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3 days ago · Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name refers to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of early Gothic novels.
4 days ago · If you’re a fan of classic literature and the atmospheric settings only a Gothic tale can conjure, learn about the gripping novels that defined and established this captivating genre. Here, we explore three essential Gothic novels that set the stage for the haunting journeys to come.
5 days ago · In American Gothic literature, the unreliable narrator is often used not just to create suspense but to explore moral ambiguity. This technique allows authors to delve into the complexities of guilt, responsibility, and the darker impulses of the human soul.
1 day ago · American Rapture is a riveting post-apocalyptic horror novel about a teenage girl who has been repressed by overbearing Catholic parents her entire life. Then the apocalypse happens. A virus that leads to uncontrollable lust and sexual violence.
4 days ago · In 1973 Bloch was the Guest of Honor at Torcon II, World Science Fiction Convention, Toronto. 1974 saw the publication of his novel American Gothic, inspired by the true life story of serial killer H.H. Holmes.
2 days ago · John Wyndham's 1955 novel The Chrysalids (United States title: Re-Birth), set in a small community untold centuries after a nuclear holocaust (not expressly told, but strongly hinted at with genetic mutations, glowing ruins, landscape baked to glass), tells the story of David, part of a small group of teens who share a limited form of telepathy ...
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5 days ago · Father Ference, in his four-chapter, exhaustively footnoted work, posits the teaching and writing of St. Thomas Aquinas as the “soul” of the narrative art of Flannery O’Connor. The book’s title is taken from O’Connor’s own words.