Tag: ghost stories
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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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They key differences between Gothic fiction and other sub-genres like romance, horror and mystery lies in the atmosphere.
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Liverpool’s haunted history and how it influenced the Gothic Mystery novel The Spider.
