Gary William Crawford's GothicPress.com

Gothic Press was founded in 1979 by Gary William Crawford to publish books and periodicals in the field of Gothic literature.  In the years 1979 to 1987 the press produced six issues of the journal GOTHIC, which featured articles on the Gothic from the eighteenth century to modern horror.  Subsequently, the press published  THE HORROR FICTION NEWSLETTER and the horror poetry magazine NIGHT SONGS.  In recent years, the press has published THE GOTHIC CHAPBOOK SERIES, which features fiction, poetry, and literary scholarship and criticism.  New from the press is Mark Rich's story chapbook THE SOUND OF DEAD HANDS CLAPPING. Forthcoming in March 2010 is Charlie Bondhus's novella chapbook MONSTERS AND VICTIMS.  Forthcoming in May 2010 is Philip Challinor's AKIN TO POETRY: OBSERVATIONS ON SOME STRANGE TALES OF ROBERT AICKMAN. Also available from the press are free online databases for J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Fritz Leiber, Ramsey Campbell, Walter de la Mare, and Robert Aickman studies.  In May of 2006, Crawford began the online journal LE FANU STUDIES.  For the online Gothic Press catalog, click here.  Gothic Press seeks chapbook submissions by invitation only.

ABOUT GARY WILLIAM CRAWFORD

Crawford is the author of POEMS OF THE DIVIDED SELF (1992), IN SHADOW LANDS: POEMS (1998), THE SHADOW CITY (2005), THE PHANTOM WORLD (on the final ballot for the poetry Stoker from the Horror Writers Association 2008), VOICES FROM THE DARK (2009), and two short story collections, GOTHIC FEVERS (2000) and MYSTERIES OF VON DOMARUS  (2006).  His scholarly works include RAMSEY CAMPBELL (1988),  J. SHERIDAN LE FANU: A BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY (1995), ROBERT AICKMAN:  AN INTRODUCTION (2003), the modern fiction section of HORROR LITERATURE: A CORE COLLECTION AND REFERENCE GUIDE  (1981), entries in THE PENGUIN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HORROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL (1986),  essays in DISCOVERING MODERN HORROR FICTION I AND II (1985 and 1988),  DISCOVERING CLASSIC HORROR FICTION  (1992),  SURVEY OF MODERN FANTASY LITERATURE (1983), and THE DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY (1997 and 2002). He has numerous other poems, short stories, and articles in the fantasy press.  Several of his short stories and poems are in the e-zine The Gothic Revue, which is now defunct but can be archived here.  His essay, "Death, Rebirth, and Existentialism in Fritz Leiber," is now out in a book of essays on Leiber from McFarland Publishers McFarland - Publisher of Reference and Scholarly Books.  His "Afterword" to My Aunt Margaret's Adventure by J. Sheridan Le Fanu is now available from Swan River Press: The Swan River Press.  His essay, "Friedrich von Schiller, Immanuel Kant, Swedenborg, and Le Fanu" is now in Le Fanu Studies. His essay, "Some Observations on Gothic Poetry," is now out in the poetry magazine Illumen.   His essay, "Approaches to Mystery:  The Numinous in Le Fanu's Uncle Silas and Robert Aickman's The Late Breakfasters," is now in Le Fanu Studies. Also in Le Fanu Studies is his essay "A Tale Told Again:  Le Fanu's 'The Evil Guest' and A Lost Name."  His short stories, "Curtain Call," "His Ghost," "The Beautiful Signature," "Gangrene," and "The Seminar" are now in the archives of Bewildering Stories Bewildering Stories.  His poetry collection THE PHANTOM WORLD was published in 2008 by Sam's Dot Publishing:  SAM'S DOT PUBLISHING. Poems written in collaboration with Bruce Boston are now out in Boston's collection Double Visions from Dark Regions Press www.darkregions.com.   His new poetry collection VOICES FROM THE DARK is now available from Dark Regions Press and from Amazon.com. VOICES FROM THE DARK is also eligible for a poetry Stoker award from the Horror Writers Association; for the Stoker website for the book, click here. New poems are in The Horror Zine www.thehorrorzine.com.  New poems are in the book And Now the Nightmare Begins from Bear Manor Books (BearManor Media) and also available from Amazon.com. His poetry collection THE SHADOW CITY, on the final ballot for a Stoker award from the Horror Writers Association, was published in 2005 by Naked Snake Press. His essay on the poetry of Bruce Boston is in the online journal Calenture: Philip Ellis's Calenture  The Wikipedia entry for Crawford and Gothic Press is: Gary William Crawford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Gary William Crawford

He may be contacted at gothicpt12@aol.com or

Gothic Press

2272 Quail Oak

Baton Rouge, LA 70808-9023

U.S.A.

Telephone 225. 766.2906

For links to other Gothic sites click here.

Above artwork by Marge Simon.

For information about the M.Litt program in the Gothic imagination at Stirling University in Scotland, contact the director, Glennis Byron at glennis.byron@stir.ac.uk or write to her at the Department of English Studies, University of Stirling, Stirling,  Scotland FK9 4LA, United Kingdom.

Last updated 9 February 2010.