What is Gothic literature? Gothic is a genre with a rich history that still exists today through the works of authors like Stephen King. Learn more about its characteristics.
Adrien English runs a small bookstore in Pasadena, which is reputed to have the largest collection of gay and gothic whodunnits around. Image Credit:Amazon But mystery invades his own life one morning when his best friend is found stabbed to death and he is seen as the most likely suspect...
Misty Day is the mysterious Cajun necromancer with power over the dead who joins a coven of misfit witches protecting each other in modern-day New Orleans. Compassionately brought to life by Lily Rabe in American Horror Story: Coven, Misty has a heart of gold despite her gothic persona...
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The books in this genre lay down the known facts about a historical era, event, or figure. And since this is nonfiction, all the facts have to be accurate (though that doesn’t mean there’s no room for inference or opinion). The goal of these books is to educate and inform the rea...
Rachel Caine‘s Prince of Shadows was an excellent twist on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Phillipa Carr‘s Daughters of England is a typical gothic romance with cozy overtones that thwart Carr’s attempts to create tension and drama. I’m not sure if my frustration with this is due to ...
Firbolg Publishing is a place where the Gothic past meets the present in the pages of our anthologies. Each of our themed collections features old masters and new voices, Firefly Hill Press Firefly Hill Press Website http://www.fireflyhillpress.com/ Editors Name Danielle Modafferi From the ...
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American ReadMary Shelley's timeless gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his ...
Demon’s Tilt is one of the more unusual takes on pinball you’ll see, thanks to its gothic aesthetic, demons, table that hides quite a few secrets, and bullet hell elements. You also get to challenge yourself with completing certain side quests, facing bosses, and getting the thang of ...
Wayne McGregor has accolades in spades, but I continually wonder what I’m missing. Clearly my expectations from an evening’s work don’t overlap withWoolf Works. As his motor was the oeuvre of Virginia Woolf, I craved more narrative clues to link to her novels; longer program notes might...