Shuffling the Gothic Cards in “One Dark Window” – Chicago Review of Books

Shuffling the Gothic Cards in “One Dark Window” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] The opening chapter of Rachel Gillig’s debut novel One Dark Window, is itself a dark window, inviting readers to look into the misty woods where shadows stalk, explore the medieval town of Blunder with its superstitions and prejudices, and collect the arcane “Providence” cards (not unlike a Tarot deck or a set of Oracle … Read more

Canonical Queerness and Gothic Horror in “Plain Bad Heroines” – Chicago Review of Books

Canonical Queerness and Gothic Horror in “Plain Bad Heroines” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In 1902 at The Brookhants School for Girls, The Story of Mary MacLane is found on the bodies of Flo and Clara, two girls, in love, stung to death by yellow jackets in an apple orchard. The little red book mysteriously disappears, only to be found again and again by the women who need … Read more