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Gothic Quotations: Jonathon Harker’s Journal #5: Sherlock Holmes on the Moor
For those that think that the Gothic is limited to writings of horror, take a look at this quote from the famous Sherlock Holmes thriller, The Hound of The Baskervilles. Description, setting and mood… more →
House of Decay Publishing
Poppy Z. Brite
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wrote 1 week ago: Poppy Z. Brite (born Melissa Ann Brite on May 25, 1967 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and now using the … more →
Dracula: The True Story
wrote 1 week ago: Documentary about folklore in Romania, stories about Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration behind Bram S … more →
Dr Marty Wood on The Creation of Monsters
wrote 1 week ago: Lecture on the depiction of monsters in Gothic Literature, by Dr Marty Wood of The University of Wis … more →
Fear of Writing
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wrote 2 weeks ago: So I started this blog not knowing where to navigate it exactly, and at times novel ideas to blog ab … more →
Research is your friend
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wrote 1 month ago: It strikes me that I don’t talk about my writing process very much and, contrary to popular be … more →
Jane Eyre's advice to Abby Whiting on How to Vanquish a Succubus
wrote 1 month ago: So we’re going to channel in a Gothic heroine to give Dr. Abby Whiting a little advice on how … more →
Friday Flash Fiction...Starbucks Free iTune
wrote 1 month ago: Flash fiction is a story told front to back in less than, well there is no definitive marker, but it … more →
Gothic Dreams
wrote 1 month ago: What is Goth and How is it Related to Dreams You might be interested to find out what is Goth but wi … more →
I Love Books! Pin-Up Blonde
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wrote 1 month ago: As you may know, I absolutely love reading I have just read The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. As … more →
Review: The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
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wrote 2 months ago: Beware the Ravenswood! Sir Walter Scott’s, The Bride of Lammermoor is a must read for fans of … more →
Raising the Dead, or Fun with Electrocution
wrote 2 months ago: Electrocuting dead bodies is fun. Well, the smell isn’t so nice, but hey! They twitch. That’s what m … more →
Salamander Manor
wrote 2 months ago: I write this, not from capricious whim or fancy, but as a result of necessity. I feel like… We … more →
Review: Shipwrecks
wrote 2 months ago: Akira Yoshimura’s novel Shipwrecks is, in my opinion, falsely advertised by its cover blurb, a … more →
Review: Timeless (Parasol Protectorate #5) by Gail Carriger
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wrote 2 months ago: Agent Blue Bonnet here with a transmittal from the Parasol Protectorate secret society: Timeless by … more →
Espido Freire's Irlanda
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wrote 2 months ago: Before I tell you about this beautiful book, let me pose a question to you, you intelligent readers. … more →
Review: The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart
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wrote 3 months ago: What would you do if you came face to face with your doppelgänger? Conner (Con) Winslow gets the sho … more →
Ammunition of the Freeshooter - An Artifact From German Folklore
wrote 3 months ago: The German folktale of the “Freischütz” or Freeshooter, has inspired both an opera by Weber, and a m … more →
Gothic
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wrote 3 months ago: It’s been my experience that periods of my life have apparent “themes,” and topics … more →
Grove Press
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wrote 3 months ago: Barney Rosset, the founder and publisher who ran Grove Press, died and is written up in this NYTimes … more →
