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 ...

The Castle of Otranto is considered the first supernatural English novel and also the first gothic novel. It describes itself as a translation of an Italian story from the Middle Ages about ...

The term gothic was first applied to fiction in the mid-18th century, and to this day conjures brooding atmospheres, ...

shadowy corridors and sinister servants – that are essential elements of any good Gothic novel. The tone changes when Seren and her crow companion turn detective to solve the mystery of Tomos ...

It was the perfect setting to plot two of the most influential horror stories of all time. A group of young writers and their friends ventured on a vacation in May 1816 that was supposed to be filled ...

The first two novels were A Garden of Earthly Delights ... The result is Urban Gothic, a type of naturalism saved from the simple cataloguing of disasters by the author’s ability to transform ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Her latest novel, “The House on Biscayne Bay,” is her first gothic mystery, but it also retains the Cuban connection. In a dual ...

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Whether you are watching a horror classic, such as “The Shining” or “Poltergeist,” or laughing at the over-the-top antics of “Beetlejuice” or the “Ghostbusters,” ghost stories abound during Halloween.