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The Horror Zine, founded by award-winning editor and writer Jeani Rector, is currently reading for a monsters anthology. Full guidelines are on their site. We are looking for monsters, creatures, beasts, mutants, monstrosities, frightening oddities, malformations, altered insects or animals, mythical creatures, monsters from space or from bodies of water, or something we can’t even […]
April 15th, 2023 | Filed under Books,Professional | Read More »

In the middle of the spooky season, most people are craving some creepy and dark reads or movies that will fill their Gothic passion. On the other hand, we are always are on the lookout for some dark fantastical elements, regardless of the season. So it is a plus to know your components of traditional […]
January 28th, 2022 | Filed under Books,Headline,Lifestyle | Read More »

KillStar has a fun new series of lace-up tunics with cat themes. I love that they have sizes ranging from XS all the way through 4XL. The whole collection is made of black soft jersey, which is a sort of T-shirt material. The long tunic style can be worn with jeans or leggings or stockings […]
March 11th, 2019 | Filed under Headline,Lifestyle | Read More »

So far, HBO does not disappoint in their adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects book. The second episode is called Dirt and dives into a funeral for a murdered girl and Camille Preaker, played by Amy Adams, working on overcoming the pains and contradictions of the small town life she escaped and is now forced […]
July 15th, 2018 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline,Media | Read More »

I always recommend reading the book, so I’m going to recommend you read all of deliciously dark writer Gillian Flynn’s oevre. That said, who couldn’t be excited about Sharp Objects being adapted into an HBO miniseries starring Amy Addams Adams. I love the way Amy Adams emotes as an actress, so I always want to […]
July 8th, 2018 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline,Horror | Read More »

Edgy punk and underground humor zine Black Leather Times is compiling all their many issues into one huge compendium, with help from crowdfunding leader Kickstarter and we’re looking forward to getting our hands on the project. One of my favorite issues is all about cannibalism and includes detailed ‘How To’ instructions on making authentic shrunken […]
July 28th, 2015 | Filed under Headline,Horror,Zines | Read More »

Blue Blood has published California Deathrock, a gorgeous hardcover book of portraiture by Amelia G and Forrest Black. Both have served on our Gothic.net Panel of Experts (which we really should post more of) and both are famous for their individualistic portraits of counterculture people. Where a lot of photographers just see black lipstick, Forrest […]
June 16th, 2015 | Filed under Books,Headline,Images,Lifestyle | Read More »

Just because something’s Gothic doesn’t mean it doesn’t know how to have a good time. In fact, some of the most rewarding virtual escapes are offered through horror and darker themed games that embrace the Gothic aesthetic and develop detailed worlds that are equally scary and exciting. These are a few picks of our favorite […]
June 4th, 2015 | Filed under Games,Headline,Lifestyle | Read More »

We were just reminded by Gothic.Org that, even though the new Martha Stewart Living Halloween special comes out this week, we can get started with last year’s and get to all those Halloween projects we might have procrastinated. Most notably, the issue has an online portion with templates for creating all the crafts described in […]
September 29th, 2014 | Filed under Images,Lifestyle,Zines | Read More »

This December, the unpleasant divorce battle between artists Margaret Keane and Walter Keane will be coming to the big screen, directed by Tim Burton. It is generally agreed that Margaret Keane painted the wildly successful series of big-eyed waif children, staring tragically out of the frame at the viewer. During the 1960’s, at the height […]
September 24th, 2014 | Filed under Headline,Horror,Images,Movies | Read More »