Mirth and Other Dark Tales of Love
Celeste Plowden
Whether Paris during the French Revolution, Roaring Twenties Coney Island, the world of 17th century London theater, orpresent day New York, CELESTE PLOWDEN offers you a selection of these supernatural lovers in her stories, andcreates new legends for time worthy genres of literature.
Maud wandered into a sumptuous antique shop and was offered a drop of port by its charming proprietor, and sipped while he poured out a dark red substance for himself and bade her make a wish on one of the antique objects. Rick listened to dazzling tales of Madame La Guillotine from a costumed lady in lace and frills he met at a Halloween party at aNew York art gallery. Pegg, an actress during the reign of Charles II, could not rid herself of a lover she was tormented by,even after he was hung at Tyburn Tree.
The stories in this collection reveal a darker side of romance, not only because the characters who offer love are ghosts or vampires, but because we who are drawn to these creatures are steeped in shadowy imaginings based on deep longingfor an amorous connection with another soul. The real danger is not the vampire's bite or the ghost's demanding grip onus, but in losing that vital piece of our soul that we are so willing to part with in order to meld with this otherworldly spirit.To succumb is to let go of reason, no matter the agony of losing some essential part of our self to an unstable entity. Meetmen and women who fall in love with such creatures, and learn why they did.
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