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Volume & Chapter Links


Volume I ~ Resurrection
Prologue ~ In The Beginning: "And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them..."
Chapter 1 ~ The First Seal: "You will become a thing of horror to all of the kingdoms on earth..."
Chapter 2 ~ Battle of Crecy: "And they worshiped the dragon, which gave power to the beast..."
Chapter 3 ~ Abbey of the Guards: "...of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."
(See Lazarus Live via AI Animation Sequence ) (Hear Lazarus speak with Odino via AI Audio Sequence )
Chapter 4 ~ Holy See Conspiracy: "And upon this rock, I shall build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail..."
Chapter 5 ~ Naramsin Exhumed: "...a voice from heaven, saying unto me, 'Seal up those things, and write them not.'"
Chapter 6 ~ Devil in the Midst: "...the harvest is the end of the world...and the reapers are the Angels."
Chapter 7 ~ Breaking the Seal: "In that day...the priests shall be horrified, and the prophets shall be appalled."
Chapter 8 ~ Opening the Gatestone: "And the Lord said unto the Devil, "From whence comest thou? And the Devil answered..."
Chapter 9 ~ Of Catacombs, Cobblers, and Kings: "And surely your blood of your lives shall I require..."
Chapter 10 ~ A Black Death Sweeps All: "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw a beast rise up out of the sea..."
Chapter 11 ~ Fall from Grace: "Two men shall be in the field, one shall be taken and the other left..."
Chapter 12 ~ Drift of Death: "The earth is broken up; the earth is split assunder; the earth reals like a drunkard."
Chapter 13 ~ He is Risen: "Remember that in your lifetime, you received good things, whilst Lazarus received bad things."
Chapter 14 ~ The Fake Inquisition: "The chief captain came near...and commanded that he be bound with two chains..."
Chapter 15 ~ Right Side of Wrong: "He that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword."
Chapter 16 ~ The Real Inquisition: "Evil shall slay the wicked, and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate."
Chapter 17 ~ Fisher of Men: "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light, and light to darkness..."
Chapter 17A ~ A Manly Beast: "The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth, and upon all the birds in the sky..."
Chapter 18 ~ Shell of a Man: "So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself."
Chapter 19 ~ Jewel of Eden: "And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul..."
Chapter 20 ~ Neither Icarus, Nor Jonah: "Yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
Volume II ~ Trials & Tribulations: Earning Redemption
Chapter 1 ~ The Last Griffin: "And behold...I do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh..."
Chapter 2 ~ Wherefore...Chitok? "...because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I spew thee from out of my mouth."
(Further Chapters Under Continued Reconstruction - ETA 2026)
Volume III ~ Medieval Armageddon
(Further Chapters Under Continued Reconstruction - ETA 2027)




2. Download Volume I (Resurrection ) PDF Files [ PDF Download Files ]
Prologue ~ In The Beginning [ PDF ]
Chapter 1 ~ The First Seal [ PDF ]
Chapter 2 ~ Battle of Crecy [ PDF ]
Chapter 3 ~ Abbey of the Guards [ PDF ]
Chapter 4 ~ Holy See Conspiracy [ PDF ]
Chapter 5 ~ Naramsin Exhumed [ PDF ]
Chapter 6 ~ Devil in the Midst [ PDF ]
Chapter 7 ~ Breaking the Seal [ PDF ]
Chapter 8 ~ Opening the Gatestone [ PDF ]
Chapter 10 ~ A Black Death Sweeps All [ PDF ]
Chapter 11 ~ Fall from Grace [ PDF ]
Chapter 12 ~ Drift of Death [ PDF ]
Chapter 13 ~ He is Risen [ PDF ]
Chapter 14 ~ The Fake Inquisition [ PDF ]
Chapter 15 ~ Right Side of Wrong [ PDF ]
Chapter 16 ~ The Real Inquisition [ PDF ]
Chapter 17 ~ Fisher of Men [ PDF ]
Chapter 17A ~ A Manly Beast [ PDF ]
Chapter 18 ~ Shell of a Man [ PDF ]
Chapter 19 ~ Jewel of Eden [ PDF ]
Chapter 20 ~ Neither Icarus, Nor Jonah [ PDF ]


