Gothic Carnival Books | Summaries & Audio

The Faire

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

Bound to a hungry circus, she loves its beautiful monster. The ringmaster wants them dead.

4.34

3k+

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💕 Enemies To Lovers

The Faire 90%

Bound to a hungry circus, she loves its beautiful monster. The ringmaster wants them dead.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

4.34

3k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💕 Enemies To Lovers

The Contortionist

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

A carnival erased her pain. Now its puppeteer will never let her go.

3.89

6k+

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💊 Chronic Pain

The Contortionist 90%

A carnival erased her pain. Now its puppeteer will never let her go.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

3.89

6k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💊 Chronic Pain

The Damsel and the Daggerman

by Delilah S. Dawson • 2014

To expose a traveling carnival, a journalist takes a knife thrower's dare and becomes his undoing.

3.95

310

🎪 Carnival Setting 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Virgin Hero

The Damsel and the Daggerman 90%

To expose a traveling carnival, a journalist takes a knife thrower's dare and becomes his undoing.

by Delilah S. Dawson 2014

3.95

310 ratings

🎪 Carnival Setting 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Virgin Hero

The Clown

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

A living circus steals Cora's pain. The puppeteer who rules it wants her soul.

4.24

4k+

🎪 Hungry Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love

The Clown 89%

A living circus steals Cora's pain. The puppeteer who rules it wants her soul.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

4.24

4k+ ratings

🎪 Hungry Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love

Pay the Piper

by George A. Romero • 2024

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

3.58

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror

Pay the Piper 89%

A bayou town's children vanish, and a girl's death log faces an ancient horror demanding payment.

by George A. Romero 2024

3.58

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Louisiana Bayou 🌿 Folk Horror

The Friend of the Family

by Dean Koontz • 2026

Bought as a toddler for a carnival freak show, she is freed by filmmakers who want a daughter.

4.27

12k+

🏠 Found Family 🎪 Carnival Freak Show 💫 Supernatural Healing

The Friend of the Family 89%

Bought as a toddler for a carnival freak show, she is freed by filmmakers who want a daughter.

by Dean Koontz 2026

4.27

12k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🎪 Carnival Freak Show 💫 Supernatural Healing

Joyland

by Stephen King • 2013

A heartbroken student's carnival summer job unearths a ghost story that masks an unsolved murder.

3.93

181k+

🎪 Carnival Noir 🔍 Cold Case Murder 🎭 Villainous Mentor

Joyland 89%

A heartbroken student's carnival summer job unearths a ghost story that masks an unsolved murder.

by Stephen King 2013

3.93

181k+ ratings

🎪 Carnival Noir 🔍 Cold Case Murder 🎭 Villainous Mentor

The Midnight Carousel

by Fiza Saeed McLynn • 2025

An orphan, a carousel, and its finest horse: children who ride it vanish without a trace.

3.72

2k+

🎠 Cursed Object 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👧 Orphan Protagonist

The Midnight Carousel 89%

An orphan, a carousel, and its finest horse: children who ride it vanish without a trace.

by Fiza Saeed McLynn 2025

3.72

2k+ ratings

🎠 Cursed Object 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👧 Orphan Protagonist

The Pilo Family Circus

by Will Elliott • 2009

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

3.81

4k+

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity

The Pilo Family Circus 89%

A clown drags a man into a nightmarish circus where face paint awakens his inner monster.

by Will Elliott 2009

3.81

4k+ ratings

🤡 Evil Clowns 🎪 Circus Horror 👤 Split Identity

Bacchanal

by Veronica G. Henry • 2021

A young outcast who speaks with animals finds refuge in a traveling carnival that devours children.

3.83

11k+

🌍 African Mythology 🎪 Traveling Carnival 🖤 Found Family

Bacchanal 89%

A young outcast who speaks with animals finds refuge in a traveling carnival that devours children.

by Veronica G. Henry 2021

3.83

11k+ ratings

🌍 African Mythology 🎪 Traveling Carnival 🖤 Found Family

The Puppeteer

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

Bound to the puppeteer who remade her, she is trapped in his dark circus by his obsession.

