Gothic Roots of Horror

Dear Friends, I’m happy to share that Shadow in the Gully, my standalone short, is now available as a supernatural coming-of-age horror story on Audible. Narrated by the talented Brian Roesel, this short supernatural horror audiobook follows Corey Teague, a bullied twelve-year-old trying to survive in Clydebank, a small town where cruelty comes easy and […]

Gothic Horror, Bram Stoker, Dracula, and the Roots of Modern Horror Modern horror comes from the Gothic of the eighteenth century. It grew out of the Romantic period of English Literature, whose authors were focussed on how to write about the sublime, the beautiful, and the picturesque, as well as the strong feelings these aesthetics