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THE WORK AND VISION
ALICIA DOMÍNGUEZ PÉREZ
Among other things, I'm a writer, researcher, and guide through the shadowy terrains of the soul.
With a background in English philology and a Master’s in Jungian psychology, my work bridges Gothic literature, mythology, death studies, and the personal unconscious. I help those navigating midlife, loss, or inner crisis reconnect with their inner myth through stories, symbols, and the wisdom of the dark.
I’ve always been drawn to the hidden layers of experience: the grief that has no name, the dream that lingers for days, the silence inside transformation. My approach combines analytical psychology, archetypal storytelling, and the haunting beauty of the Gothic to create spaces where people can explore their own descent and return.
I believe our stories—especially the ones we fear to tell—hold the keys to our healing. Through my workshops, writing, and creative offerings, I invite others into a conversation with their shadow, their creativity, and their mythic identity. This is not self-help. It’s soul work. If you’re here, something in you is ready to remember.
Books and Essays
Women in Supernatural: Critical Essays
Collection of critical essays directed by Amanda Taylor and Susan Nylander.
The project is under contract with McFarland Publishers and is currently under peer review.
Demeter Press
Interdisciplinary anthology themed around Mothers, Mothering, Horror and Terror in Television, Film, and Literature. Currently under review.
Rewilding
Essay collection focused on the environmental and the ecological that will collect different views on what a “going back to” or “a return to something” might constitute and potentially how that might configure some kind of future.
The project is currently being produced and sent for review in 2025.
Diversidad Literaria
My first solo short Gothic story collection. It is in its initial stages.
Books
Alfar el Grande (2022)
Flash fiction story published in an anthology called Crónicas Microvampíricas, a micro-story contest about vampires organized by Diversidad Literaria.
Diario para madres escritoras II, un nuevo comienzo
Collaborative crowdfunding literary project published in May 2023 by Diversidad Literaria.
Magazines
You Are Gothic But You Don't Know It
Owner, editor and writer of this virtual monthly magazine aimed at curious people who want to explore the depths of the human psyche. The magazine aims to analyse the intersection of literature, culture, and psychology, as a way to explore these themes for personal insight and development.
The production and edition of this magazine ran from June 2022 to June 2023.
This project is currently under review and future issues will start being available very soon.
Educational Materials
Language based
As a director, pedagogical coordinator and English teacher in my own language school, I created all the centre's material, based on our methodology for over 9 years. This went from dossiers to tailored programmes for summer exchanges, businesses and other activities for students of all ages and profiles.
Seminars
Romancing the Gothic
Virtual presentation at the Romancing the Gothic project on January 12, 2021.
Presentation name: The Gothic and Second Language Acquisition.
X Congreso sobre Arte, Literatura y Cultura Alternativa
Speaker for the 10th Congress of Art, Literature and Alternative Culture that took place between November 10 and 12, 2021 at the Complutense University of Madrid, in online format.
Communication title: Evolution of the ghost as a social figure
from medieval times to the present day.
Aquatic Surfaces and Depths: Haunted Shores 2023 Online Conference
Speaker for the conference on the 7th and 8th of April 2023 in virtual format.
Communication name: Archetypes of the sea and the unconscious mind in the TV series "Supernatural."
Congreso FOGO 2023: Folclore y gótico: entornos y presencias sobrenaturales en europa y las américas
Speaker during the 5th, 6th and 7th of July in virtual format.
Name of the paper: “Dones d’aigua”, folklore and archetypes of the female representation in Mercè Rodoreda’s Mirall Trencat.
Short Story Readings
Horror Community Christmas Calendar
This is a short story reading project that started in 2021.
The project is organised by writer Lex Jones and it gathers horror writers worldwide in a familiar and friendly environment, where we all read each other's stories and record them.
The stories are edited and uploaded by also author and YouTuber, George Daniel Lea over the Christmas period.