Frederick and The Patchwork Bride | A Strange Gothic Love Story is an original Gothic folk horror story by Steven Dark — a strange, melancholy tale of loneliness, obsession, craftsmanship, and love stitched together from rags, longing, and shadow. Frederick has spent his life beneath the looming gasworks, tending gauges, pipes, valves, pressure dials and brass machinery with the devotion of a man who understands systems better than people. But on the day of his retirement, after receiving a beautiful brass clock from his colleagues, Frederick returns to a quieter life — useful, respected, and utterly alone. As the seasons turn and his longing deepens, one impossible idea takes hold. If he cannot find his one true love… perhaps he can make her. From faded drapes, scraps of fabric, cotton thread, needles, and dreams of eternal companionship, Frederick creates his perfect bride: a patchwork doll with button eyes, blood-red lips, and a mystery at her heart. Is she merely a doll? A delusion born from loneliness? Or something stranger, tenderer, and more terrible? A darkly romantic tale for lovers of Gothic storytelling, folk horror, haunted dolls, Victorian ghost stories, strange love stories, steampunk horror, and original horror fiction. Written, narrated and produced by Steven Dark for Dark Entertainments.