The term gothic was first applied to fiction in the mid-18th century, and to this day conjures brooding atmospheres, crumbling mansions, and tormented characters. Beyond the eerie tropes, it’s a genre ...

Lightning flashes across the sky, illuminating a castle. A ghost calls out the name of a lover who once spurned them. A young woman tries to undo a curse that has plagued her family for centuries. You ...

Simmering tension, foggy moors, candlelit corridors, hidden secrets, yearning emotion…gothic fiction has always been enthralling but right now the genre is having a major resurgence in film and ...

An interest in this kind of literature is a passing thing for most people, but throughout my life I have returned to the ...

Gothic literature has always thrived on darkness, both literal and metaphorical. From fog-covered moors and shadowy corridors inside crumbling estates, these works traverse humanity, fear, desire, ...

What do Gothic novels and the supernatural have to do with feminism? A surprising amount. Back in the 18th century, Gothic novels and ghost stories – many written by and for women – began to gain ...

“Spooky Season” makes readers hungry for horror — a genre with literary roots in Gothic fiction. In that case, October is a time to highlight women’s writing — as the Gothic is fundamentally a women’s ...