gothic fiction

Little Deaths and Big Deaths: A Gothic Mystery Through a Modern Lens

“The way I see it, in any good life you need to die several times to really lead a life worth living. There are little deaths and there are big deaths. My tale has both – and the real tragedy would be if this story were to die with me.…

Neil NyrenApril 26, 2024

Romance Thrillers

The Chill Quill: Romancing the Gothic

This is the first edition of The Chill Quill, a twice-monthly Horror, Suspense and Speculative Fiction column by Lindy Ryan. There’s something beautiful about the dark, isn’t there? Characterized by dark atmospheres, grotesque characters and events, and powerful emotions that blur the line between love and hate, Gothic fiction has…

Lindy RyanFebruary 20, 2024

Fiction

Historical Novel Portrays Man Who Does Monstrous Things to Curb Insatiable Appetite

Take a step into the past, 1798 to be exact, where we find Tarare, The Glutton of Lyon in A.K. Blakemore’s latest novel, The Glutton. Nuns working in a Versailles hospital are watching over this man, who has a ravenous, insatiable appetite for, well … everything. And I mean everything.…

Lydia LefevreOctober 31, 2023

Fiction

Deliciously Disturbing and Addictive Sequel to ‘River of Ashes’

Hardcore readers will understand when I say that every now and then we may stumble upon a book series that can only be described as literary crack. What happens on those occasions? Personally, I binge-read the series until I can’t see straight, obsess over the plot, characters, writing style, etcetera.…

Monique SnymanJanuary 31, 2023

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Open the Door to V.E. Schwab’s “Gallant,” an Eerily Magical Homecoming

Olivia Prior knows hardly anything about her family or where she came from. Raised at the Merilance School for Independent Girls, the only link she has to anyone outside its walls is her mother’s journal — a slim, worn volume that offers very few answers as she watches her mother’s…

Chelsea CicconeMarch 2, 2022

Fiction

Why is the Servant Covered in Their Blood?

From the prisoners’ hold, they take me through the gallery, down the stairs and past the table crawling with barristers and clerks. Around me a river of faces in flood, their mutters rising, blending with the lawyers’ whispers. A noise that hums with all the spite of bees in a…

Neil NyrenApril 29, 2019

Little Deaths and Big Deaths: A Gothic Mystery Through a Modern Lens

The Chill Quill: Romancing the Gothic

Open the Door to V.E. Schwab’s “Gallant,” an Eerily Magical Homecoming

Why is the Servant Covered in Their Blood?

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