4.16

5k+

🎪 Dark Circus Romance 🪢 Captor-Captive Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers

The Puppeteer 89%

Bound to the puppeteer who remade her, she is trapped in his dark circus by his obsession.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

4.16

5k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Circus Romance 🪢 Captor-Captive Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers

Lapvona

by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2022

After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.

3.54

104k+

🏰 Medieval Horror 🤢 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism

Lapvona 89%

After killing the lord's son, a deformed boy is traded to a manor where cruelty wears silk.

by Ottessa Moshfegh 2022

3.54

104k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror 🤢 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism

Geist

by Philippa Ballantine • 2010

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

3.64

4k+

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond

Geist 88%

A Deacon and a cursed Pretender hunt the traitors rewriting the boundary between life and death.

by Philippa Ballantine 2010

3.64

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy ✨ Rune Magic 🖤 Psychic Bond

Caraval

by Stephanie Garber • 2016

To rescue her sister, Scarlett enters Caraval, a game of illusions where nothing is real.

3.97

906k+

🎪 Magical Carnival ❤️ Allies To Lovers 👯 Sister Rescue

Caraval 88%

To rescue her sister, Scarlett enters Caraval, a game of illusions where nothing is real.

by Stephanie Garber 2016

3.97

906k+ ratings

🎪 Magical Carnival ❤️ Allies To Lovers 👯 Sister Rescue

Girls of Dark Divine

by E.V. Woods • 2025

Dark magic traps her dance troupe. A boy of shadow claims he can break the curse.

3.57

688

🔮 Cursed Performers 🎭 Gothic Theater 🖤 Shadow Love Interest

Girls of Dark Divine 88%

Dark magic traps her dance troupe. A boy of shadow claims he can break the curse.

by E.V. Woods 2025

3.57

688 ratings

🔮 Cursed Performers 🎭 Gothic Theater 🖤 Shadow Love Interest

The Book of Speculation

by Erika Swyler • 2015

A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.

3.61

39k+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🎪 Circus Misfits 🔮 Tarot Lore

The Book of Speculation 88%

A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.

by Erika Swyler 2015

3.61

39k+ ratings

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🎪 Circus Misfits 🔮 Tarot Lore

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern • 2011

Inside a magical circus, two illusionists duel in secret, and falling in love breaks every rule.

4.00

1.1M+

🎪 Circus Fantasy ⚔️ Magical Duel 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Night Circus 88%

Inside a magical circus, two illusionists duel in secret, and falling in love breaks every rule.

by Erin Morgenstern 2011

4.00

1.1M+ ratings

🎪 Circus Fantasy ⚔️ Magical Duel 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Vampire Armand

by Anne Rice • 1998

A vampire's five-century confession: from Renaissance slave to a relic that might bear God's face.

3.80

74k+

🦇 Vampire Confession 🖤 Gothic Melodrama 🌹 Erotic Horror

The Vampire Armand 88%

A vampire's five-century confession: from Renaissance slave to a relic that might bear God's face.

by Anne Rice 1998

3.80

74k+ ratings

🦇 Vampire Confession 🖤 Gothic Melodrama 🌹 Erotic Horror

Powers of Darkness

by Valdimar Ásmundsson • 1901

A Transylvanian castle imprisons a solicitor as its blood-drinking master schemes to rule the world.

3.63

2k+

🦇 Vampire Conspiracy 🖤 Erotic Horror 💋 Femme Fatale Vampire

Powers of Darkness 88%

A Transylvanian castle imprisons a solicitor as its blood-drinking master schemes to rule the world.

by Valdimar Ásmundsson 1901

3.63

2k+ ratings

🦇 Vampire Conspiracy 🖤 Erotic Horror 💋 Femme Fatale Vampire

Bringer of Dust

by J.M. Miro • 2024

Lost in the land of the dead, a boy can only be saved by a corrupting power.

