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Grotesque, A Gothic Epic is a 1998 online novel by gothic author G.E. Graven.

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Grotesque, A Gothic Epic is a fully illustrated online gothic novel set in the Late Middle Ages (1331-1352 A.D.). Protagonist, Lazarus Gogu is an abbey squire, and a winged grotesque (see: Chimera), who is thrown into a hostile world that would kill him and fallen angels who are bent on escaping Hell. Under seemingly impossible circumstances, Lazarus must fight to stay alive, keep his faith, and stop the unfolding of a medieval Armageddon.

External links

  • gegraven.com - Official site of the online novel, Grotesque, A Gothic Epic.
  • moonwindow.com - Official site of the second novel in G.E. Graven's epic saga; entitled, Grotesque, Moonwindow.
on-line and off-line have specific meanings with respect to computer technology and telecommunication. The concepts have however been extended from their computing and telecommunication meanings into the area of human interaction and conversation.
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Gothic fiction is an important genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. As a genre, it is generally believed to have been invented by the English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto.
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Gothic fiction is an important genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. As a genre, it is generally believed to have been invented by the English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto.
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Late Middle Ages is a term used by historians to describe European history in the period of the 14th to 16th centuries (AD 1300–1500). The Late Middle Ages were preceded by the High Middle Ages, and followed by the Early Modern era (Renaissance).
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A protagonist is a term used to refer to a figure or figures in literature whose intentions are the primary focus of a story.
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grotesque commonly means strange, fantastic, ugly or bizarre, and thus is often used to describe weird shapes and distorted forms such as Halloween masks or gargoyles on churches.
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Chimera, chimaira or chimaera may refer to:
  • Chimera (mythology), a monstrous creature made of the parts of multiple animals
  • Chimera (genetics), a single animal organism with genetically distinct cells from two different zygotes

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A fallen angel is an angel that has been exiled or banished from Heaven. It is sometimes synonymous with demon.

Fallen angel can also refer to:

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Hell, according to many religious beliefs, is an afterlife of suffering where the wicked or unrighteous dead are punished.

Hell is almost always depicted as underground. Within Islam,[1] hell is traditionally depicted as fiery.
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Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three "ages": the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modern Times.
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Armageddon (Greek αρμαγεδδων; [armageddôn] also spelled Har-Magedon in some modern English translations) is the final climactic battle between God, also known as YHWH Elohim
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