Gothic Press

JOURNALS

GOTHIC (1979-1987) Scholarly journal, featuring essays and reviews, ranging in topic from the early Gothic novel through the English ghost story to contemporary horror fiction.  Articles on Lovecraft, Poe, King, Horace Walpole, Le Fanu, Ann Radcliffe, Robert Louis Stevenson, the Victorian ghost story, etc.  Nos. 5 & 6 $3.00 ea.  Nos. 1-4 are sold out but a bound photocopy of the first four issues may be purchased for $15.00.

THE HORROR FICTION NEWSLETTER (1989-1995) Newsletter of news and reviews in the horror literature genre.

NIGHT SONGS (1991-1997) Horror poetry magazine featuring some of the leading poets in the field, as well as talented newcomers.  Entire run produced on demand in a single paper covered volume.  $15.00.

LE FANU STUDIES (2006-     ).  www.lefanustudies.com. Online journal and annotated bibliographical database of scholarship about famous Victorian mystery and ghost story writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

THE GOTHIC CHAPBOOK SERIES

Gothic Press publishes staple-bound booklets of fiction, poetry, and scholarship of 80 pages or less.  The books are well-produced and are printed in limited editions of 300 copies or less.

BOOKS BY BRUCE BOSTON

Bruce Boston is the author of over forty books and chapbooks.  His poetry and fiction have appeared most visibly in Asimov's SF, Amazing Stories, Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Science Fiction Age, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and the Nebula Awards Showcase.  His collection Pitchblende won the 2004 Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association. Other awards include a Pushcart Prize, the Asimov's Readers' Choice Award, and the Rhysling Award.  He lives in Ocala, Florida, City of Trees, with his wife, the writer-artist Marge Simon. His website is www.bruceboston.com.

CONDITIONS OF SENTIENT LIFE

Original and previously uncollected poems and prose poems. Illustrated by Marge Simon.

48 pages (1996) $6.00

COLD TOMORROWS

Original and previously uncollected poems.

36 pages (1998) $6.00

ETIQUETTE WITH YOUR ROBOT WIFE AND THIRTY MORE SF/FANTASY/HORROR LISTS

Humorous poems about what not to do in certain familial situations.  One of Boston's most entertaining collections.

42 pages (2005) $5.00 Talisman/Gothic Press

OTHER BOOKS

SUPERNATURAL POETRY

Edited by Gary William Crawford

This anthology of fantasy poetry includes such well-known poets as Robert Frazier, Mark Rich, Denise Dumars, Joey Froehlich, and Janet Fox.

Cover art by John Borkowski.

12 pages (1987) $4.00

BLACK PROMETHEUS: A CRITICAL STUDY OF KARL EDWARD WAGNER

Edited by Benjamin Szumskyj

Since the loss of Karl Edward Wagner (1945-1994), there has been little literary criticism dedicated to the genius of his imagination. No longer. Wagner's works deserve critical recognition and should be applauded for their diversity, originality and sheer emotional terror.

Editor Benjamin Szumskyj has commissioned the finest scholars to study Wagner's body of horror: "'Being Utterly Lost': The Essential Modern Horror of Karl Edward Wagner" by John Howard, "Gunslinger from Prussia: The Adriann Becker Stories of Karl E. Wagner" by James Reasoner, "Karl Edward Wagner and the Haunted Hills (and Kudzu)" by Darrell Schweitzer "Three by Thirteen: The Karl Edward Wagner Lists" by N. G. Christakos, and "Postmodern Pulp: Karl Edward Wagner's 'Sign of the Salamander'" by Dr. Gary Hoppenstand.  Including a rare article by Wagner himself and introduced by long-time friend of Wagner, John F. Mayer.  Black Prometheus: A Critical Study of Karl Edward Wagner is a landmark effort.  The Wagner website may be accessed at www.karledwardwagner.org.

75 pages (2007) $15.00

THE FISHERMAN

by David A. Sutton

The coast in the far west of Wales . . . An old fisherman broods for a wife lost in the restless tides . . . A holidaying couple, as disturbed in their relationship as the lonely, thrashing sea riding up the beach, begin to observe something swimming in the bay . . . A tale of ominous uncertainties and apparitions as restless as the eternal ocean tides . . . .