4.15

3k+

🕯️ Gothic Horror Fantasy 🏚️ Dark Historical Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

Bringer of Dust 88%

Lost in the land of the dead, a boy can only be saved by a corrupting power.

by J.M. Miro 2024

4.15

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Horror Fantasy 🏚️ Dark Historical Fantasy 🫂 Found Family

The Children

by Melissa Albert • 2026

Raised inside their mother's fantasy novels, two siblings inherit her haunting and her hunger.

3.54

7k+

🖤 Gothic Family Curse 📖 Meta Horror Fiction 👥 Sibling Trauma Bond

The Children 88%

Raised inside their mother's fantasy novels, two siblings inherit her haunting and her hunger.

by Melissa Albert 2026

3.54

7k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Family Curse 📖 Meta Horror Fiction 👥 Sibling Trauma Bond

The Obscene Bird of Night

by José Donoso • 1970

Entering an aristocrat's world to steal a face, a poor teacher's son dissolves into silence and ash.

4.21

5k+

🕯️ Gothic Magical Realism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Bodily Horror

The Obscene Bird of Night 88%

Entering an aristocrat's world to steal a face, a poor teacher's son dissolves into silence and ash.

by José Donoso 1970

4.21

5k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Magical Realism 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Bodily Horror

Hollow Wrath

by Jodie King • 2025

A woman left for dead wakes in a nightmare carnival and becomes a mute killer's possession.

4.44

3k+

🎪 Dark Carnival Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Hollow Wrath 88%

A woman left for dead wakes in a nightmare carnival and becomes a mute killer's possession.

by Jodie King 2025

4.44

3k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival Romance ⛓️ Captor Captive 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Caraval

by Stephanie Garber • 2016

Inside a magical carnival, Scarlett's sister is the prize and every clue demands a sacrifice.

4.23

990

🎪 Magical Carnival 🧩 Game Of Riddles 👯 Sisterly Bond

Caraval 88%

Inside a magical carnival, Scarlett's sister is the prize and every clue demands a sacrifice.

by Stephanie Garber 2016

4.23

990 ratings

🎪 Magical Carnival 🧩 Game Of Riddles 👯 Sisterly Bond

Rouge

by Mona Awad • 2023

Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.

3.53

51k+

🌊 Gothic Seaside 💋 Beauty Cult 🩸 Body Horror

Rouge 88%

Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.

by Mona Awad 2023

3.53

51k+ ratings

🌊 Gothic Seaside 💋 Beauty Cult 🩸 Body Horror

The Queen of the Damned

by Anne Rice • 1988

A vampire rock star wakes the ancient queen, who decides humanity needs a cleansing.

3.93

163k+

🧛 Vampire Gothic 🩸 Ancestral Curse 👁️ Psychic Visions

The Queen of the Damned 88%

A vampire rock star wakes the ancient queen, who decides humanity needs a cleansing.

by Anne Rice 1988

3.93

163k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Gothic 🩸 Ancestral Curse 👁️ Psychic Visions

Wrayth

by Philippa Ballantine • 2012

A paralyzed Deacon enters a nightmare fortress to uncover the truth hidden in her blood.

3.90

1k+

🚂 Steampunk Fantasy 🔗 Psychic Partnership 🐺 Monster Within

Wrayth 88%

A paralyzed Deacon enters a nightmare fortress to uncover the truth hidden in her blood.

by Philippa Ballantine 2012

3.90

1k+ ratings

🚂 Steampunk Fantasy 🔗 Psychic Partnership 🐺 Monster Within

Innamorata

by Ava Reid • 2026

A silent woman trained in resurrection must help her cousin marry the prince she loves.

3.58

4k+

🖤 Gothic Romance ⚔️ Family Rivalry 👑 Political Marriage

Innamorata 88%

A silent woman trained in resurrection must help her cousin marry the prince she loves.

by Ava Reid 2026

3.58

4k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance ⚔️ Family Rivalry 👑 Political Marriage

Cirque Obscurum

by K.A. Knight • 2024

Bleeding in the attic, a wife's circus card summons four monstrous men offering love and vengeance.

