Hauntings are not restricted to the dead: economic, social, cultural factors, and the very past itself can come to bear on the present. In this interview with Robert McLaughlin, author and lecturer, we discuss hauntology and suburban life.

Like the specters that have been known to haunt the Gothic fiction genre, Gothic modes have a tendency of cropping up where they might be least expected. For Dr. Julia Round, this means investigating comics and children’s literature.

Driven by a passion to bridge the gap between academia and fandom in horror, Dr. Aalya Ahmad has spent much of her career teaching students from a variety of backgrounds about what the genre has to offer, as well as diving into the intersection of feminist theory and horror.

There is something both viscerally compelling and haunting about religious horror, whether it simply be flavored with something like Catholic iconography or saturated with a terrifying belief system baked into the very writing.

Both Halloween and Veteran’s Day have come and gone, but around the end of October, I found myself thinking about the role of war in horror.

I recently had the chance to talk with magazine founding editor Maria Pérez Cuervo about what inspired the creation of [Hellebore] magazine, plans for the future, and how folk horror inspires her.