Vol. 1 / Moon + Rose
She Walks in Beauty
Byron, uncensored: beauty, longing, secret ache, and the poems that still feel whispered at 2am.
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The Cursed Poets.
A connected supernatural historical romance saga. They wrote the stories. They never told you what was real.
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Not all dreams are only dreams.
Every year, thirteen black-sealed invitations slip through Geneva's shadows, summoning strangers, lovers, and liars to the legendary Villa Diodati. The rules are simple: thirteen guests, thirteen stories, and every tale must be true.
I had a dream, which was not all a dream. — Lord Byron
The NovelA gothic romance where storytelling is not entertainment. It is payment.
The SettingVilla Diodati, Lake Geneva, Chillon Castle, candlelight, storms, and old secrets.
The ArchivePoems, letters, confessions, and the name Gabriel Ashworth waiting in the margins.
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How Byron found me.
I live on the French shore of Lake Geneva, close enough to Villa Diodati that the legend feels less like history and more like weather. Last week, the gardener opened the gate and let me inside.
In the summer of 1816, Byron lived behind those green shutters. It was the Year Without a Summer: volcanic ash dimmed the sun, storms battered the lake, and a group of young writers trapped indoors dared one another to write ghost stories.
Mary Shelley began Frankenstein there. Byron left pieces of his darkest myth behind. And years before I stood at the Villa, on a Halloween night in Nernier, the lake, the stone, and the storm gave me the first image of the cursed poet who would not leave.
The Dark Lord of Villa Diodati is planned for 17 September 2026.
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The Dark Lord of Villa DiodatiBook One · 17 September 2026 · Explore the book
She Was My DarknessBook Two · 22 October 2026 · Explore the book
Fall Into the StormBook Three · 17 December 2026 · Explore the book
The Glass Between UsBook Four · Details coming soon · Explore the book
Guard Me a SecretBook Five · Details coming soon · Explore the book
The Stolen NameBook Six · Details coming soon · Explore the book
Six books. One haunted world.
Byron. Shelley. Mary Shelley. Polidori. Dante. History gave us their poems, novels, scandals, loves, deaths, and legends. The Cursed Poets imagines what history left behind.
The Dark Lord of Villa DiodatiBook One · 17 September 2026 · Explore the bookShe Was My DarknessBook Two · 22 October 2026 · Explore the bookFall Into the StormBook Three · 17 December 2026 · Explore the bookThe Glass Between UsBook Four · Details coming soon · Explore the bookGuard Me a SecretBook Five · Details coming soon · Explore the bookThe Stolen NameBook Six · Details coming soon · Explore the book// published.byron.archive
The published Byron / Gabriel archive.
These separately published curated editions are companion volumes, not extra novels in the main trilogy: beauty, guilt, spirits, scandal, letters, exile, revenge, darkness, captivity, and the darker rooms of the myth.
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Gabriel Ashworth
Gabriel Ashworth is Lord Byron reimagined inside Cara Ravelli’s fictional Cursed Poet universe. His story begins in The Dark Lord of Villa Diodati.
“Everyone thinks they know my story. They know the scandals, the poetry, the club foot, the dramatic death in Greece at thirty-six. They call me the original Byronic hero—brooding, dangerous, irresistible. They have no idea.”
Fiction & History
The Cursed Poet Series is a work of fiction inspired by the life, legend, and poetry of Lord Byron. Historical names, places, and public-domain literary references appear throughout, but the events, supernatural elements, private writings, and Byron’s voice belong to the fictional world of the novels.
Vol. 2 / Raven + Chain
Manfred & The Damned
The dark Byron: mountains, spirits, guilt, and a man who would rather suffer than be forgiven.
Book PageVol. 3 / Masquerade
Don Juan: Selected Scandals
Byron with his guard down: gossiping, seducing, mocking himself, and smiling while the room burns.
Book PageVol. 4 / Wax + Quill
Letters & Fragments
The unguarded Byron: letters, fragments, flirtation, enemy complaints, and truths never meant for readers.
Book PageVol. 5 / Compass + Column
Childe Harold: Selected Cantos
A man leaves everything behind and discovers the one thing he cannot escape is himself.
Book PageVol. 6 / Dagger + Ribbon
The Giaour
Forbidden love, betrayal, and revenge told in broken fragments, where the gaps are part of the wound.
Book PageVol. 7 / Eclipse
Darkness
The sun goes out, the world ends, and Byron writes dread like he has already seen the last light vanish.
Book PageVol. 8 / Chillon + Chain
The Prisoner of Chillon
Byron’s devastating poem of captivity, memory, and the slow loss of hope—presented with an introduction by Gabriel Ashworth and photographs taken at Château de Chillon by Cara Ravelli.
Book PageThe Dedication
To Lord Byron — cursed poet, scandal-maker, and maybe the first true father of dark romance.
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A real lake. A legendary storm.
The Cursed Poets is rooted in Lake Geneva: Villa Diodati, Chillon Castle, literary ghosts, and the places where history already feels half-haunted.
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