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Various times: Gothic stories to chill your soul
Modern Gothic
What you need to know before your trail
Embark on a chilling journey through nightmarish tales that will captivate the ghoulish modern reader. Encounter landlords with sinister requests, ethereal housemates, and a glass-encased jungle built by an eccentric father. These gothic stories blur the lines between dreams and reality, weaving a tapestry of macabre encounters and festering secrets.
Locations
Reset- USA - Ohio
- A: Mt Tabor
- B: Appalachian Mountains
- Philippines
- C: Sangbauen
- D: Bululawan
Travel Guide
The authors
The locations are vague in the novel or fictional but there is a series of letters and scenes set in Ohio.
Lauren Archer is a writer of the gothic, surreal and strange based in Liverpool, UK.
Rose Biggin is a writer and theatre performer based in London.
Fiction by Michael Bird has been published constantly over the last few years, most recently on urban witchcraft.
Pete Hartley boasts an extensive writing career with numerous accolades, including winning the BBC Radio North West Playwriting Competition
Lerah Mae Barcenilla grew up in Cuartero, Capiz in the Philippines full of magic, superstition and tradition before moving to the UK.
Edward Karshner, Associate Professor of English at Robert Morris University, teaches courses in writing and Appalachian Literature.
Booktrailer Review
Well, that cover is gorgeous for starters. Creepily so.
Modern Gothic does what it says on the tin. It’s full of gothic horror. The tales vary in gruesomeness but there are some dark scenes that will linger for some time in my mind.
There’s lots to enjoy here- from the weird and wonderful to the downright bizarre. And the horror thread is woven throughout, tightening and tightening as you read, ready to strangle you with gothic gorgeousness.
The stories seemed to be linked by the idea of what is home where people live, how they live etc and that was an unexpected but nice surprise.
I loved A Glass House for Esther. Apt given it was about caged animals, the author is one Michael Bird. I will never see any kind of zoo or animal park in the same way again.
In The City Where One Finds The Lost , I was drawn into Philippine myth and folklore. A treat in store. A dark, scary treat but still 😉
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Modern Gothic
Destination/Location: Ohio, various Author: Various Departure: Various
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