Small Frights: A Gothic Holiday

This Creepmas season we dive into gothic literature and zombie history. Then we read some international EEEEKmails from Italy and Australia.

Mentioned on this episode:

Everything You Need to Know to Read Frankenstein (video) (youtube.com/watch?v=PDgu25Dsv34)

Mary Shelley: The Teenager Behind Frankenstein (medium.com/tphfamily/mary-shelley-the-teenager…)

Frankenstein Study Guide (vcestudyguides.com/blog/frankenstein-by-mary-s…)

The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies (theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/…)

Frankenstein Inspired YA recs:

• Man Made Boy by Jon Skovron

• Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

• Henry Franks by Peter Adam Salomon

• Mister Creecher by Chris Priestley

• The Madman's Daughter Trilogy by Megan Shepherd: The Madman's Daughter (inspired by The Island of Dr. Moreau),

Her Dark Curiosity (inspired by The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), and A Cold Legacy (inspired by Frankenstein)

Gothic YA recs:

• In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters

• Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

• Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft

• Lakesedge by Lyndall Clipstone

• Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

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