Edgar Allen Poe took the concept and ran with it, elevating Gothic literature beyond the realms of the purely aesthetic and wildly spooky to provide underlying commentary on the human condition ...

National Novel Writing Month began in 1999 with just 21 participants. Since then it's grown to more than 200,000, including two regular members of Houston Press's Gothic Council, Sarah Fanning and ...

John Milas discusses how ' 'The Militia House,' a gothic war-time novel praised by Roxane Gay,' is a genre treatment of his own Marine duty in Afghanistan.

The Castle of Otranto is considered the first supernatural English novel and also the first gothic novel. It describes itself as a translation of an Italian story from the Middle Ages about ...

From a fancy French-leaning steakhouse ( The Alston) and a Korean-influenced one ( Perilla Korean American Steakhouse) to an upcoming asador that embraces Mexico, Spain, and Argentina ( Trino ), ...

John Milas discusses how ' 'The Militia House,' a gothic war-time novel praised by Roxane Gay,' is a genre treatment of his own Marine duty in Afghanistan.

Georgia author Jen Julian and Texan Tennessee Hill evoke thrills and chills with new novels for spooky summer reading.

In Eden, Kentucky, the air is thick with dust. The dying coal town is the fictional setting of Alix E. Harrow’s “Starling House.” ...

Mr. Kimbro stopped writing the gothic novels more than 20 years ago. Davidson said that at one point he wrote a TV miniseries based on the Phenwick stories, but it was never produced.

A Gothic Novel Haunted by Nine Lives Over Nine Decades. Share full article. 0. ... Each story is a gleaming gem, and the writing is gorgeous and tender and reckless, ...

After many years and several breaks from writing, Dr. Diana Edelman is satisfied with her passion project. Her book "Embryology and the Rise of the Gothic Novel" was released in July 2021. "I am happy ...

In Eden, Kentucky, the air is thick with dust. The dying coal town is the fictional setting of Alix E. Harrow’s “Starling House.” ...