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 ...

Published 200 years ago, ‘The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner’ depicts a sibling rivalry in formally ...

From deeply dark fairytales to shuddering murders, these books and short stories all play a key part in the definition of the ...

For centuries, British country houses, long considered the epitome of refinement and luxury, have also proved a cornerstone of Gothic fiction. With their many empty corridors, shut-up rooms and ...

Our columnist reviews October’s new horror books. By Gabino Iglesias These terrifying tales by the likes of Stephen King and Shirley Jackson are more than good reads: They’ll freak you out ...

The novel lacks an initial crime, lacks a detective character, and has far too many Gothic elements to be properly classified as realist crime fiction. In fact, it is as much ghost story as crime ...

This is an image from the official trailer for “The Night of the Hunter” distributed by the Criterion Collection. Gothic fiction is one of the most enduring genres in fiction. From “Frankenstein” to ...

When Dr. Alessandra Pino and Ella Buchan, who had been friends for years, couldn't find a gothic cookbook they loved, they wrote their own. The result is A Gothic Cookbook: Hauntingly Delicious ...

It was a staple way in which Victorian society could satiate its thirst for the unconventional. Mary Shelley, proclaimed as one of the first gothic science fiction writers, wrote Frankenstein (the ...

Silent Planet is an exploration-focused, gothic science-fiction Metroidvania rooted in cosmic horror. Explore the claustrophobic corridors of a massive underground complex filled with the remnants ...