Firstly, I think it's odd that no one (to my knowledge) has written a Gothic Avengers AU. I feel there is a lot of room for play in this area, and it's been sadly overlooked.
I'm reading (or will be reading when I get home) a Southern Gothic novel called The Rebel Wife by Taylor M. Polites (who I thought was a woman until I saw the jacket photo), and the use of setting and mystery to build an atmosphere of horror is extremely effective. The Alabama heat is like its own character. I'm very impressed.
It's not especially a romance though, which is too bad (though perhaps more fitting given the topic which is post American Civil War reconstruction and racial politics, but I'd love to see a story with the setting and mood used that effectively that was a romance. I saw a Professionals rewrite of Jane Eyre at one point, but it didn't really work that well for me. I do need to reread some of the Brontë sisters' stuff as an adult. I hated as a teen, but may have been missing the point.
In any case, Steve/Tony Gothic romance, do it someone, please!
I'm reading (or will be reading when I get home) a Southern Gothic novel called The Rebel Wife by Taylor M. Polites (who I thought was a woman until I saw the jacket photo), and the use of setting and mystery to build an atmosphere of horror is extremely effective. The Alabama heat is like its own character. I'm very impressed.
It's not especially a romance though, which is too bad (though perhaps more fitting given the topic which is post American Civil War reconstruction and racial politics, but I'd love to see a story with the setting and mood used that effectively that was a romance. I saw a Professionals rewrite of Jane Eyre at one point, but it didn't really work that well for me. I do need to reread some of the Brontë sisters' stuff as an adult. I hated as a teen, but may have been missing the point.
In any case, Steve/Tony Gothic romance, do it someone, please!
