You Are Gothic But You Don't Know It

Issue 1 - June 2022

In this first issue I tell you about:

• The Wheel of Time in Gothic Literature

• Finding Your Tribe

• What makes a text Gothic

• The active role of nature in Gothic literature

• My interview with Dr Felix Gómez

• Creating awareness for busy writers

• Fire in Gothic fiction and its connection with the Gothic tradition

• A review of The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohleben 

Issue 2 - July 2022

In this second issue I tell you about:

• Existentialism, the Gothic loop and their connection with immortality

• The importance of defining horror, terror and the Gothic 

• The Gothic elements in "Stranger Things"

• The myths behind the Upside Down

• Book review: Encuentro con la Sombra 

• Cognitive flexibility and resilience

• Mermaids and sirens - the dark side you may not know about

• Time for the Gothic tale 

Issue 3 - August 2022

In this third issue I tell you about:

• Do you really know what Gothic is? 

• Interview with author, researcher and academic Tracy Fahey

• Book review: Unheimlich Manoeuvres in the Dark 

• The 5 corners of the pentagram and the eternal circle of life

• Create at your own speed

• The Gothic literary male and female mind

• Let the swallows guide your steps

• Time for the Gothic tale 

Issue 4 - September 2022

In this fourth issue I tell you about:

• Embrace who you are, dive into the Gothic and find your balance 

• Sleep deprivation and monsters of the mind 

• Interview with horror researcher Tugce Kutlu

• Time for the Gothic tale 

Issue 5 - October 2022

In this fifth issue I tell you about:

• The first Halloween 

• Evolution of Halloween until the Middle Ages 

• Defining Halloween

• My favourite Halloween recipes 

Issue 6 - November 2022

In this sixth issue I tell you about:

• November : a month to go inwards

• Book review: Horror, A Literary History edited by Xavier Aldana Reyes

• Uncertainty and the Gothic Mind

• Gothic existentialism: The smell of the dead

• Gothic tale: a continuation