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1 month ago | 
schooloftheunconformed.substack.com | Charles DICKENS |Mary Shelley |George MacDonald |Thomas Hardy
Reading is an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction. David L. UlinI wanted to start this piece with a reference to a list of prominent writers who have commented that they are finding it increasingly impossible to read deeply. Yet as I sit at our local climbing gym writing this passage, a young girl sits down at the table across from me, cracking open a fat tome: The Unedited Journals of Sylvia Plath. We start to chat, and I ask her how old she is. “Eleven”, she replies.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
reactormag.com | James Davis Nicoll |Mary Shelley
Reactor previously published my thoughts and suggestions on how to manage parents in speculative fiction. Of course, there’s another sort of parent: the irredeemably bad parent. Indifferent, incompetent, even malicious. Such parents are bad for their kids, but great for authors (as evidenced by the fact that we’ve discussed atrocious parenting here before). Many exciting plots result from the child’s effort to escape the parent or to deal with the consequences of a toxic upbringing.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
semananews.com | Sam Rajan |Mary Shelley |Edgar Allan Poe |Emily Bronte |Emily Brontë
Gothic books and short stories are an important part of literary history, and several are defining titles in the genre. The term is often vague, but at its core, gothic stories spark fear in a reader. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean horror, either. A lot of terrifying books that aren’t classified as horror come under gothic because of their haunting themes. Gothic narratives can be identified in several ways.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
deseret.com | Mary Shelley
Little girls finding other-mothers with button eyes, alcoholic writers turned murderous in haunted hotels, a lottery where the winner gets stoned - how did people come up with these stories? As Halloween creeps up and as festivities increase this year, you may find yourself wondering who came up with some of the outlandish things we watch and read. Well, look no further. Here are four of the creepiest books (or short stories) and how they came to be.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
post-gazette.com | Mason Coile |Ivy Fairbanks |Mary Shelley
Get ready to be haunted by the creepiest new offerings and classics of Halloween-inspired literature. Here are a cauldron’s worth of books that embrace the pumpkin spice of the season and keep you on the chilliest edge of your seat!NEW ADULT“Nether Station”By Kevin J. AndersonBlackstone Publishing, $27.99Calling all H.P. Lovecraft fans! If supernatural horror fiction screams out to you, then meet astrophysicist Cammie Skoura.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
amymakechnie.substack.com | Mary Shelley |Kiersten White |Amy Makechnie |Robert Glazer
Dearly beloveds,Happy October days. The wet, sticky summer has dissipated and glorious fall is in full swing, showing off her brilliant colors and delivering cooler, dry air. With so much going on all of the time, I often feel scattered and unorganized, but let me tell you about a small tweak that is greatly helping me get a few things done. The Top Three. Every evening, list your Top Three for the next day.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
semananews.com | Sam Rajan |Mary Shelley |Shirley Jackson
While plenty of horror readers love to be scared stiff by every book on their reading list, occasionally, a horror story that keeps things a little bit lighter can be a welcome relief. There’s really something to be said for horror books that aren’t too scary, as they can act as a good entry point for younger readers or give more room for thoughtful themes to be explored without being overwhelmed by terror.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
semananews.com | Sam Rajan |Mary Shelley
The Sandman season 2 cast brings back most of the major characters from the first season, while adding some important new names and faces to continue the Neil Gaiman storyline into its next chapter. Originally released in 1996, The Sandman comics told the story of Morpheus, also known as Dream, the ruler of the Dreaming. As one of the Endless, Dream is the being responsible for bringing dreams and nightmares into the minds of humans — the true figure behind the folk tales of the Sandman.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
fivebooks.com | Mary Shelley
‘The Gothic’ can refer to ecclesiastical architecture, supernatural fiction, cult horror films and a recent subculture. Here, Nick Groom—who is professor in English at the University of Exeter and is also known as the ‘Prof. of Goth’—recommends five of the best books on the Gothic, showing how this term remains central to the way we think of our identities today.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
uncommoncontent.blogspot.com | Mary Shelley
Most people who have read the novel have not read the 1818 version. Mary Shelley revised the novel, which was published anew in an 1831 edition. You can read about the changes entailed here:. While the legend of the Frankenstein monster was was born in 1816 in Geneva, Mary Wollstonecraft herself was born in 1797 in London, Her parents were the feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft, who died just 10 days after her daughter's birth, and William Godwin.
