Tag: egyptian gothic
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Shirley Jackson published The Haunting Of Hill House in 1959, and thanks to a recent Netflix adaptation, its popularity lives on. Known especially for its hallmark Gothic horror story and the unreliable narrator, this psychologically suspenseful ghost story is a modern classic. Hunting for evidence of the occult, Dr Montague invites three participants to Hill…
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Gothic horror books and governesses go hand in hand with ghosts and other supernatural weirdness, don’t they? If you’re a fan of classic and modern Gothic horror, you need to know about these books.
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Speculative fiction is a term we now use to describe several genres and sub-genres of literature. Think of it as an all-encompassing umbrella term for: Speculative fiction simply means: somewhere other than the world you live in right now. I have a Masters degree in Popular Literatures (after completing a BA hons in English Literature)…
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Horror romance is a broad church these days, covering everything such as Twilight teen vampire romance to Warm Bodies, The Phantom Of The Opera and Dowry Of Blood. The undisputed queen of horror romance for me though is Anne Rice.
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Did you know that in the 19th century, mummy horror was more famous than vampire horror when it came to supernatural fiction books?
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These five Egyptian Gothic Horror stories are inspired by the greats who have gone before me, and I hope that I have been able to add something new to this sub-genre of Gothic Egyptomania:
