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Curl Up Tight: Great Gothic Tales for Winter

Dig into some delicious gothic tales perfect for winter reading.

Dark Board Books for the Gothic Toddler

If your baby bat wants a spooky story to sink their fangs into, or your gothic toddler needs some broody bedtime stories, here are 6 to get them started!

10 Gothic Books in Honor of Mary Shelley

Creepy, gothic reads to celebrate Mary Shelley's upcoming 220th birthday.

Gothic Fiction and The Castle of Otranto

On the bonkers-bananasness that is The Castle of Otranto

12 Things You Should Know about the Silver Bible

The Silver Bible Wulfila Gothic Theoderic the Great Uppsala University Library Ravenna Ostrogoths Sweden Queen Christina Thirty Years War Rudolph II 

13 Books to Read If You Loved Crimson Peak

Loved Crimson Peak but don't know where to start book-wise? We've got your covered.

We Need More Gothic Comics (Hello, CRIMSON PEAK!)

With the release of Crimson Peak, it has come to the attention of Panelteer Jess that there need to be more Gothic comics.

Reading Pathways: Edgar Allan Poe

Where to start with the work of Edgar Allan Poe

Prisms and Bon-Bons: (Re)Reading V.C. Andrews’ MY SWEET AUDRINA

Two Rioters read and discuss V.C. Andrews' masterpiece. Or should that be "masterpiece"?