Gothic Horror

Begin with

1. The Fourth Mrs. Ravenscar

   You marry a widower three times over and move into his clifftop house. His previous wives' portraits hang in the hall, and each one has your face.

   Your role: A new bride

2. The Inheritance at Blackmere

   You inherit a mansion from a great-aunt you never met, on one condition: you must live in it for a year and never open the east wing.

   Your role: An unexpected heir

3. Governess

   You are hired to teach two orphaned children in a remote manor. The children are polite and brilliant, and they keep setting a place at dinner for their dead mother.

   Your role: A governess

Start a premise as written, or make it yours with your own hero, style, tropes and intensity. Every scene after the first is written around your choices.