Literature

British and Irish writers have created some of the most loved and revered horror tales ever known. From Dracula to Frankenstein to the ghost stories of MR James and Charles Dickens, our books are spooky. Here we cover the classics all the way to the modern day with interviews with authors and profiles of new books.

The Count Speaks: Inside The Lost Diaries of Dracula
The Vampyre (1810): John Staag’s Gothic Tale of Love, Death and the Undead
The Giaour: Byron’s Undead Curse and the Birth of the Gothic Vampire
Chilling Beauty of Percy Shelley’s The Cold Earth Slept Below
Christabel: Coleridge’s Unfinished Vampire Poem
The Magician: W. Somerset Maugham’s Lost Horror Classic
7 Chilling Victorian Ghost Stories Perfect for Christmas
The Lost Tradition of Ghost Stories at Christmas
A Good House for Children by Kate Collins BOOK REVIEW
Poppy The Ghost Hunter of Dunster Brings Haunted Tales to Life
Dracula: A Timeless Gothic Masterpiece
The Day Agatha Christie Disappeared: A Real-Life Mystery
Why I Love Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
T.P. Cooke and O. Smith: Pioneers of Stage Monsters
20 Creepy Facts About Dracula
From Fire Arms Officer to Paranormal Author: Ian Backhouse INTERVIEW
Don’t Go By Carterhaugh: The Lives of Tam Lin
Robert Burns’ Halloween: Haunting Origins of Tradition
20 Surprising Facts About The Castle of Otranto
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: 19 Things You Didn’t Know
Dracula’s Stage Journey: From Lyceum to Broadway
The Castle of Otranto: The Birth of Gothic Fiction
10 Mary Shelley Essential Facts You Need To Know
Religious Horror and the Ecogothic BOOK REVIEW