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Candle in the Attic Window

Gothic fiction is neither dead nor musty. Twenty-seven poems and stories bring fresh blood to the sub-genre while drawing from old tropes. Welcome to our little house of horrors where a movie crew searches for a legendary missing film, a woman seeks to reunite with her dead lover, a lodger discovers something peculiar about the landlady, a Tarot deck brings death and ghosts may be cruel or benevolent.The power has gone out and all that remains is the glow of a flickering candle. Come up into the attic and uncover some secrets.Stories and poems by: Don D'Ammassa, Colleen Anderson, Jesse Bullington, James S. Dorr, Leanna Renee Hieber, Paul Jessup, Ann K. Schwader, E.Catherine Tobler and many more.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 289 pages

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