Simmering tension, foggy moors, candlelit corridors, hidden secrets, yearning emotion…gothic fiction has always been ...

In the 13 stories by du Maurier, there is always space for a laugh, a scare, and an active imagination that can run through this genre.

I thought it would be fun to compose a list of gothic literature books to share with anyone who wants to dive into this genre ...

Gothic fiction is experiencing a revival, if it ever truly died. Originally conceived as a shadowy counterpoint to the Age of Enlightenment’s sunny rationality, Gothic novels have lurked the literary ...

The answer is C. Frankenstein. First up, you’ll need to wrap up warm. There aren’t many tropical beaches in gothic fiction. Expect wind, rain and thunderstorms and things that go bump in the night.

Welsh independent publisher Seren Books has acquired debut author Alex Hubbard’s contemporary Gothic novel Storm. The publisher acquired worldwide rights directly from the author following a ...

In Gothic fiction, it never pays to be the first wife. The things these women go through are awful, and are made worse by the fact they usually end up as the backdrop of someone else’s story. Here’s ...

Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein is out on Netflix. Frankenstein,  a 1818 Gothic and science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, ...

Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Film, Manchester Metropolitan University The spectre of the Civil War continues to haunt Spain in many different ways. It manifests itself overtly in ...

In the introduction to WEIRD WOMEN: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers 1852-1923 (Pegasus, 384 pp., $25.95), the editors Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger write that horror ...