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Witchcraft in Literature 101: Gothic Tendencies in Lives of the Mayfair Witches

Anne Rice (1941-2021) is an American writer, whose fiction belongs to the supernatural, horror, and gothic literature.

Horror Fiction 102: The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards

The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards is the perfect representation of a classic Victorian ghost story.

Horror Fiction 102: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the most famous case taken by detective Sherlock Holmes, and a key work for Victorian horror fiction.

Horror Fiction 102: The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

The Fall of the House of Usher is one of Poe's most famous tales and a key work in Horror Fiction.

Horror Fiction 102: Dracula by Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker's Dracula is a key work in the Victorian horror genre and remains the main source for vampiric tales today.

Horror Fiction 102: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The only novel by Oscar Wilde perfectly reflects the dark desires and forbidden pleasures that hid behind closed doors in Victorian England.

Horror Fiction 102: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert L. Stevenson

"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a key work to understand Victorian Horros' duality.

Horror Fiction 101: The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe

Ann Radcliffe and The Mysteries of Udolpho are key to understand the Gothic genre and the complicated concept of the Female Gothic.

Horror Fiction 101: Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley and how it fits into the Horror and Gothic genres.

Horror Fiction 101: "The Shadow in the Corner" by Mary E. Braddon

Ghost Stories and Social Critique in "The Shadow in the Corner" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.