jpJul 30, 2025
What if Dracula didn’t terrify us, but just needed a hug? Dracula Untold takes a great monster and neuters him with a backstory, turning terror into therapy. Genre heresy at its finest.
#Dracula #DraculaUntold #VladTheImpaler #MonsterMovies #VillainRedemption #FilmCriticism #Mythology #HorrorCinema #GothicLit #GenreBetrayal #MLA #MovieReview #GaryShore #LukeEvans
https://ninetypercentcrapmoviereviews.wordpress.com/2022/11/09/dracula-untold/
The Genre Apostasy of Dracula Untold

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a textbook example of what I call the Evil Iceberg Theory: the less you see of a villain, the better. Dracula is the only character who doesn’t record his thoughts in…

90% of Everything is Crap
In Ivy and InkJul 20, 2025

A whisper beneath the waves…
She doesn’t steal—she reveals.
Read A Siren’s Whisper now on the blog. 🖤
#poetry #sirenpoem #gothiclit #femininepower #mythicwomen #oceanmagic #ivyandink #darkfeminine #originalpoetry

http://inivyandink.blog/2025/07/20/a-sirens-whisper/

A Siren’s Whisper 

by D.M. of Ivy & Ink Her chants carrythe breath of echoing centuries —salt-sweet,like the tide below.She sings of calm.She guards — and she wrecks. She pulls you in,won’t let you surface —a lul…

IN IVY & INK
Angela Yuriko SmithFeb 16, 2025

🖤✨ Melancholia: A Book of Dark Poetry by Sumiko Saulson is a hauntingly beautiful descent into sorrow, resilience, and the shadows we carry. Perfect for lovers of gothic poetry and introspective verse. 📖🌑

🔗 Read now → https://amzn.to/4hkwXTo

#DarkPoetry #GothicLit #PoetryLovers #Authortunities

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Columbus - FeedsOct 24, 2024
Lucy’s Little Library: Gothic gems for a rainy day - Lucy Lawler
Lucy’s Little Library: Gothic gems for a rainy day

“Poor Deer: A Novel” by Claire Oshetsky, “Wakenhyrst” by Michelle Paver and “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë Lucy’s Little Library is a monthly book column that recommends three must-reads to Ohio State’s literature lovers. Dear reader, it’s time to embrace darkness and decay with open arms. When thunder booms or lightning strikes, nothing beats cracking […]

The Lantern
Profezzor_von_ZodJul 13, 2023

Der Hunsrück.
Wo in Deutschland #WutheringHeights spielen würde.
Ich lebe es.

#GothicHorror #Hunsrück #Gothic #gothiclit #NebelTäler
#Heimat

Profezzor_von_ZodJul 13, 2023
Vielleicht wird's ja mal Zeit mit "Microblogging" anzufangen.
Und sei es, um meinen Abstieg in den Wahnsinn zu dokumentieren.
#mylife is a #gothiclit novel
HP BookcraftJul 3, 2023

Time to refresh my #introduction!

-Master's in #gothiclit and a master's in #publishing.
-Avid #reader and writer.
-Huge #horrormovie hound.
-Deeply fond of #cemeteries and #deathstudies.
-Likewise passionate about #folklore, #horror, and #hauntology.
-Obsessed with #Halloween 🎃.
-Deeply love reading #scifi from around the globe, #speculativefiction, #magicalrealism, and much more.

Would love to talk to folks with similar interests!

Sariel SnowingsJun 5, 2023

I just... I had to 💀

Original prompt here: https://twitter.com/kojironanjo/status/1661772826897002507?t=ujjp1JKBGsfeGZOHKMG-Gg&s=19
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#JekyllAndHyde #BarbieMeme #BarbieMovie #MastoArt #GothicLit #GothicLiterature #DrJekyllAndMrHyde

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“babe wake up . a new draw your ship prompt just dropped”

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FoxsideMay 3, 2023
My #GothicLit students got me to call a character a "himbo" today, and there was much rejoicing.
Hughes, Grace GreggoryDec 16, 2022

Thinking of story structures 🧵

We read The Shining in #GothicLit and it intrigued me. For a lot of reasons but I’m thinking of story frames and structures tonight. I liked the explicit 5 act dramatic/theatrical structure of it, rather than story-in-3-parts arc. It cast the suggestion of alchemical theater over the work that was then reinforced within by the setting, characters, and plot. 1/

#Literature #Shakespeare #StephenKing #Theater #Theatre #Alchemy #StoryDevelopment #History