3. Supporting Materials


About Page or About PDF
Character Evolution (How Lazarus Came To Life ~ From 1660 Dutch Painting To 2024 AI)
Sitemap [ <-- You are here ]
4. Reference Materials
Glossary [ Coming 2026 ]
Maps [ Coming 2026 ]
Angels & Greek Pantheon [ Coming 2026 ]
An Overview of Gothic Elements in Novel Intro, and in Gothic Protagonist Intro [ PDF ]
Brief Highlights and Synopsis of the Novel: Grotesque, A Gothic Epic [ PDF ]
Breakdown of Grotesque, A Gothic Epic, and Lazarus Gogu in Gothic Literature [ PDF ]
Answers.com - A Summary of the Online Novel: Grotesque, A Gothic Epic [ PDF ]
Antagonists And Atonement in Grotesque - A Gothic Epic [ PDF ]
Elements, Genre, and Style in G.E. Graven's Grotesque [ PDF ]
Satirical Analysis (3-Chapter Sampling) on Grotesque, A Gothic Epic [ PDF ]
5. Media Materials


The Damons - Gallery [ MP3 ]
The Characters - Gallery [ MP3 ]
The Plague - Gallery [ MP3 ]
Locations - Gallery [ MP3 ]
Lazarus - Gallery [ MP3 ]
AI Video Short of Lord and Lady Medicci [ MP4 ]
AI Video Short of Friar Odino [ MP4 ]
AI Video Short of Lucifael [ MP4 ]
AI Video Short of Lazarus [ MP4 ]
AI Video Short of Captain Bourne [ MP4 ]
AI Video Short of Cardinal Blasi [ MP4 ]
AI Video Short of Friar Ivan [ MP4 ]
Combined Character Video [ MP4 ~ External Storage Site ]
Novel Trailer Video - 6 min. [ MP4 ~ External Storage Site ]
Prologue Audio Narration of Sacred Text - Fall of Angels [ MP3 ]
Lazarus Resurrects from Mountain Mouth (Audio Only) [ MP3 ]
Jazzy Girl Novel Summary (Audio Only) [ MP3 ]
Novel Background Theme Music Short (Audio Only) [ MP3 ]
6. Edgar Allan Poe Library ~ Free Downloads [ Public Domain Works Via Humanitarian Efforts ]
Edgar Allan Poe Selected Works ~ Narrations Library [ MP3 ]
Edgar Allan Poe Selected Works ~ Dramatizations Library [ MP3 ]
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Works ~ Consolidated Links Page [ ALL ]
Edgar Allan Poe Works ~ Portraits Gallery [ JPG ]
Edgar Allan Poe Works ~ Illustrations Gallery [ JPG ]
Scanned Books Library (Poe's Works, Poe's Legacy, Poe's Life) [ PDF ]


