My project aims to document and resituate male-male homoerotic desire in the Gothic writing of William Godwin and his circle. There has been a continued theoretical neglect in this area given the hesitancy to read sexuality into pre-Victorian literature and, as such, the importance of homoeroticism is continued downplayed or altogether ignored. My study will place sexuality at the forefront of my argument, showing how authors depict a series of doomed love stories in which strong sexual desire between men is denied the ability to transform into passionate love by the homophobic patriarchal politics of the time—something that, time and time again, has tragic consequences.