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 Philip A. Ellis's poetry chapbook THE FLAYED MAN.  Mark Rich's story chapbook THE SOUND OF DEAD HANDS CLAPPING  is forthcoming in March 2009. 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. For submission guidelines, click here.

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 (2008) 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.  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 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 forthcoming in Le Fanu Studies.  His short story, "Curtain Call," is now in the archives of Bewildering Stories Bewildering Stories.  His stories, "His Ghost," "The Beautiful Signature," and "Gangrene," are forthcoming in Bewildering Stories.  His new poetry collection The Phantom World is now available from Sam's Dot Publishimg:  SAM'S DOT PUBLISHING. He has a revised and updated essay on the poetry of Bruce Boston in the journal Calenture Calenture.   His poetry collection The Shadow City, nominated for a Stoker award from the Horror Writers Association, was published in 2005 by Naked Snake Press.  He recently began a discussion forum devoted to J. Sheridan Le Fanu:  Google Groups : J. Sheridan Le Fanu.  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

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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 16 August 2008