1.   The connection between ancient houses and mysteries of a shameful kind has its origin in Gothic romance.

2.   The revelation of Niagara Falls as a place of horror dovetailed neatly with the appearance of the Gothic romance in literature.

3.   At the same time, however, romantic suspense or gothic romance was having a heyday.

4.   In those days, Gothic romances were mass-produced, replete with psychic phenomena, grim landscapes, and haunted castles.

5.   She published a number of fairy stories during those years, a time when she was reading sentimental novels, Gothic romances and Jane Austen.

6.   That is if you like scary urban folklore tales mixed with the high faluting fluff of Gothic romances.