of Wicked Folklore and Dark Mythology

Shelve Fearsome Fairies: Haunting Tales of the Fae

Shelve Ghost Stories

Shelve Halloweird: Classic Stories from the Season of Samhain

Shelve Penny Bloods: Gothic Tales of Dangerous Women

Shelve Playing with Fire: The Weird Tales of Arthur Conan Doyle

Shelve Scotland the Strange: Weird Tales from Storied Lands

Shelve The Burial of the Rats: And Other Tales of the Macabre by Bram Stoker

Shelve The Dead of Summer: Strange Tales of May Eve and Midsummer

Shelve The Ghost Stories of Wilkie Collins

Shelve The Gothic Tales of H. P. Lovecraft

Shelve The Gothic Tales of Sheridan Le Fanu

Shelve The Open Door and Other Stories of the Seen and Unseen

Shelve The Whisperers and Other Stories: A Lifetime of the Supernatural

Shelve Uncanny Ireland: Otherworldly Tales of the Strange and Sublime

Shelve The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings

Shelve Visions of the Vampire: Two Centuries of Blood-sucking Tales

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