Gothicism is a genre of literature often underestimated in its importance. It was the gothic that gave rise to such subgenres as science fiction and horror, which stand among the most popular of ...

With elements ranging from crumbling castles and ghostly visions to tortured characters and eerie atmospheres, Gothic horror has been giving readers spine-tingling thrills since the eighteenth century ...

The Gothic Wanderer: From Transgression to Redemption by Tyler R. Tichelaar, Ph.D., provides the reader with an important balance of literary history, scholarly analysis, and contemporary relevance, ...

Growing up in Pennsylvania as the daughter of a casket salesman, Assoc. Prof. Bridget Marshall became more familiar with death than most children. As a teenager, she loved Stephen King novels. Then in ...

Ahlissa is a Horror Features contributor at Collider. She's been a media writer for nearly 10 years. You can find her other work in FANGORIA, The Feminine Macabre, Haunted Magazine, and more. Her ...

The gothic aesthetic is one of sprawling ruins and crumbling walls, barren landscapes and monstrous creatures: beautiful things that have fallen to decay. The genre has a long history, flourishing in ...

Editor's Note: This is the first part of a two-part column. The second piece will be published in Ovation on Feb. 10. Missouri has long dipped its toe into the edge of the deep swamp that is Gothic ...