Gothic Horror Tales

London is in the tight grip of a murderer stalking the docklands, preying on men, women and children, and William Woodes fears that he might be next. As he continues to report to the Morning Herald on the unfolding case of the Manning Murder, Mr Woodes is drawn ever closer to the Dockland Doctor whose murderous rampage is unrelenting. Determined to put an end to an end to the mystery, and free London of the curse, Mr Woodes will do whatever he must to uncloak the murderer, even if if it kills him.

Send us a textThe year is 1849. Darkness hangs over the streets of London in the wake of a grisly murder, and at the heart of it all is William Woodes, the foremost stenographer of the era. Tasked with the undesirable ordeal of recording the details of the Manning Murder for the renowned printing house in Black Friars, Mr Woodes’ literary wit propels him into the annals of history. But not everything is as clear as it might seem. Troubled by a dark history of his own, Mr Woodes will do all he...

Send us a textWilliam Woodes is no stranger to the darkest side of London's docklands. A stenographer for the King's Printing House in Black Friars, he does not shy from the horror of London's worst, nor will he submit to the rule of its elite. In the wake of public outrage and fear which followed the Bermondsey Horror, Mr Woodes discovers a new evil which will quickly consume him.

Send us a textGeorge Rankin is no fool. He is educated, intuitive and daringly bold. But it is his desperate desire to dispel the fanciful and discredit the superstitious that leads him aboard a train ride from London to Norfolk. Little does he know of the evil that lurks aboard that train, a sinister presence which stalks the carriages and hungers for revenge. In time, he will discover that the very thing he has set out to disprove will be his ultimate undoing.

Send us a textThe English London and Northwestern Railway has never known a tale riddled by a terror so unforgiving as that which you will soon hear. Aboard a train of obscure repute, our story begins, crossing a grey landscape from London to Norfolk in pursuit of an unnatural ambition that would soon become the enduring bedrock of an infamous society possessed in its devotion to psychical research. And at the center of it all lies a chilling secret, one which will forever be known as The Gra...

Send us a textThis month, I'll be sharing a bittersweet yule time tale filled with joy, wonder and magic.

Send us a textThe Staircase is an introspective look into the anima of human mortality. You awake as a nameless character and must follow the spiral staircase in order to unravel the fibers of consciousness woven from your deepest fears. What truths are born before the ghostly vanity? What strings tug at your mortal coil?

Send us a textIn the final chapter of The Manor on the Moors, Peter Norrell will be forced to face his darkest fears, but he will soon discover that what he fears most of all is what lurks deep inside his heart.

Send us a textWhen another death surfaced in the little town on the moors, Mr. Norrell’s suspicions quickly turn on Grimwulf manor. With the ever elusive Mr. Grimwulf yet to make an appearance, he is determined to uncover the truth that hangs over the town like a ghostly fog… but what he uncovers is a secret far more disturbing than he could have ever imagined.

Send us a textWhen the ailing master of the manor on the moors commissions an autobiography to dispel a life-long mystery surrounding the Grimwulf name, Peter Norrell answers with apprehensive fervour. The quiet town of Ascott-under-Wychwood is a welcomed change for the London-based writer, who has not been back to the town ever since he was a boy. But there is something strange stalking the moors, an old darkness left undisturbed for many years, and it is upon Mr. Norrell’s unexpected return...