3.97

3k+

🖤 Dark Carnival Romance 🎪 Supernatural Circus 💕 Why Choose Romance

Cirque Obscurum 88%

Bleeding in the attic, a wife's circus card summons four monstrous men offering love and vengeance.

by K.A. Knight 2024

3.97

3k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Carnival Romance 🎪 Supernatural Circus 💕 Why Choose Romance

Two Twisted Crowns

by Rachel Gillig • 2023

A captain enters the haunted wood to find the card that will free his possessed love.

4.38

530k+

🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👑 Cursed Kingdom 🃏 Card-Based Magic

Two Twisted Crowns 87%

A captain enters the haunted wood to find the card that will free his possessed love.

by Rachel Gillig 2023

4.38

530k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere 👑 Cursed Kingdom 🃏 Card-Based Magic

When Darkness Loves Us

by Elizabeth Engstrom • 1985

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

4.01

2k+

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child

When Darkness Loves Us 87%

Trapped in caverns beneath her farm, a teenage bride raises a son born to the dark.

by Elizabeth Engstrom 1985

4.01

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Gothic Underground 🦴 Body Horror 🌑 Feral Child

Vathek

by William Beckford • 1786

An impious caliph sells his soul for a demon's promise of a subterranean palace of fire.

3.23

7k+

🏰 Early Gothic 🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🤝 Faustian Bargain

Vathek 87%

An impious caliph sells his soul for a demon's promise of a subterranean palace of fire.

by William Beckford 1786

3.23

7k+ ratings

🏰 Early Gothic 🕌 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🤝 Faustian Bargain

Aliss

by Patrick Senécal • 2000

She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.

4.33

11k+

🌀 Wonderland Retelling 🔪 Extreme Horror ⚡ Transgressive Fiction

Aliss 87%

She flees the suburbs and tumbles into a Montreal underworld ruled by a Red Queen.

by Patrick Senécal 2000

4.33

11k+ ratings

🌀 Wonderland Retelling 🔪 Extreme Horror ⚡ Transgressive Fiction

House of Hunger

by Alexis Henderson • 2022

Marion sells her blood to a northern countess, but the gothic estate hungers for far more.

3.63

25k+

🩸 Sapphic Gothic Horror 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Dark Sapphic Romance

House of Hunger 87%

Marion sells her blood to a northern countess, but the gothic estate hungers for far more.

by Alexis Henderson 2022

3.63

25k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Gothic Horror 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Dark Sapphic Romance

House of Thorns

by Lee Mountford • 2025

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

4.00

788

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain

House of Thorns 87%

A caretaker's ritual traps four orphans in a death loop inside a thorn-choked mansion.

by Lee Mountford 2025

4.00

788 ratings

🖤 Gothic Horror 🕯️ Ritualistic Horror 😢 Grief-Driven Villain

Weaveworld

by Clive Barker • 1987

A young man finds a world woven into a carpet. The force that unmade it wakes.

4.13

34k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧵 Hidden Magical World 🎭 False Prophet

Weaveworld 87%

A young man finds a world woven into a carpet. The force that unmade it wakes.

by Clive Barker 1987

4.13

34k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧵 Hidden Magical World 🎭 False Prophet

The Hollow Places

by T. Kingfisher • 2020

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

3.78

57k+

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family

The Hollow Places 87%

A broken museum wall reveals a foggy dimension where the willows devour anyone who thinks of them.

by T. Kingfisher 2020

3.78

57k+ ratings

🪐 Cosmic Horror 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🖤 Found Family

Spectyr

by Philippa Ballantine • 2011

Two Deacons race to save the man they love from a goddess who weaponizes faith.

3.88

2k+

🔥 Gaslamp Fantasy 🖤 Psychic Bond 👹 Gods Are Monsters

Spectyr 87%

Two Deacons race to save the man they love from a goddess who weaponizes faith.

by Philippa Ballantine 2011

3.88

2k+ ratings

🔥 Gaslamp Fantasy 🖤 Psychic Bond 👹 Gods Are Monsters

Vespertine

by Margaret Rogerson • 2021

A scarred novice binds herself to an ancient spirit to save her convent from the dead.

