Brides of Darkness: Tales of Opulent Darkness

by Alyne de Winter

Dare to Open this Book!
A collection of four short stories and two novelettes steeped in Gothic mystery and suspense.

The Vampire's Mirror: Analise's fiance unwittingly gives her a most dreadfully cursed engagement gift.

The House Witch: An unlucky gambler loses the ultimate card game.

Priestess: A Roman priestess deserts the Temple of Diana to be hunted by a vengeful lover who vows to turn her in----to her death.

Portrait of a Vampire: When artist Gina's dance-away lover dies, she paints him back to lethal life.

The Red Masque: A French aristocrat escapes the Paris bloodbath only to find greater horror in his country estate.

The Strange Marriage of Lady Crawford: A bereaved lady in a creepy castle has a strange coming out party... and an even stranger wedding.

152 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 5, 2013

About the author

Scribbler of dark fantasies exploring the ancient folk memories, night religions, psychic transformations, in historical, mostly European settings.

Gothic Faery Tales, Gothic Romance and Occult Thrillers are her preferred genres.

Though she always loved to read Gothic Mysteries and ghost stories, it wasn't until she unwittingly moved into a haunted house in London that Alyne began writing supernatural fiction. Her loves are castles, ruins, cathedrals, forests, Grimm's fairy tales, Shakespeare, folk ballads, ancient cultures, mystery religions, the British ghost story and mystery writers.... All things eerie and spooky.

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Reviews

[Dani Angel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gave this book 4 starts for the superb writing, however the stories in the book were a bit more poetic then I'd like, and I found the plots didn't come to a satisfactory end.