We will meet to discuss Daniel Mason's North Woods on Monday, July 27, at 4:00 p.m. (EDT). Register here: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us on June 22 at 4:30 PM EDT for our Gothic Reading Group to discuss Daniel Kraus' Whalefall. Register Here: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Requesting American Gothic Studies submissions! AGS is the first scholarly journal dedicated to the American Gothic and publishes rigorously vetted scholarship on the topic. This encompasses literature, film, television, comics, and new media, as well as cultural artifacts and practices.

CFP: Theory and Practice in Horror Transmedia Fandom and Creation (IGI Scientific Publishing) (Ed.) Jason DeHart, University of Tennessee Knoxville, United States Proposals Submission Deadline: July 17, 2026 Full Chapters Due: October 30, 2026 Submission Date: October 30, 2026

Join us on June 22 at 4:30 PM EDT for our Gothic Reading Group to discuss Daniel Kraus' Whalefall. Register Here: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

LA Review of Books is looking for someone to review Alma Katsu's forthcoming incarnate. Contact Jeffrey Weinstock for more information. #BookReview #SSAG

The Winner of the 2026 Best Scholarly Monograph in the American Gothic is Maisha Wester’s African American Gothic in the Era of Black Lives Matter (Cambridge University Press, 2025) and honorable mention is Sarah Robertson’s Gothic Appalachian Literature (Anthem, 2024).

Our next Gothic Reading Group takes place on June 22 at 4:30 PM EDT to discuss Daniel Kraus' Whalefall. Registration Link: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Dates for our next round of 2026 Gothic Reading Groups. Links to come as dates approach. #SSAG #ReadingGroup #GothicLiterature

If you teach composition or would like to include a style guide, examination copies of my Mad Scientist's Guide to Composition are available via Broadview Press's website using this link: broadviewpress.com/product/the-... #SSAG #Composition

The LA Review of Books is looking for someone to review Jen Julian's The Winter Folk. Please contact Jeffrey Weinstock if interested! #SSAG #NewBooks #BookReview

I had the pleasure of presenting @ssag.bsky.social last month in Salem on a panel about @stephengrahamjones.com ! I was fortunate to be talking through some ideas about colonial horror, Indigenous futurity, and slasher tropes in Earthdivers. And? *Had* to bring the SGJ Rules hat.

If you missed this week's excellent talk on folklore and horror in Indo-Caribbean and Métis cultures... you can find it here! It was a great talk and a good introduction to the subject (with a whole slide worth of author recommendations!) youtu.be/uBeVXlOnn_M

It's up! You can book! My new course with the University of Liverpool starts in May! 'Transformations of the Gothic' Online. Open to all. You can join from anywhere. No previous experience necessary. Just bring a love of the subject! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

Heading home after @ssag.bsky.social #americannightmaresII in Salem, Mass. Salem is awesome and the conference was great! 🦇🐈‍⬛🖤🧙‍♀️🧛‍♂️

Many thanks to the organizers of the #SSAG @ssag.bsky.social conference! I saw tons of great panels & loved meeting other Gothic folks. If you're still in #Salem I highly recommend you stop by the Peabody Essex Museum #PEM to see the Edmonia Lewis exhibit. It's wonderful. www.pem.org/exhibitions/...

From our Ecogothic in the Photography of Andrew Moore panel. #SSAG #AmericanNightmaresII

From the Exhumations panel during the 11:30-12:45 session. #SSAG #AmericanNightmaresII

Victor LaVelle reading from The Devil in Silver. #SSAG #AmericanNightmaresII

A selection of presentations from our 3:45-5:00 session. “Haunting Returns: Black Sophia Gothic and the Vampiric Dominion of Whiteness” by Arline Wilson.

Presentations and panels from our 11:30-12:45 session. Pictured presentations are Joshua Gooch's "Doom Loop: Horror's Time Loop Narratives" on the Strange Frequencies Panel.

Pictured here are Kevin J. Wetmore's “‘But seriously, watch out for fire. Fire bad’: Frankenstein for Kids on Stage and Screen” and Mimi Manyin's “Veterinary Gothic: Remaking Nonhumans as Humans in the Midst of Viruses, Bacteria, and Superstition in The Walking Dead and The Witch."