4.09

26k+

🕯️ Gothic Convent Fantasy 👻 Spirit Possession 😈 Sassy Monster Companion

Vespertine 87%

A scarred novice binds herself to an ancient spirit to save her convent from the dead.

by Margaret Rogerson 2021

4.09

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Convent Fantasy 👻 Spirit Possession 😈 Sassy Monster Companion

Hollow Hellion

by Jodie King • 2024

A scarred dancer joins a dark carnival where the deadliest performer makes her his obsession.

4.19

9k+

🖤 Dark BDSM Romance 🎪 Dark Carnival 🔪 Obsessed Antihero

Hollow Hellion 87%

A scarred dancer joins a dark carnival where the deadliest performer makes her his obsession.

by Jodie King 2024

4.19

9k+ ratings

🖤 Dark BDSM Romance 🎪 Dark Carnival 🔪 Obsessed Antihero

The Scar

by China Miéville • 2002

Pirates capture a linguist and take her to a floating city chasing a tear in reality.

4.19

35k+

🏴‍☠️ Floating City 🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🦴 Body Horror

The Scar 87%

Pirates capture a linguist and take her to a floating city chasing a tear in reality.

by China Miéville 2002

4.19

35k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Floating City 🌊 Nautical Fantasy 🦴 Body Horror

The Silence Factory

by Bridget Collins • 2024

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

3.42

4k+

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact

The Silence Factory 87%

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

by Bridget Collins 2024

3.42

4k+ ratings

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact

Nevermore

by Keith R.A. DeCandido • 2007

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

3.84

8k+

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders

Nevermore 87%

Poe's murders play out on a college campus. The Winchesters hunt a scholar's resurrection ritual.

by Keith R.A. DeCandido 2007

3.84

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Supernatural Procedural 🖤 Gothic Horror Mystery 📚 Literary Murders

Ordinary Monsters

by J.M. Miro • 2022

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

3.77

23k+

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution

Ordinary Monsters 87%

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

by J.M. Miro 2022

3.77

23k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution

A Plague of Zombies

by Diana Gabaldon • 2011

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

3.98

10k+

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic

A Plague of Zombies 87%

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

by Diana Gabaldon 2011

3.98

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic

Dunmoor

by London Clarke • 2021

He turned a cursed manor into an orphanage, but an ancient evil now stalks the children.

4.00

252

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Orphanage 🩸 Family Curse

Dunmoor 87%

He turned a cursed manor into an orphanage, but an ancient evil now stalks the children.

by London Clarke 2021

4.00

252 ratings

🕯️ Gothic Suspense 👻 Haunted Orphanage 🩸 Family Curse

Los elementales

by Michael McDowell • 1981

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

3.98

24k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House

Los elementales 87%

A funeral reunites a family on the Alabama coast. The third house was meant to stay buried.

by Michael McDowell 1981

3.98

24k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌊 Gothic Seaside 👻 Haunted House

House of Salt and Sorrows

by Erin A. Craig • 2019

After four sisters die, Annaleigh discovers enchanted balls where death dances closer each night.

3.89

114k+

🏚️ Gothic Seaside 👻 Fairy Tale Horror 💃 Dancing Princesses

House of Salt and Sorrows 87%

After four sisters die, Annaleigh discovers enchanted balls where death dances closer each night.

by Erin A. Craig 2019

3.89

114k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Seaside 👻 Fairy Tale Horror 💃 Dancing Princesses

Wolf Worm

by T. Kingfisher • 2026

An illustrator draws parasites at a remote Southern mansion where the shed conceals a living secret.

4.11

15k+

🩸 Gothic Body Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🖤 Found Family

Wolf Worm 87%

An illustrator draws parasites at a remote Southern mansion where the shed conceals a living secret.

by T. Kingfisher 2026

4.11

15k+ ratings

🩸 Gothic Body Horror 📜 Historical Horror 🖤 Found Family

The Starving Saints

by Caitlin Starling • 2025

A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.

3.58

23k+

🏰 Medieval Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⛪ Religious Horror

The Starving Saints 87%

A starving castle. Four saints with impossible bounty. The feast consumes its faithful from within.

by Caitlin Starling 2025

3.58

23k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Horror 🦴 Body Horror ⛪ Religious Horror

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