I LOVE The Little Stranger and like Holly have put Benighted on my list. The House by Tananarive Due is a super-interesting take on haunted house tales. I recently read T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead, a novella riffing on The Fall of the House of Usher, with fungus--very teachable if you're thinking that way! The all-time scariest for me is probably The Shining and I don't even know why except for that hose scene.
I'm excited to dig into this genre! I've never read any of the books on the list. Benighted is kind of calling my name: funny, short, and Welsh? Sign me up! I just downloaded the audiobook! I love this project. It's totally getting me into the fall spirit!
How cool to include Machado's memoir on the opening list, immediately expanding the boundaries of the gothic to include nonfiction. (Also, love that Jackson novel -- though I like We Have Always Lived in the Castle even more.)
I LOVE The Little Stranger and like Holly have put Benighted on my list. The House by Tananarive Due is a super-interesting take on haunted house tales. I recently read T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead, a novella riffing on The Fall of the House of Usher, with fungus--very teachable if you're thinking that way! The all-time scariest for me is probably The Shining and I don't even know why except for that hose scene.
I'm excited to dig into this genre! I've never read any of the books on the list. Benighted is kind of calling my name: funny, short, and Welsh? Sign me up! I just downloaded the audiobook! I love this project. It's totally getting me into the fall spirit!
How cool to include Machado's memoir on the opening list, immediately expanding the boundaries of the gothic to include nonfiction. (Also, love that Jackson novel -- though I like We Have Always Lived in the Castle even more.)