David A. Sutton lives in Birmingham, England.  He is the recipient of the World Fantasy Award, the International Horror Guild Award and twelve British Fantasy Awards for editing magazines (Fantasy Tales) and anthologies. His debut short story collection is Clinically Dead & Other Tales of the Supernatural.  His website is http://davidasutton.co.uk/index.html.

40 pages (2007) $6.00

THE FLAYED MAN

by Phillip A. Ellis

"To scare is a slim purpose in poetry," wrote Winfield Townley Scott.  And to scare is not the aim in this collection of poems by Phillip A. Ellis.  The pleasures that it offers, after all, are those of all good poetry, speculative or otherwise. Enter the world of The Flayed Man, and let Phillip's poetic vision seduce you with his unique and poetic world view.

Phillip A. Ellis is an Australian poet, critic and scholar.  He hopes to make his reputation as a poet, and in the field of Australian studies.

84 pages (2008) $8.00

THE SOUND OF DEAD HANDS CLAPPING

by Mark Rich

From the exquistely odd to the disquietingly familiar . . . Six tales--lifting the frayed edges of our multi-textured times to reveal hidden regions rarely seen--where dislocated lives drift, struggle, and try to flee--between layers of shifting reality.  Surreal horror tales by a widely published poet and fiction writer. His website is www.sff.net/people/mark.rich/.

72 pages (2009) $8.00

MONSTERS AND VICTIMS

by Charlie Bondhus

Building on the Gothic convention of the "found manuscript," the plot unfolds through a series of electronic documents written by two different "authors." A rumination on the nature of violence, complicity, victimhood, and the impact of digital reality on "actual reality," Monsters and Victims is both a thought-provoking text and a highly entertaining thriller.

Charlie Bondhus has published two books of poetry--What We Have Learned to Love and How the Boy Might See It--both winning awards. He has poetry in a number of magazines and hold an M.F.A. in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

69 pages (2010) $9.00

AKIN TO POETRY: OBSERVATIONS ON SOME STRANGE TALES OF ROBERT AICKMAN

by Philip Challinor

Robert Aickman was one of twentieth century's most distinguished and distinctive writers of weird fiction.  He believed that supernatural stories should work on the unconscious mind in a manner "akin to poetry," and his "strange tales," as he called them, are personal, elegant and elusive. Perhaps for this reason, they have so far received little of the critical attention they deserve.  This book examines eight of Aickman's stories, noting their often indirect cultural an autobiographical allusions, and drawing at least some meaning behind their frequently enigmatic plots. For a review of the book that also appears on Amazon.com, go to www.aickmandata.com/challinorreview.html.

80 pages (2010) $22.50

SHERIDAN LE FANU'S IN A GLASS DARKLY: IRONIC DISTANCE AND THE SUPERNATURAL M.A. THESIS BOUND PHOTOCOPY

The original 1977 M.A. thesis written at Mississippi State University. A bound photocopy of the work.

by Gary William Crawford

69 pages (1977) $25.00

NEW FROM SWAN RIVER PRESS

JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU: A CONCISE BIBLIOGRAPHY

by Gary William Crawford and Brian J. Showers

An abbreviated edition of the orginal Greenwood Press bibliography.  May be purchased direct from Swan River Press: www.brianjshowers.com/swanriverpress.html.  Also available from Amazon.com.

ROBERT AICKMAN: AN INTRODUCTION

Although this book is out of print from Gothic Press, it is now available as a Kindle and E-Pubs book through Ash-Tree Press: www.ash-tree.bc.ca/ashtreecurrent.html.

OUT OF PRINT TITLES

The 1980 Bibliography of Gothic Studies, Gary William Crawford's Robert Aickman: An Introduction, Crawford's Mysteries of Von Domarus, Steve Eng's Yellow Rider, Joey Froehlich's The Fuel of Tender Years (with an introduction by Stephen King), and Scott C. Holstad's Shadows Before the Maiming are now out of print.

ORDERING INFORMATION

All prices postpaid in North America.  Elsewhere add $6.00. Checks must be in U.S. dollars. Make checks payable to Gary W. Crawford.  Payment is also accepted through PayPal.com at gothicpt12@aol.com. Send to Gothic Press, 2272 Quail Oak, Baton Rouge, LA 70808-9023, U.S.A.

Gothic Press chapbooks are also available from Amazon.com (www.amazon.com).

SUBMISSIONS

Gothic Press is not an open market and does not seek unsolicited submissions.  Submissions are sought by invitation only.