Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories

Haunted Castles is the definitive, complete collection of Ray Russell's masterful Gothic horror stories, including the famously terrifying novella trio of 'Sardonicus', 'Sanguinarius', and 'Sagittarius'. The characters that sprawl through Haunted Castles are frightful to the core: the heartless monster holding two lovers in limbo; the beautiful dame journeying down a damned road toward depravity (with the help of an evil gypsy); the man who must wear his fatal crimes on his face in the form of an awful smile. Engrossing, grotesque, perverted, and completely entrancing, Russell's Gothic tales are the best kind of dreadful. CONTENTS Foreword by Guillermo Del Toro (2013) 1. Sardonicus • (1961) • novelette 2. Sagittarius • (1962) • novella 3. Sanguinarius • (1967) • novelette 4. Comet Wine • (1967) • novelette 5. The Runaway Lovers • (1967) • short story 6. The Vendetta • (1969) • short story (vt The Man Who Spoke in Rhyme) 7. The Cage • (1959) • short story * xiv+235 stron Cover art by Lola Dupré