Mexican Gothic
In 1950 Mexico, glamorous Noemi Taboada leaves Mexico City for High Place after a desperate letter, to rescue cousin Catalina from the chilling Doyles and…
2,523-word summary · 11 min read
gothic + horror
8 books tagged both “gothic” and “horror”.
'Salem's Lot
A writer returns to Jerusalem's Lot as an old house fills with vampires.
2,046-word summary · 9 min read
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A London lawyer traces a violent stranger to his respectable friend in Stevenson's 1886 tale of two selves.
2,286-word summary · 10 min read
Interview with the Vampire
Louis tells a reporter how Lestat made him and how Claudia doomed them all in New Orleans and Paris.
2,195-word summary · 10 min read
Dracula
Count Dracula sails for England in letters and diaries, and Van Helsing leads the hunt to stop him.
2,860-word summary · 13 min read
Frankenstein
Frankenstein retold: Victor builds, the creature wakes, Arctic letters, demand and refusal.
1,901-word summary · 8 min read
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Jacob Portman finds his grandfather dead in the woods, follows a cryptic letter to a ruined orphanage in Wales, and meets children living inside a repeating…
2,331-word summary · 10 min read
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray retold: Basil paints, Henry talks, wish holds youth while canvas bears years.
2,061-word summary · 9 min read