Exotic Gothic

Exotic Gothic is an anthology series of original short fiction and novel excerpts in the gothic, horror and fantasy genres. A recipient of the World Fantasy Award [1] and Shirley Jackson Awards,[2] it is conceptualized and edited by Danel Olson, a professor of English at Lone Star College in Texas.[3]

According to the Houston Chronicle newspaper, "The collection includes contemporary ghost, werewolf, vampire, and beastly creature stories; weird and paranormal tales; and neo-Gothic romances....[prompted from] a sabbatical last fall [2006], after his own Gothic research led him to a walking tour of Transylvania and facing a gypsy woman's curse..."[4] The 2003 Bram Stoker Award-finalist webzine Horror World[5] concludes that Exotic Gothic "raises the question as to 'How does the contemporary global Gothic enlarge, transcend, scramble, subvert, or mock the genre?' Olson subdivided the Anthology into Sections for Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and North America. Each Section then has various stories that are set within or relate to the particular geographic area.."[6] Inside the first volume, the editor "celebrates the loosening of geographic bonds, an emancipation of the genre."[7]

  1. ^ "Winners". World Fantasy Convention. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  2. ^ "2012 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". Shirley Jackson Awards. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. ^ Dvorak, Marta, ed. (Spring 2008). "Contributors". Essays and Studies. 30 (8). Universite de Paris 3-Sorbonne, Paris, France: Institut du Monde Anglophone: 127. ISSN 0395-6989.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ "Gothic Tales Focus of Prof's Book". 12 October 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  5. ^ "2003 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners". Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  6. ^ Rubenstein, Norm (Jan 2008). "EXOTIC GOTHIC: Forbidden Tales from Our Gothic World Edited by Danel Olson (Review)". Horror World Book Reviews. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  7. ^ Blouin, Michael J. (2013). Japan and the Cosmopolitan Gothic. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 171. ISBN 978-1137305213.