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Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 30 Apr 24

So of course being in Whitby we had to visit the ruins of the abbey, famous in ‘Goth’ circles and among Dracula fans (@Tampa_girl7). It’s just one of many ruined abbeys, monasteries and priories scattered around Britain, forcibly...

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A windy week in Whitby!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 27 Apr 24

We recently spent a week’s holiday in Whitby, on the north-east coast of England. When I mentioned our plans to anyone I quickly found that we seemed to be just about the only people in our village who have never been there –...

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Gothic Style Art Design ~ 6/8/19

Courtney Dutton @MommyOfEli2013 (89450) • Rupert, Idaho 8 Jun 19

Hey everyone, I hope you are all having a great Saturday! Things are alright here. Just chilling now.....got some cleaning done earlier. Went out and about for lunch. Took some meats out of the freezer to thaw so I can do...

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Devolution - WIP

Alex Ledante @ledante (1086) • Taipei, Taiwan 21 Nov 18

Recently I posted an alternate version of this piece, which I felt was a little too dark. This version has an additional light source and a different camera angle, what do you think now? By way of comparison, here is a link to...

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Descent - WIP

Alex Ledante @ledante (1086) • Taipei, Taiwan 19 Nov 18

I wanted to do a gothic girl at the bottom of some stairs. This isn't done yet, still a work in progress but it seems like I've caught most of the idea already...

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Follycon Convention Diary Friday 30th March 2018 Eastercon

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Apr 18

The Science Fiction Convention began properly today. A few other attendees were now staying at the same bed and breakfast I had chosen, and I sat chatting with one lady who was at breakfast before walking round the corner to the...

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Rebecca 1940 ~ Movie Review

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 14 Jul 17

The Alfred Hitchcock directed movie from the novel by Dame Daphne du Maurier. I love to watch this movie. The ancient, imposing mansion that is the backdrop for this gothic mystery thriller is glorious. Manderley is the beautiful...

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TV Review - Dr Who - World Enough And Time

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 26 Jun 17

Spoiler alerts Dr Who Got to this Andrew Marvell quotation for a title before James Bond could. I really liked the mood of general creepiness and shock here. That John Simm’s Master was returning was rather over-splashed in...

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An Insomniac's Midnight Interlude

josefina @josie_ (10033) • Philippines 7 Mar 17

Everyone asleep except me. What does an insomniac do at this unholy hour? Write a poem (but of course!) and interact with other mylot nightowls or early morning larks depending on what part of the world you live in. Tonight...

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Horace Walpole On Gothic Architecture

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 9 Feb 17

I read an essay by Horace Walpole on what he considers to be the roots of Gothic architecture. He should know, having single handedly launched the modern (18th century) vogue for Gothic literature. In his essay on the State Of...

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Horror Novel Review Horace Walpole The Castle Of Otranto

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 3 Nov 16

Spoiler alerts - 1764 – Oxford World Classics Crumbling castles, mad princes, ghosts everywhere – seen it all before in every horror story and Roger Corman movie right? Yes, but Otranto is the first such work – the officially...

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Ghost Story Review: "The Old English Baron" by Clara Reeve

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 20 Oct 16

Sir Phillip Harclay returns to England after a long absence to find his dearest friend, Arthur Lovel, is deceased. His castle and lands have be sold by his heir to the heir’s brother-in-law, Baron Fitz-Owen. Sir Phillip, after...

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TV’s Darkest Characters - Sherriff Lucas Buck – American Gothic

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 17 Oct 16

Who or what exactly Lucas Buck is isn’t clear. Is he a vampire? A demon? Satan incarnate? He sure as Hell isn’t human. Worse, he is the Sherriff of the town of Trinity, and it’s worse nightmare. Buck has raped the mother of his...

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Horror Story Review: "Carmilla" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 11 Oct 16

Laura, daughter of a minor English nobleman who lives on an isolated estate in the beautiful Styrian countryside of Austria, relates this horror story of an accidental guest. Laura is an only child; her mother died when she was an...

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Gothic Horror Novel Review: "The Castle of Otranto" by Horace Walpole

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 15 Sep 16

This opens with a wedding: Prince Manfred is about to marry off his beloved only son Conrad to the Princess Isabella. This will help insure not only his dynastic future, but help him maintain his hold on the principality of...

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Ghost Story Review: "Debt of Honor" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 8 Jul 16

This ghost story (the subtitle assures the reader it is thus) begins in a suitably gothic manner: hearing cries of sorrow in a churchyard. The narrator, Reginald Westcar, is making a tour of the European continent, having just...

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Photo Study – Jade Hunter

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 21 Mar 16

A straight forward pose with the lovely Gothic model’s purple top blending neatly to the purple steps in Castlefield, Manchester, used as the background here. Jade looks perfectly at ease and relaxed in her white-face-paint make...

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Ghost Story Review: "The Cedar Closet" by Lafcadio Hearn

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 18 Feb 16

The narrator of this lurid ghost story/love story is an orphan along with her brother, Archibald, with whom she shares a home. A school friend of Archie’s, Robert Dray, proposes to her. She and Archie live in an old parsonage on...

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Saint Luke's Church, Moston, Manchester,

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 5 Sep 15

The photo is of a local quite Gothic looking little Catholic church near my home. The photo is mine. I keep adding photo credits and most photos I share are my own I have noticed that Mylot doesn't insist on photo credits which...

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Explanation from the source one heart, too much love. Filled with kill joy!

CandyLand420 @CandLand420 (4) • United States 15 Aug 15

Listen up, please!: When I open my heart and share the pain, it's not living in the past, I'm not asking for sympathy or anyone to feel sorry. It's my way of proving the story from my side the source. How It all went down and this...

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