Dark fantasy with a gothic edge. Think Tanith Lee or Anne Rice, NOT George R. R. Martin or Joe Abercrombie. Most gothic fantasy takes place in our world in the imagined past, or some invented world without an immense depth of worldbuilding. The characters and the plot are the focus, and the setting is mostly comprised of flowery prose. The '90s saw an influx of the genre. It features aspects of both fantasy and the gothic—dubious familial relationships, unexplained magic, ghosts, past and present colliding...

Any length of book is allowed (including short stories or collections), but please only include standalones or the first book in a series.