Time once again for my occasional series "Women with great hair fleeing gothic houses!"

And today all our ladies are fleeing... the dark!

To flee or not to flee... Darkness At Bromley Hall, by Mary Beth Morgan. Ace Gothic, 1975.

Barefoot on a beach of blood, storms ripping at her nightie...

Dark Mansion, by Caroline Farr. Signet, 1974.

This house is an insurance nightmare... House Of Dark Illusions, by Caroline Farr. Signet, 1973.

Fun fact: by law all Venitian gondolas are black. By tradition all gondoliers are communists.

The Dark Gondola, by Virginia Coffman. Ace Gothic, 1973.

That's pretty dark: House Of The Darkest Death, by Alicia Grace. Lancer Easy-Eye Gothic, 1971. Cover by Walter Popp.

Daughter Of Darkness, by Edwina Noone (aka Michael Avallone). Signet Books, 1966. Cover by Allan Kass. Many men wrote gothic romance novels, but publishers preferred them to have a female nom de plume...

Nice day for a white wedding... Dark Eden, by Barbara Kevern. Pocket Books, 1974.

"Did I leave the light on?" Leap In The Dark, by Rona Randall. Ace, 1956.

No roof: that's a bad sign... Dark Odyssey, by Florence Stevenson. Signet, 1974.

Now THAT is a gothic romance title!

Dark Towers Of Fog Island by Marilyn Ross. Popular Library, 1975.

Full-on fleeing: the arms, the hair, the gaze... Dark Cypress, by Edwina Noone (aka Michael Avallone). Ace Gothic, 1975.

Who's laughing now? House Of Dark Laughter, by Melissa Napier. Avon Gothic Original, 1972.

More gothic fleeing another time. Don't forget to take your face mask with you...