gothic – Connor Coyne

Urbantasm, Book Two: The Empty Room

I was thrilled the other day to discover the first review of Urbantasm, Book Two: The Empty Room. M.L. Kennedy, both a friend and a gifted writer, was the first to punch, and I couldn’t be happier with his thoughts on the new book: “[Urbantasm, Book 2: The Empty Room] walks a tightrope of gritty realism and mythological storytelling… It’s a sprawling meditation on love and loss and sex and sexuality.… Read the rest

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Get Gothic with Gothic Funk Press

Starting next week, I’ll be ~~teaching~~ ~~leading~~ gathering an informal online class on the past and present of the Gothic aesthetic and outlook. Participation is free! All the details are here: http://www.gothicfunkpress.com/blog/get-gothic-in-2014/.… Read the rest

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Monday Review: The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson

Unfortunately, some things are inescapable.

If you’ve read a “haunted house” story written in the 52 years since Shirley Jackson’s catastrophically fragile novel, The Haunting of Hill House, came out, then some of its revolutionary appeal is lost to you. … Read the rest

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“Is This Gothic?” #8

Is the film Donnie Darko Gothic?

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Check back tomorrow for my own interpretation.… Read the rest

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Give the Gift of Hungry Rats

In 2010, Santa’s bringing you a violent tale of cold and callous murder.
In 2010, Santa’s bringing you Hungry Rats.
Also suitable for Chanukah, Kwanzaa, New Years, Chinese New Years, and other holidays.

http://hungryrats.com.

Why would you want to give a gift like this at such a festive time of year?… Read the rest

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You Tell Me: Hidden Gothic? Not Gothic?

Two questions today:

1. What is a flim/play/art object that you believe to be “hidden” or “submerged” Gothic? By this I mean that the Gothic is present, but its elements are obscured by another, more conspicuous, genre.

2. What is a film/play/art object that you consider to be thoroughly “not” Gothic, but of which you would be interested in seeing a Gothicized version?… Read the rest

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“Is This Gothic?” #6

Is this ring Gothic?

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“Is This Gothic?” #5

Are Dr. Wiley’s castles (a feature of the Megaman video game franchise)…
Gothic?

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Real-Estate on the Gothic Blog

As you may have noticed, I have a book coming out. My novel Hungry Rats will be published on September 1st. This is just a quick note to readers that while I will be using this blog to help promote the book — which has plenty of the Gothic (Radcliffean and Lewisian) in it — I will also be posting more generally Gothic-themed content for the same time.… Read the rest