I think Dickens records reading such shock-horror literature when he was young, which inspired him to re-invent the whole genre of serial publication on a mass...
What about Hogg's 'Confessions of a Justified Sinner'. I think that is the most terrifying thing ever to come out of Scotland! (apart from Rangers fans of...
Has anyone tried to revive this form of publication? I think S. King tried to do something similar with THE GREEN MILE a few years ago. Of course, to really do...
I think the internet would be the ideal place to revive this idea....A multi-authored, reader-response friendly, Gothic, serial story-telling yahoo ...
Chapbooks, by the way, were not typically serialized publications; they were small (typically 24 pages, only occasionally up to 36 or 72 pages), inexpensive...
Thanks for the elucidation Jack. Am I right in thinking that 'chapbooks' are a very venerable form of publication: going back to the time of Shakespeare?...
... Chapbooks are indeed related to the broadsides and other forms of inexpensive literature that go back even earlier than the C18. Dickens and other...
I'm a member of a slightly inactive (at present) online writing group who were going to set up a website that would do monthly publications that responded to...
I am writing a story about a succubus and her girlfriend, so it's gonna be a real gothic angsty romance of sorts, heck lot of complications and issues between...
I thought that my girlfriend was angel but it turned out that she was a demon from hell.....Happens quite a lot I'm told. You can never tell with women what...
which is why you have to be nice to us ALL THE TIME and bring us presents ^_^ ... From: Colin [mailto:c.forcey@...] Sent: 10 December 2004 07:11 To:...
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OK lovely Emily, the box of (dark) chocolates in the 'Gothic' embossed deluxe packaging is in the post... Colin PS Will that do? Or do you want shoes? ... ...
A man who can choose shoes! wow! ... From: Colin [mailto:c.forcey@...] Sent: 10 December 2004 15:31 To: Gothic_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Gothic_Lit]...
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That's easy! Black 7 inch heel stilletos? Am I right? Colin ... with a...
i'd love to know more about the genre so i may be able to write my story, more info on my earlier post as it seems the replies have nothing to do with my post...
damn, you're good! ;-) ... From: Colin [mailto:c.forcey@...] Sent: 13 December 2004 12:13 To: Gothic_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Gothic_Lit] Re: Rookie...
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*coughs* sorry about that, derrick. right, you wanted to know about "lesbians, demon politics, angsty romance, relations with humans, angels, and demon...
Hello Derrick, if it can be of some help this is LAURIE, a death rock ballad from the 60's by Dickey Lee that, at least here in Italy, became an urban legend. ...
Umm.....er.....Emily.....do you come here often? And what is your favorite Gothic story and/or author? Colin PS Emily is a good name (cf: that girl who wrote...
not to mention the girl who faints all over the place in _The Mysteries of Udulpho_ (just to keep this conversation on a Gothic lit footing!) i'm not sure...
... Why not check out the website that is linked with this group? http://www.litgothic.com There are e-texts of several short stories and novels, as well as...
... While I certainly appreciate the plug, I should point out that my Literary Gothic website is not really linked to or affiliated w/ this discussion group in...
Those were the days! Woman fainting whilst wearing Empire Line Dresses.....None of that 'attitude' stuff.... I'm with you on Poe (especially Ligeia, Usher and...
ah, that would be _The Night Land_ which is... unusual, certainly. i would recommend _the boats of the 'glen carrig'_ or his short stories such as as 'the...
Can anyone tell me who the most popular gothic fiction writers of today are (apart from Anne Rice), and if there is a dedicated list on this subject anywhere? ...
Stephen King, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, James Herbert and a whole league of trashy novelists who make the Gothic penny dreadfuls of the 19th century look...