7. Gothic Greats Library ~ Free Downloads [ Public Domain Works Via Humanitarian Efforts ]
The Castle of Otranto ~ Horace Walpole ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Old English Baron ~ Clara Reeve ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Mysteries of Udolpho ~ Ann Radcliffe ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Romance of the Forest ~ Ann Radcliffe ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Italian ~ Ann Radcliffe ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Episodes of Vathek ~ William Beckford ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus ~ Mary Shelley ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Melmoth, the Wanderer (Vol. 1) ~ Charles Maturin ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Melmoth, the Wanderer (Vol. 2) ~ Charles Maturin ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Melmoth, the Wanderer (Vol. 3) ~ Charles Maturin ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Melmoth, the Wanderer (Vol. 4) ~ Charles Maturin ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Divine Comedy ~ Dante Alighieri ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Dante's Inferno ~ Dante Alighieri ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ~ xxxxx ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Hunchback of Notre~Dame ~ Victor Hugo ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Mystery of Edwin Drood ~ Charles Dickens ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Hound of the Baskervilles ~ Arthur Conan Doule ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Bride of Lammermoore ~ Sir Walter Scott ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - R.L. Stevenson ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Picture of Dorian Gray ~ Oscar Wilde ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Eloise and Ablelard (Poem) ~ Alexandar Pope ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
A Jounal of the Plague Year ~ Daniel Defoe ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Zofloya, or The Moor ~ Charlotte Dacre ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Caleb Williams ~ William Godwin ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Clermont ~ Regina Maria Roche ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Wieland ~ Charles Brockden Brown ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Northanger Abbey ~ Jane Austen ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Wuthering Heights ~ Emily Bronte ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Glenarvan ~ Lady Carolyn Lamb ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Mummy! ~ Jane C. Loudon ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Devil's Elixers ~ E.T.A. Hoffman ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Jamaica Inn ~ Daphne du Maurier ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
Undine ~ Friedrich de la Motte Fouque ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Turn of the Screw ~ Henry James ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The King in Yellow ~ Robert W. Chambers ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Lane that had no Turning ~ Gilbert Parker ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
In a Glass Darkly~Carmilla ~ Sheridan Le Fanu ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Phantom of the Opera ~ Gaston Leroux ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The Woman in White ~ Wilkie Collins ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
The House of the Seven Gables ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne ~ Gothic Greats Library [ PDF ]
8. Miscellaneous & Other


Gothic Verse [ Graven's Poetry ]
Author Pix (2014) [ Graven Images ]
Assorted Prose [ Passing Notions ]
9. External Links Of Interest




Poe's Wonderful Tales & Poems [ Dedicated Internal Page ]
The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore [ Website ]
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe [ PDF ]
Poe Baltimore [ Website ]
The Poe Museum ~ Richmond, VA [ Website ]
Project Gutenberg ~ Works of Edgar Allan Poe [ EPUB & Kindle ]
Poe Stories [ Website ]
The Great Tales and Poems of Poe (1954) [ Digitized LPR Audio Set ]
~9a. Exclusive Links Of Dedication* ~ Edgar Allan Poe (1809~1849)
*Site Note: This website and its work: 'Grotesque A Gothic Epic' is exclusively and completely dedicated to the lasting memory of Edgar Allan Poe.


Gothic Novel & Horror Fiction (San Jose State University)
Graven's Narration of Story Introduction (Archive.Org)
~9b. Academic Links


~9d. Other Interesting Links


Grotesque A Gothic Epic, micro~commentary: The Biblical Story of the Fall of Angels and the Nephilim, and the subsequent Great Deluge, or Flood Myth, was the greatest and oldest recorded Gothic epic tale in all of Human History. It is mentioned all throughout Scripture, and has a foundation in both the Book of Enoch, and the Book of Genesis. This work is merely a sliver of its fantastical retelling and adaptation, introducing a Nephilim~spawned outcast Eljo. or Elioud, and grotesque, named Lazarus Gogu, who survives nearly impossible headwinds to keep his faith while saving the world from a second certain destruction and Armageddon. This work falls under multiple sub~genres, including gothic grotesque and alternate history.

Grotesque ~ A Gothic Epic © is legally and formally registered with the United States Copyright Office under title ©#TXu~1~008~517. All rights reserved 2026 by G. E. Graven. Website design and domain name owner: Susan Kelleher. Name not for resale or transfer. Strictly a humanitarian collaborative project. Although no profits are generated, current copyright prohibits duplication and redistribution. Grotesque, A Gothic Epic © is not public domain; however it is freely accessable through GothicNovel.Org (GNOrg). Access is granted only through this website for worldwide audience enjoyment. No rights available for publishing, distribution, AI representation, purchase, or transfer.

