Mirth and Other Dark Tales of Love

NEVER LET THE PASSION END. Ghosts are faithful lovers...forever. Vampires may steal your heart, but they demand apiece of your soul and hold it with their amorous grasp for centuries.Are you willing to succumb and invite the darker sideof romance into your heart with a phantom lover who is drawn only to you? Become spellbound by tales of otherworldlydevotion, longing, and sublime attraction.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.

About the Author

CELESTE PLOWDEN holds a BFA in Art History with a minor in English literature with further studies at Parsons School of Design, New York for Textile Design. Her greatest passion is to create, whether for her own pleasure, or for commercial purposes. During her lifetime she has been a fabric designer, real estate title examiner, fine artist, showroom model, singer, dog lover, and perpetual student of early modern history.In her career as a textile designer, Celeste was commissioned to design over a dozen stencil and charted design books for Dover Publications. An avid reader, her interest is focused on European and American classic novels and history books from the 17th through mid-20th century, which have greatly influenced her writing style. She uses her knowledge of history, art and music to add color to her stories.Currently, she writes stories of romance that have dark connections to supernatural beings, using her knowledge of history to paint rich settings for her characters who dwell in places she has lived, including New York and London. Having just published her collection of mysterious and paranormal love stories, MIRTH AND OTHER DARK TALES OF LOVE, Celeste is excited to share with you her upcoming novel, THE HARPSICHORDIST, which will be out on Kindle and Amazon in just a few short months.THE HARPSICHORDIST is a delicious new novel which begins in early 18th century, up to present day, whose protagonist, a harpsichord builder from 18th century London, is transformed into a vampire against his will. The main character is not a typical vampire.Constantly soul-searching in hopes of finding meaning in his undead life, Miles' intellect saves him from being just another blood hungry monster. Even without a soul, he remembers the love he shared with his young family in 1731, and this devotion drives his pursuit of a mate of his own kind. THE HARPSICHORDIST is an esoteric, historical, romantic tale, that spans over two hundred years in London, New York, and Paris.

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