The Wicked Come

The work published on  this site is new, original and unique,  ranging  from the Gothic Horror to the  Dark Romantic genres, exploring the darker side of humanity, the natural and the supernatural. 

A mixture of horror and the supernatural, our poems weave  tales of the unexpected, often with an unseen and

violent ending.

Enjoy...

 Innocence Turns Evil

The distant snow on ancient path
my darling, daughter, dear
she climbed the distant hill
hair of Gold and skin of White
Blue eyes filled with broken tears
still an evil woman creep
upon the village laid in snow
a shadow fall across the yard
the sun is Black, the wind is cold
now she lay there in the snow
red with innocence, devil's bride

By 

Karen Burger©2011

Wicked words are a collection of quotes strange and horrid from the dead/ famous....

There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it...    Alfred Hitchcock

The sun also shines on the wicked.... Seneca

In heaven all the interesting poeple are missing... F. Nietzsche

Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.... Roosevelt

Evil is just a point of view ...   Anne Rice

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wicked.... Joseph Conrad

All human evil comes from a single cause, mans inability to sit still in a room...  Pascal

It is extreme evil  to depart from the company of the living before you die... Seneca 

Between two evils. I always pick the one I've never tried before... Mae West

This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes us secret and rotten.... D.H. Lawrence

I guess when you turn off the main road,  you have to be prepared to see some funny houses...  Stephen King 

 Gothic horror  literature combines elements of both horror and romance.

It  creates feelings of  excitement, thrill and  fear for   its readers to endure.

Atmosphere is extremely important in Gothic literature with  the ruins of Gothic buildings  representing the inevitable decay and collapse of human creations.

The themes of Gothic  fiction include terror (both psychological and physical), madness, mystery, darkness, decay and death.

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The Dark Romantics see life as colourful, base and grotesque. Dark Romantic poetry explores the torment of mankind: its heros are often cast out of society and battling their own inner demons.

In Dark Romantic poetry the natural world is alive and deeply spiritual and  filled with dark mystery.