Douglas Copeland John Leahy Reed studied his tired eyes in the taxi’s passenger rear-view mirror. Underneath the bloodshot orbs were heavy bags. He was always pretty good at sleeping on planes, but he’d known getting on the plane at LaGuardia that he wouldn’t be sleeping much on the flight. This supposition had proved […]
Butterfly Tim Jeffreys Camber called goodnight over her shoulder, then ushered Tina out of The Pineapple’s back door. Before the club’s door slammed behind her, Tina heard Nadine’s tart reply from inside. “Goodnight gentlemen.” “Did you hear that?” Tina said to Camber. “What a bitch.” “Oh, ignore her,” Camber said. “She’s full of […]
I’ll Bring It In Rebecca Parfitt ‘If you leave your washing out overnight you will invite the Devil in.’ Old Proverb Cate watched the clean air-dried bedsheets become soaked and heavy in the rainstorm. There was nothing she could do about it. She couldn’t move for her baby, Esme, suckling at her […]
The Hala Tree Walks In Darkness Joseph Demarco Hala (noun) Sin, offense, fault, error. Ho’ohala. To cause to sin. (verb) To pass, elapse (as time); to pass by; to miss; to pass away, die. (noun) The pandanus or screw pine, native to Hawaii growing at low altitudes both cultivated and wild. It is […]
Royal Palm Court A. A. de Levine The neighbors’ lions and horses are a dusty rose color with a high sheen. When the midday sun hits them, they glow pink. They hold stately ionic columns upon their backs, faces stoic despite the weight they carry. A porte-cochère, it’s called. That’s French. Royal Palm […]
Heather Parr Dear reader, Hello and welcome to the first edition of the New Gothic Review! As is perhaps expected, we are long time admirers of Gothic literature and the phenomenal works that have emerged from the genre. Inspired by our love for these classic tales, we built this magazine to cultivate stories that reimagined […]
This one has been on the pile for a while now— I suppose I just got bit with the inspiration bug all of a sudden… . Written in 1721, A Journal of the Plague Year was an attempt by the writer Daniel Defoe to alert an indifferent London populace to the horrors of the plague, […]
A beautiful and rare collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories, translated into the French by none other than Charles Baudelaire(!) and gorgeously illustrated by Albert Dubout. Published in 1948. These are just a handful of the wonderful illustrations.
Happy Holidays to everyone! Returning with a #gothic novel that was devoured rather quickly amid the holiday cheer—though there’s little holiday cheer to be found in this one. The Loney is an exceptionally bleak and foreboding seaside gothic. Two brothers, one over protective (our narrator), the other helplessly mute, are in a constant state of unease during […]
Happy holidays! Gearing up for that precious holiday reading time and book gift giving. What are your go to book gifts (definitely want to hear about those #gothic picks)? This Danish gothic collection tends to be a popular one on the bookshelves these days, and I always gravitate toward it on these harsh weather cold days. Karen […]
