Succubus

Edgar Allan Poe’s poems, his fears and hopes intertwine with vivid paintings by a genius artist and with the tragedy that swept away the lives of his servants and family during the Civil War—turning genius into madness. His paintings become a map of the suffering he endured. His home turns into a gallery of horrors, capable of opening the gates to hell. Now evil seeks the creator who can bring all these creatures of darkness to life and allow them to gain flesh. The house calls for the great writer into its depths. But evil cannot tolerate refusal. Generation after generation, the house looks for servants, and its gallery of paintings drives people mad. Yet the evil born from despair and the pain of loss has no power over the descendant of the artist who created it. A girl whose veins hold the blood of that genius artist can put an end to the long, bloody history of her ancestor’s house and the mad painting gallery that keeps drawing itself, devouring the souls of all who had the misfortune to see these paintings.