Category: Gothic
Everything you wanted to know about Gothic fiction including my thoughts on writing it, reading it, watching it, and everything in between. What makes a book Gothic horror instead of horror? Find out on the blog.
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When writing my upcoming Gothic mystery, Salome, I was a bit worried about venturing into well-trodden territory. Vampires, or Vampyres, as they are written in the book. Here’s what I learned about writing vampires.
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Salome is a Gothic mystery novel about a young nun who trains to become a vampire slayer in 1880s Liverpool, so where does it fit in the wider Muldoon supernatural thriller series?
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In the run up to the October 2026 release of Salome, I’m talking about the things that inspired this book and the characters within it. One of the major influences was Agatha Van Helsing, a character created for the BBC production of Dracula written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. It was loosely based on…
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Salome was inspired by classic Gothic literature such as The Vampire by John Polidori and Dracula by Bram Stoker, offering its own take on the vampire. It is part of the wider Muldoon supernatural thriller universe, a series of Gothic mystery novels set in late-Victorian Liverpool that follow occult detective Daniel Muldoon.
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Interview With The Occult Detective. Daniel Muldoon Talks Ghosts, Mysteries And Unexpected Journeys.
Daniel Muldoon is an Occult Detective. He is the star of his own series of Gothic thrillers set in 1890s Liverpool. We caught him to talk all things horror, mystery and the occult.
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It just had to be Liverpool. Modern horror stories in books and on screen are set in Victorian England, circulating around London (Ripper street, Whitechapel, Penny Dreadful etc) or isolated mansions in fictional villages and towns modelled on the home counties of southern England. While the classics explore the South West (Hardy) and industrial towns…
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A review of Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic Gothic tale of the female vampire, Carmilla. Representations of the vampire, female sexuality and desire in Victorian Gothic Horror.
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Five things Angela Carter taught me about horror.
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The things Anne Rice taught me about horror.
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Inspired by classic Egyptian horror stories such as Lot 249 and The Ring Of Thoth, I published The Shade In The Sands And Other Stories last year. It is a collection of short Gothic stories centred around the historical phenomenon of Victorian and Edwardian Egyptomania. You can read a sample of The Shade In The…
