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No Ghosts by Max Lury: a rigorous new exploration of the creepypasta aesthetic
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (267+ words) For readers unfamiliar with the term creepypasta, allow me to offer an example: THERE IS A WINDOW IN YOUR BEDROOM THAT ONLY APPEARS WHEN YOU'RE ASLEEP. DON'T TRY TO OPEN IT. Creepypasta is a genre of horror fiction native to…...
Who Holds the Curse " The Gothic Times
1+ week, 5+ day ago (224+ words) Conan Gray Shines on Wishbone World Tour Hey! What's Gonna Happen To My School? Stop Playing in Manon's Face An Interview with Aman Asad You're never getting 2016 or past time back NJCU Hosts "146 Names: How We Remember The Triangle Fire…...
The Bleeding Horse and Other Ghost Stories by Brian J Showers: Meet Dublin's restless dead
2+ week, 3+ day ago (496+ words) The Irish Times The Bleeding Horse and Other Ghost Stories by Brian J Showers: Meet Dublin's restless dead A confidently imaginative blend of fact and fiction Twenty-six years ago, I had a low-key obsession with Janet Cardiff's The Missing Voice…...
Author Wendy Webb is the 'Queen of Northern Gothic"
2+ week, 4+ day ago (406+ words) Wendy Webb, known to her fans as the "Queen of Northern Gothic," spins ghostly tales inspired by Lake Superior and Bayfield. "Most authors start with a character or they start with a storyline. But I always start with the place,…...
Haunted school adventure set in central Illinois from the mind of Mark Russell
2+ week, 5+ day ago (274+ words) NPR Illinois - On Air Now Playing NPR Illinois | 91. 9 UIS - On Air Now Playing NPR Illinois Classic | 91. 9 HD2 - On Air Now Playing The X from NPR Illinois | 91. 9 HD3 Haunted school adventure set in central Illinois from the mind of Mark Russell Local author…...
Ghost stories
3+ week, 4+ day ago (322+ words) Mumbai Mirror It's not surprising that the city that never sleeps occasionally has nightmares Ghost stories, lore, fables" urbs prima in Indis has urban legends that could make your hair stand on end (though newer entrants would blame our humidity)…...
New American Gothic: Which side am I looking on?
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (101+ words) Sometimes I am reluctant to express my kookier side but after a day of staring off into the distance and hoping a column will come to me, I just have to give up. Forrest Hartley is staring at the sky…...
Ghost Stories by Siri Hustvedt review " life after Paul Auster
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (1093+ words) inkl Ghost Stories by Siri Hustvedt review " life after Paul Auster It wasn't quite Beatlemania, but, at the height of Paul Auster's fame in the 1980s and 90s, screaming fans clambered on to the hood of a car after a reading in…...
Southern gothic for adults and natural world for children
4+ week, 1+ day ago (93+ words) Post and Courier Robert Gwaltney's "Sing Down the Moon" is a haunting, lyrical Southern gothic tale. Sangma Francis's "Wildspeak" is a joyful invitation to see'and name'our natural world. This week, I'll review a clever new children's book celebrating words in…...