Yuletide Gothic - Recs

[damzel]

I'm emerging from a pit of self-indulgence and over-eating to ask for Gothic-themed Yuletide recs. Please and thank you! 

Comments

[misbegotten]

I really enjoyed this one. It's a really meaty story, very in the style and a great ride:

The Book Of Night Was Opened Wide (61692 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 8/8
Fandom: Dracula - Bram Stoker
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Relationships: Mina Harker/Lucy Westenra, Jonathan Harker/Mina Harker, Count Dracula/Jonathan Harker, Jonathan Harker/Lucy Westenra
Characters: Mina Harker, Dracula, Lucy Westenra, Abraham Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker, John Seward, R.M. Renfield, Quincey Morris, Arthur Holmwood
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Blood, Fog, Vampires, Mind Control, Blood Drinking, Character Death, Vampire Turning, Stake through the heart, Friendship, Horror, Gothic, Suspense, Animal Transformation, Rats, Van Helsing Is Thwarted At Almost Every Turn, Possession, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Love, Bats
Summary: What if Lucy didn’t return to her crypt when she was confronted with Van Helsing and crew? What if she went away with Dracula, and thus avoided the stake? What if Lucy targeted another to get closer to Mina, with Dracula’s assistance? Mina finds herself making a dark choice as her husband wanders into the night, and the ripples of those choices change everything.

[damzel]

Oh wow, that's incredibly meaty: novel length Yuletide fic is an awesome and beautiful thing! Will have to read this one chapter by chapter as family is encroaching!!

[marginaliana]

Hi - I stumbled on this post via my DW network and I thought I'd rec this one, which I thought was pretty great:

Epilogue (3353 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jane Eyre/Edward Rochester
Characters: Jane Eyre, Edward Rochester, Bertha Mason
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Character Death, Mental Health Issues, Yuletide Treat
Summary:

Not everything, Jane learns early on, is real.

[damzel]

I wholeheartedly second this rec. But then I may be biased because it was a gift for meeeee! (But seriously, it's fab - go read it! ;))