Doomed Romances Strange Tales of Uncanny Love

Indulging in the strangest eddies of literary love, this new anthology bids you enter a doom-laden yet irresistibly seductive corner of the Weird.

“Love will have its sacrifices. No sacrifice without blood. Let us go to sleep now.”

A prophecy threatens a volcanic upheaval for a star-crossed pair. A forbidden rite binds a dark arts dabbler to a phantom bride. A barstool chancer invites a devilish retribution on the dance floor.

Beckoning from this tome are twelve tales of dark romance and undying passions hailing from 1832 to 2022, marrying bewitching classics by Mary Shelley, Wilkie Collins and Angela Carter with twisting modern pieces by Nalo Hopkinson, Tracy Fahey and V. Castro—alongside the classic Gothic novella of sapphic vampire romance Carmilla.

Indulging in the strangest eddies of literary love, this new anthology bids you enter a doom-laden yet irresistibly seductive corner of the Weird.

JOANNE ELLA PARSONS is a Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Falmouth University, specialising in Victorian Sensation Fiction, and Popular Women’s Writing, 1950s to the present day, with a focus on the Bonkbuster. She is Co-Editor of two book series with Edinburgh University Press, and Assistant Editor of Revenant journal.

CONTENTS
Introduction 7
A note from the Publisher 15
The Invisible - Girl Mary Shelley 17
Carmilla -  J. Sheridan Le Fanu 35
Mr. Captain and the Nymph - Wilkie Collins 125
The Little Woman in Black - Mary Elizabeth Braddon 153
White Magic - Ella D’arcy 179
The Tiger-Charm - Alice Perrin 191
One Remained Behind - Marjorie Bowen 207
The Lady of the House of Love - Angela Carter 235
The Glass Bottle Trick - Nalo Hopkinson 257
Could You Wear My Eyes? - Kalamu Ya Salaam 275
I’ll Be Your Mirror - Tracy Fahey 283
Dancehall Devil - V. Castro 297