“Gothic literature is a popular and enduring genre. The influence in today’s culture can be seen in the popularity of horror, ghost stories and vampire romances. However, the original writers of Gothic literature drew their inspiration from an eclectic range of sources. The development of the genre also coincides with cultural, social and scientific developments in history. Gothic novels have produced some of the most iconic characters and settings in Western literature.”

https://www.thecollector.com/gothic-literature-beginner-guide/

#Gothic #Literature #GothicNovel

Neat idea by Jessica Monaco and Mark Algee-Hewitt, at #DH2025, on subgenre mixture within the Gothic novel:

First, train a model to classify text segments into one of eight genres, not including the Gothic (!).

Then, ask the model to classify segments from Gothic novels into those genres in order to obtain characteristic genre mixtures within the Gothic novel.

They obtain radar plots for each Gothic novel that show this mixtures.

#CLS #GothicNovel #Classification #BERT

The Intrigue of Family Curses: How Supernatural Elements Elevate Crime Fiction

Author Daco S. Auffenorde discusses the intrigue of family curses, including how supernatural elements can elevate crime fiction.
https://www.writersdigest.com/the-intrigue-of-family-curses-how-supernatural-elements-elevate-crime-fiction

#Genre #MysteryThriller #WriteBetterFiction #crimefiction #GothicNovel
@indieauthors

#RandomBookClub

I finished "The Broken Girls" by Simone St. James and can recommend it. It's a very atmospheric mystery, set in two timelines (1950 in a boarding school for girls and 2014 in a small town in Vermont).
In my eyes, it also has some gothic-novel-ish vibes because there is a supernatural element included.

More about the book:
https://www.simonestjames.com/broken-girls

#mystery #gothicnovel #gothic #books #reading #2025reads

I mentioned it before, I love it when texts go meta, so here we are in this #Dracula #fanfiction, from Jonathan Harker's point of view:

"A late summer thunder storm had reached this part of the city, filling the bedroom with blazing flashes of lightning, followed by growling thunder again and again. That and the old building made me feel as if I was the hero in a Gothic novel."

#writing #writingfanfiction #gothicNovel

We're not sure about Mad or Bad, but Essie Fox's #Gothic novel of Lord Byron is certainly Dangerous! And decadently delicious looking with its black & crimson spredges.

Signed copies from Orenda available now!

#books #livres #GothicNovel #LordByron #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon #Dangerous #EssieFox #OrendaBooks #Fiction #Roman

It’s not the typical season for it, but I am in the mood for some #gothic novel ambience. 👻
I made a playlist about this a while ago on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTd7iW9rpwX9otoeReGWm84g189y5l-cJ

Btw, I have more playlists in my channel, for several genres of fiction, for instance science-fiction, high fantasy, urban fantasy, mystery/thriller and more.

#goth #gothic #gothicambience #gothicnovel #scary #ambience #haunted