James Paxton Priestley

Affiliation: GossamerWight Literary Magazine

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Comics and Graphic Novels, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic, Irish Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

James Paxton Priestley is a writer, founder and editor-in-chief of GossamerWight Literary Magazine, and an alumnus of Aberystwyth University.

Email: editor.gossamerwight@pm.me
Website: https://www.gossamerwight.com

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Stephen Hays

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Masculinity
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic, European Gothic

Stephen Hays focuses on the nature of Appalachia for inspiration in writing evocative poetry and prose. His works deal with the mysterious interdependencies of Transcendentalism.

Email: stephen.hays84@gmail.com

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Emma Davies

Affiliation: University of Bristol

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, English Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic, Welsh Gothic

PhD researcher at the University of Bristol working on wetland Gothic and ecohorror.

Email: em@magiccow.co.uk
Website: https://open.substack.com/pub/emmadavies

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Lethe-Medea Dickinson

Affiliation: Lancaster University

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Queer Gothic, Trans Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Folklore and Myth, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Queer Goth interested in Gothic, Gender and Mythology Studies.

Email: lethe.m.d@outlook.com

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Persephone Roy

Affiliation: University of Glasgow

Research Areas:
Period: 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, Arctic Gothic, Canadian Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires

PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow, specialising in the Polar Gothic and Victorian polar exploration narratives. Sir James Clark Ross #1 fan.

Email: roy.persephone@gmail.com

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Michael Weldon Lewis

Research Areas:

I am a fan of Bella Morte and Valentina Wolf. I like Lovecraft stories.

Email: mlewis91@yahoo.com

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Preston Taylor Stone

Affiliation: Brandeis University

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Gothic Masculinity, Queer Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Black Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Zombies

Preston Taylor Stone (he/they) is a queer-crip scholar of queer studies and American literary and cultural studies. His current work concerns queer Indigenous horror.

Email: ptstone@icloud.com
Website: https://prestontaylorstone.com

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Paola Rochacr

Research Areas:
Period: Early Modern Gothic, 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic, 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Technology, Medicine and Science, Gothic Music, Gothic Fashion, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Film and TV, Poetry, Theatre and Performance
Regions and Cultures: Black Gothic, European Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Nordic Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Vampires

Mythic chiaroscuro persona with a special connection with shadows and their secrets beneath the surface.

Email: paolarc.design@gmail.com

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Rachael E Murray

Affiliation: University of Glasgow

Research Areas:
Period: 18th Century Gothic, 19th Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic, Folklore and Myth, Technology, Medicine and Science, Spirituality and Religion
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction, Film and TV, Poetry, Tourism and Travel
Regions and Cultures: English Gothic, European Gothic, Irish Gothic, Scottish Gothic
Creatures: Animals, Ghosts, Monsters

Rachael E Murray is a PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow, researching watery Gothic in 18th/19th-century women’s writing.

Email: 2244038m@student.gla.ac.uk

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Inés Ordiz

Affiliation: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

Research Areas:
Period: 20th Century Gothic, 21st Century Gothic
Gender: Female Gothic, Gothic Gender
Interdisciplinary Approaches: Eco-Gothic
Genres and Media: Arts, Fiction
Regions and Cultures: Postcolonial Gothic, American Gothic, Canadian Gothic, Caribbean Gothic, Latin American Gothic, Southern American Gothic, Tropical Gothic
Creatures: Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Zombies

Inés Ordiz is Associate Professor of Literature at the National University of Distance Education (UNED) in Madrid. Her research focuses on gender in 21st-century Gothic literature of the Americas.

Email: ines.ordiz@flog.uned.es
Website: https://www.uned.es/universidad/docentes/filologia/ines-ordiz-alonso-collada.html

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