Panelists from the Subterranean Gothic session.

Photos from "The Outside" Panel

Our first round of papers begins shortly at 8:30. We have a number of great sessions today so be sure to check out as many as you can! #SSAG #AmericanNightmaresII

Siân Silyn Roberts is our keynote speaker, seen here giving an address titled "Reporting Back on Pain" on the failures of individualistic frameworks in the Anthropocene.

Be sure to check out these books by Laura Hall and Andrea Rogers! #SSAG #AmericanNightmaresII

Please join us in the Hawthorne Hotel's Grand Ballroom for our opening ceremony! #SSAG #AmericanNightmaresII

Our tour of the House of the Seven Gables is beginning soon!

Wanted to let you know there is a Vampire Lounge happening Saturday night as well! Let us know if you’d like more info! 🦇

If any SSAG people are in Salem, let me know! Got here a bit early but would love to connect before the conference! #SSAG #AmericanNightmaresII

My odyssey begins shortly!

So excited to be back in Salem for the SSAG Conference. 🤩 Starting the trip in Concord, Ma.

Our biennial conference starts soon! Use #AmericanNightmaresII to connect with others!

The Society for the Study of the American Gothic has been invited to propose a special session for the 2026 meeting of PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association). The event will take place in Seattle Nov. 12-17, 2026. #CFP #SSAG #PAMLA #GothicLiterature

Our final program for American Nightmares II: Return to Salem is out! Check it out below! americangothicsociety.com/program-amer... #SSAG #GothicLiterature #Horror #Conference

Join us Friday, February 27 @ 2 pm EST to discuss Victor LaValle's LONE WOMEN. Here's the Zoom registration link: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SSAG #GothicLiterature #Horror

It's online, runs all day, you go in and out as much as you want, the sessions you can't make are recorded and you pick your own price based on what you can afford! And it ALL goes to the charity MAGIC BREAKFAST. Join us! www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...

Where can you get writing workshops from amazing writers like KJ Charles, cooking workshops with the incredible Allie Pino (or Gothic Cookbook fame) and talks on anything from cannibals to carnivorous plants to body-snatchers all in one day? GOTHS FOR BREAKFAST of course! 1/2

Coming Out May 2026 is Excavating the Castle Early Examples of the Gothic Concept and a Lost Tradition of Gothic Studies, 1814 – 1921 by Dr. Joshua B. Tuttle in the Anthem Studies in Gothic Literature. anthempress.com/books/excava... #SSAG #GothicLiterature #NewBook

Join us Friday, February 27 @ 2 pm EST to discuss Victor LaValle's LONE WOMEN. Here's the Zoom registration link: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SSAG #GothicLiterature #Horror

American Gothic Studies is always looking for new research on the American Gothic in literature, film, new media, and more. For more information: americangothicsociety.com/american-got... #GothicLiterature #AmericanGothic

Tomorrow!

Our Gothic Reading Group Resurrects for the New Year!! Join us Jan. 23 @ 2 PM EST for Jessica John's Bad Cree gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SSAG #ReadingGroup #GothicLit

Check out Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock's The Horror Theory Reader (2025), released just last week! www.upress.umn.edu/978151791782... #SSAG #HorrorLit

Reminder that the deadline for these is January 15, 2026! #SSAG #CFP

Be sure to keep an eye on the SSAG website and our mailing list for a variety of gothic and horror-related cfps and other announcements! CFPS: americangothicsociety.com/calls-for-pa... Listserv: www.freelists.org/list/america... #SSAG #GothicLit #Horror #cfp

If your solstice felt a little gloomy, check out our very own president's Dark Solstice 2025 radio show! www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive... #SSAG #DarkNationRadio #DJcypher #gothicmusic

Our Gothic Reading Group Resurrects for the New Year!! Join us Jan. 23 @ 2 PM EST for Jessica John's Bad Cree gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SSAG #ReadingGroup #GothicLit

Study abroad opportunity! "Haunted Tourism in Scotland" appstate.via-trm.com/program_broc... Dates: June 2 - 13, 2026 Dr. Susan Weidman and Chelsea Wilson Thayer are leading a course on haunted history from historical and business perspectives. Details in the link! #StudyAbroad #SSAG