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

SSAG solicits papers for two sessions at the American Literature Association in Chicago, May 20-23, 2026. 1) “Gothic Intersections —Black and Indigenous Themes in Literature” paper session and 2) “The American Gothic and Revolution” roundtable. Details below. Deadlines are January 15th, 2026. #CFP

Issue 1.2 of American Gothic Studies has released. If you are a member, simply log into our website to check it out! If not, consider applying for membership, which is tiered on income! americangothicsociety.com/american-got... #AGS #SSAG #journal

Registration is now open for March SSAG Symposium participants using this link: americangothicsociety.com/symposium-re.... Please register (and be an SSAG member in good standing) by February 1st to avoid being dropped from the program.

CFP for Folk Horror on Television. Details in the image. We are currently seeking proposals of 500 words. Proposals should be emailed to [email protected] AND [email protected]. Closing date for proposals is 15 January 2026, and we intend to respond by 23 February 2026. #CFP #SSAG

CFP deadline reminder: Please submit your proposals for Peter Straub: New Critical Perspectives no later than November 30, 2025. Details below. tinyurl.com/5n8ccv94 @ssag.bsky.social

Futures of the Southern Gothic (Dec 4, 11AM-1 PM CST) What is the Southern Gothic? Why is it so popular? What will Southern Gothic look like as we move deeper into the 21st century? What cultural work will it do for us? Link: lsu.zoom.us/j/3747973363... #GothicLiterature #SSAG #SouthernGothic

Please join our Gothic Reading Group on November 7 @ 2:30PM EST for a discussion of Maryse Condé's I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM. Here's the Zoom registration link: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SSAG #GothicLiterature #ReadingGroup

Please join our Gothic Reading Group on November 7 @ 2:30PM EST for a discussion of Maryse Condé's I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM. Here's the Zoom registration link: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SSAG #GothicLiterature #ReadingGroup

What's that I see before me? A new Romancing the Gothic conference! Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Radcliffe's last publications with a conference on the work of women and people of marginalised genders in the Gothic and horror... romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...

The University of Minnesota Press is offering 30% off Jeffrey Weinstock's forthcoming Horror Theory Reader if you order by October 31st. Order at z.umn.edu/ajp2 and use the code MN93850. The book will be out early January. #SSAG #NewBook #AmericanGothic #GothicLiterature #HorrorLiterature #Horror

The Everyday Horror of American Life: The Rhetorical Vision of Stephen King This collection explores King’s work through a various rhetorical lenses to examine the exigencies in the popular/political culture that his writing addresses across rhetorical theories and methodologies.

American Gothic Studies, the official peer-reviewed scholarly journal of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic, seeks your contributions! If you research and write about the Am. Gothic, we hope you will consider us as a venue for your scholarship. Info at www.psupress.org/journals/jnl...

American Gothic Studies, the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic, seeks your contributions! If you research and write about the American Gothic, we hope you will consider us as a venue for your scholarship. Info at www.psupress.org/journals/jnl... #SSAG #CFPl

Please join our Gothic Reading Group on November 7 @ 2:30PM EST for a discussion of Maryse Condé's I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM. Here's the Zoom registration link: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SSAG #GothicLiterature #ReadingGroup

Tomorrow is the deadline!

Proposals for our Biannual conference in Salem, MA, "American Nightmares II: Return to Salem" are due Oct. 1st, 2025. Please check our website for details: americangothicsociety.com/symposium/ #SSAG #CFP #Conference #GothicLiterature

For the 50th anniversary of Stephen King’s The Shining, eds. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Tony Magistrale solicit chapter proposals for an edited collection Fifty Years of The Shining: New Essays. Proposals are welcome on any aspects of the novel, adaptations, paratexts, and cultural influence.

American Gothic Studies is seeking contributions for our "EXHUMATIONS" section. Exhumations present new editions of American Gothic texts (max 12K words) that have been lost, forgotten, overlooked, or otherwise unavailable to contemporary readers.

It's Alive!! Our Gothic Reading Group Returns September 26th at 2:30 PM EDT with The Ballad of Black Tom. Zoom Registration Link: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SSAG #ReadingGroup #GothicLiterature

Reminder that the deadline for SSAG proposals for our American Nightmares II Conference in Salem, MA, is due October 1st! More info: americangothicsociety.com/symposium/ #SSAG #GothicLiterature #Conference #Horror

Fall 2025 Gothic Reading Group Schedule (Fridays 2:30-3:30 EDT/EST) (Link to come) September 26—Victor Lavalle, THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM (149 pp.) November 7—Maryse Condé, I, TITUBA, BLACK WITCH OF SALEM (225 pp.) December 5—Robert Eggers, THE VVITCH (90 minutes)

In AGS 2.1 we will be publishing "engagements" a short response (250-1k words) to pieces published in prior issues. To submit contact Jeffrey Weinstock at [email protected].

Our Gothic Reading Group will not meet in August. If you are interested in joining us this fall, please fill out this When2Meet so we can decide a day and time to meet! Link: www.when2meet.com?31462640-i4qeL #SSAG #GothicLiterature #ReadingGroup #Gothic

A Shirley Jackson panel at PAMLA (Nov. 20-23; San Francisco) is seeking submissions. Please let us know if you are interested so we can pass your information along! #SSAG #Conference #PAMLA #GothicLiterature

Re-up:

Very nice to make into the very first issue of a new journal, and American Gothic Studies looks like it'll be a great new venue for the field. Lucky to be amongst some terrific essays. My bit is a trip down the Funhole with Kathe Koja.... www.psupress.org/Journals/jnl...

We've had to delay a week so please join us on July 25th instead! Registration link is below: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SSAG #GothicLiterature #ReadingGroup

The first issue of American Gothic Studies has been published, Penn State University Press. Thanks, @cypheractive.bsky.social and @ssag.bsky.social #Gothic Studies 🤩 scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/ags/iss...

Our next Gothic Reading Group is July 18, 2025 and covers Jeff VanderMerr's Absolution. Join below! gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SSAG #GothicLiterature #ResdingGroup

SSAG and the Ecohorror/Ecogothic interest group at #ASLE 2025! Come join us! #ASLE2025 #SSAG #GothicLiterature