A dark, Gothic tale based on Edgar Allan Poe’s haunting poem, Annabel LeeTrysten of Seagarth is a farm lad crippled in the Great Withering, an outbreak of polio. Feared, ignored and bullied by the locals and by his family, he seeks solace in the little travelled backroads of Seagarth’s wild coast. One day, he meets a mysterious girl in the ruins of the old manor house of Rosemead..Annabel Lee.She shows him a terrible secret in an old sepulchre lying forlorn by the edge of the sea.He runs from her in fear, but there is a bond between them that he cannot deny. Cannot break.Like a moth to the flame, he is drawn back to Annabel time and time again. Trystan begins changing from a quiet, serious, thoughtful youth…now he will do anything to keep Annabel’s love. Lie, steal, even kill.He will have her as his bride despite the Demons under the Sea and the jealous Angels of the Air.He will have her despite her wrathful father’s wish for her to marry another.He will have her even after Annabel’s tragic death…in the Sepulchre By The Sea.A dark romance tale of love, madness, obsession.Short novel of 42, 000 words