What Makes a Story Gothic? With Cynthia Gomez

Nox is joined by Cynthia Gómez, author of Muñeca, to talk about all things Gothic literature. What makes a novel Gothic? Is it an itemized list of 14 requirements? Do women always have to be victimized in it? How do we get around these Eurocentric conventions? Nox and Cynthia discuss all of this and more in today's episode.

Books Mentioned:

Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

V.C. Andrews - start with Flowers in the Attic

Isabel Cañas - start with The Hacienda

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

Antifa Splatterpunk edited by Kathe Koja

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo

Pour One for the Devil by Theodore Van Alst