Researching Mary Shelley
Most people know her as the author of Frankenstein. That is just a small part of her story. Mary Shelley was a woman unlike others of her time. She thumbed her nose at convention. She couldn't be categorized by the…
A Very Mary Shelley Christmas
The year Mary Shelley wrote her now infamous novel - Frankenstein was called "The Year Without Summer". It was, in fact, cold and dreary the entire year and even though she began writing the novel in June it's felt that…
TOP 5 GOTHIC HISTORICAL TO READ FOR FREE
One definition of Gothic is- of or relating to a style of fiction characterized by the use of desolate or remote settings and macabre, mysterious, or violent incidents – Gothic novels That’s the definition we like best! We’ve chosen five of our favorite historical Gothic…
Writing Historical Gothic – Research and Challenges
I've always known the story of how Mary Shelley's League of Supernatural Hunters came to be. I've written a short story about it and thought that would be the end of it. But my agent had other plans. He wanted…
The Vampyre by John William Polidori
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