#gothic books
it’s almost midnight and I just finished reading “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley. tomorrow I have a history test, but currently it’s much more important to try to understand if I feel more sorry for Victor or for his creature.
hi everyone!
I just downloaded Goodreads, added some of the books and comics I have read and gave them a rating. I haven’t understood well how the app works yet, but if you want to add me to exchange readings and chat, I leave you the link below <3
I’ll tell you one more thing I remember, from when we were both in bed, curled around one copy of his thousand-year-old poetry.
“Hu gæstlicbið—How ghastly it will be?” I estimated.
“No, ‘gæst’ means 'spirit’. Flaescandgæst, flesh and spirit.”
“Oh! So, how ghostly it will be…” I cheated and looked at the translation, “…when all the world’s wealth lies waste.”
“Not quite. Gæstlic is spiritual.”
“Howspiritual it will be?”
It didn’t make any sense, but he held me very close.
“When all the world’s wealth lies waste,” he finished.
— from The Ruin by E. Saxey
An anthology from British Indie publisher of speculative fiction Nyx, kickstarted late 2019 and released in 2020 right as the world was preoccupied, Unspeakable A Queer Gothic Anthology may have been one of the many such releases that were missed. Containing 18 short tales including ghosts, vampires, werewolves, other creatures of lore, the occult along with all too human murder, madness and turmoil queering the Gothic genre which has been ripe for such readings and study. A solid anthology with a cornucopia of rep that should also have something to please one’s tastes be it monstrous loves, mysteries, macabre horror and many a great house, though not necessarily a woman fleeing from them. Don’t let its rather bright rainbow cover with a drawing of a human skull crowned with flowers confuse you, this is a book matching well with the autumn season as days darken and a chill sets in. And to fill one’s reading needs for more evenings 2022 will see a second volume entitled Unthinkable, bringing more gothic delights.
Included:
‘Let Down’ by Claire Hamilton Russell
Rapunzel retelling.
‘Moonlight’ by Ally Kölzow
An abandoned house on a stormy night where a particular ghost in white still haunts.
‘An Account of Service at Meryll Point’, as recollected and set down by C.L.
After the master of the house dies what secrets are in the locked tower room none could enter.
‘The White Door’ by Lindsay King-Miller
A con woman takes a position at a castle with a widowed Duke.
‘Doctor Barlowe’s Mirror’ by Avery Kit Malone
An assistant to a scientist working on a bizarre and dangerous looking glass.
‘Laguna and the Engkanto’ by Katalina Watt
Inspired by Filipino folklore.
‘The Moon in the Glass’ by Jude Reid
Tragedy as a new bride suffers growing hysteria after her sister-in-law is found drowned on the former’s wedding night.
‘Brideprice’ by S.T. Gibson
Dracula inspired piece from the perspective of vampire brides.
‘Lure of the Abyss’ by Jenna MacDonald
The beleaguered captain of a boat and a sapphic mermaid.
‘Hearteater’ by Eliza Temple
A once magnificent house fallen to disrepair with its lonely lady and a werewolf on the prowl.
‘Quicksilver Prometheus’ by Katie Young
An artist renting a room in a seaside town from a woman who experienced family tragedy but, he may not be the only occupant.
‘Homesick’ by Sam Hirst
Bookish ghosts.
‘Rodeo’ by Ryann Fletcher
A young woman with an abusive minister father becomes enamored with a rider at the rodeo who exudes carnality.
‘Lady of Letters; or, the Twenty-First Century Homunculus’ by Heather Valentine
A digital spectre for the internet age.
‘Taylor Hall’ by Jen Glifort
Repressed feelings and another haunted house, but this one less foreboding and more a great home.
‘The Ruin’ by E. Saxey
A dark and unnerving m/m romance that starts at a book club for apocalyptic fiction.
‘The Dream Eater’ by Anna Moon
Asexual protagonist meets genderless life-draining demon.
‘Leadbitter House’ by Mason Hawthorne
An inherited haunted house story that also explores in a gory manner the body and gender.
Unspeakable A Queer Gothic Anthology edited by Celine Frohn is available in print and digital from Nyx Publishing
