The final Grasping the Gothic post reflects on the efficacy of public readings when used in the promotion of fiction. Can we do it more honestly?
Reading without the room
Category: Grasping the Gothic
Undead again
How the opening of a play about the restless dead re-emerged after three decades to spawn the start of a story, and why a six year old boy was wrapped in clingfilm.
One of those dreams
The first twelfth of the second story in Modern Gothic, an anthology of darkly mysterious fiction published by Fly on the Wall Press.
Gloomth and the Six Pillars of (Modern) Gothic
Lecture notes from ‘Gloomth and the Six Pillars of Gothic’ House of Books and Friends, Manchester, in association with Fly on the Wall Press 29 October 2024
Modern Gothic revealed
A glimpse into the entrails of our ghoulish collection.
Perpetual shorts
The lingering chills of the short Gothic story.
Lean Expectations
Great gloom on film.
Gormenghastly
An appreciation of Mervyn Peake’s unique contribution to the Gothic genre.
We’ll always have Whitby
Grasping the Gothic Part four: the undead.
The Godfather of Gloomth
Grasping the Gothic part three: revival and rebirth. Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill.
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