It's scarier when you can't hide.That's the idea behind Prairie Gothic, the new anthology of psychological and supernatural horror from Prairie Soul Press. Gothic tales, set in decaying, abandoned settings and characters with dark secrets mingle on the high Canadian Prairies.Something wicked this way comes ...Featuring the talents of: PJ VernonSarah L. JohnsonMike ThornChris Patrick CarolanChris MarrsCalvin D. JimStacey KondlaMarty ChanTaija MorganKonn LaveryJim JacksonRobert BoseRhonda ParrishElizabeth Whitto

It's scarier when it can't hide from you. That's the idea behind Prairie Gothic, the new anthology of psychological and supernatural horror from Prairie Soul Press. Gothic tales, set in decaying, abandoned settings and characters with dark secrets mingle on the high Canadian Prairies. Something wicked this way comes ... Featuring the talents of: PJ Vernon Sarah L. Johnson Mike Thorn Chris Patrick Carolan Chris Mars Calvin D. Jim Stacey Kondla Marty Chan Taija Morgan Konn Lavery Jim Jackson Robert Bose Rhonda Parrish Elizabeth Whitton

This anthology revitalises the stale gothic romance genre with stories span-ning across centuries and the world. A Sioux woman returns from the grave seeking true love. A young boy and his ghostly boyfriend dodge American soldiers and landmines in 1970s Vi-etnam. A young mother in slavery faces demons on the eve of liberation in 1800s Jamaica. A Brazilian writer-in-exile discovers his sanctuary's dark secrets - and the burning touch of a ghostly lord.

A fascinating journey into the dark heart of the American gothic that analyzes its connections to race and racism in 21st-century America Haunted houses, bitter revenants and muffled heartbeats under floorboards—the American gothic is a macabre tale based on a true story. Part memoir and part cultural critique, Darkly explores American culture’s inevitable gothicity in the traces left from chattel slavery. The persistence of white supremacy and the ubiquity of Black death feeds a national culture of terror and a perpetual undercurrent of mourning. If the gothic narrative is metabolized fear, if the goth aesthetic is

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A man runs for his life from the promise of death held by trees; a lost VHS tape offers footage of a lost, grisly history; a diaspora clings to magical shards of homeand more in this collection of genre fiction by authors from across the Canadian Prairies.

The first multi-genre historical anthology of Alberta writing since 1979, this long-overdue anthology explores what writers--past and present--can tell us about what it means to be Albertan--and Canadian.