Tag Archives: Paranormal romance

Genre, dreadpunk, mannerpunk, the female Gothic

Posted on 20th July 2018 by William the Bloody

What constitutes a genre or subgenre and whether even the concept of genre itself has any use is much debated; it’s certainly a focal point of OGOM research, where we’re often concerned with what happens when genres collide or mate, … Continue reading →

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Manderley Today: 80 Years of Du Maurier’s Rebecca

Posted on 3rd March 2018 by William the Bloody

I first read Daphne du Maurier’s haunting Gothic Romances in my early teens. In my thirties I did an evening class in Female Gothic run by the pioneering Avril Horner and Sue Zloznik. This featured Rebecca among other exciting texts. … Continue reading →

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The Northern YA Literary Festival: Holly Black, Samantha Shannon, Alwyn Hamilton

Posted on 28th January 2018 by William the Bloody

The Northern YA Literary Festival is hosted by the University of Central Lancashire at Preston, 24 March 2018. This looks a great event: the wonderful Holly Black (probably my favourite author in YA paranormal romance) being interviewed by Samantha Shannon … Continue reading →

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Exploring Gothic Romance

Posted on 26th January 2018 by William the Bloody

As part of my research into the formal qualities of Paranormal Romance, and how different genres encounter each other to generate this new kind of novel, I’m immersing myself into one of its forbears. Gothic Romance (sometimes known as fantasy … Continue reading →

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Merpeople and Monstrous Lovers

Posted on 16th January 2018 by William the Bloody

I’ve not seen Guillermo del Toro’s film The Shape of Water yet, but it appears to be an intriguing take on the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ archetype that lies behind the genre of Paranormal Romance. With its love affair between … Continue reading →

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Selkies and mermaids in novels and other media

Posted on 5th January 2018 by William the Bloody

Among the many fabulous creatures who cross boundaries, selkies and mermaids are particularly fascinating; the former metamorphose between seal and human, the latter are hybrid fish and human. Both exist on the margin of sea and land. Quite a few … Continue reading →

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Contemporary Fiction Featuring Angels

Posted on 29th December 2017 by Sam George

Most of these are Paranormal Romance, and mostly Young Adult. These angels are generally Fallen and condemned to atone on Earth in some way or another. A couple are borderline–demons or djinn. Adornetto, Alexandra, Halo, Halo Series, 1 (London: Atom, … Continue reading →

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YA Gothic at ‘Investigating Identities’ (2): Identity, Agency, Assimilation and Paranormal Romance

Posted on 2nd December 2017 by William the Bloody

Following on from Sam’s post on her keynote talk for the Investigating Identities in Young Adult YA Narratives symposium at the University of Northampton on 16 December, I thought I should post a synopsis of the paper I’ll be presenting … Continue reading →

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Redeeming Beauties and Beasts, Wolves and Humans

Posted on 15th November 2017 by William the Bloody

Kaja and Sam have made me feel guilty, so I’ll just give an account of what I’ll be talking about at the Being Human: Redeeming the Wolf event. I’ll be following up some of the themes that Sam and Kaja have … Continue reading →

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YA Fiction Reading Lists: Otherness and Oddity

Posted on 18th October 2017 by William the Bloody

Some more tempting reading lists of YA fiction for you. First, from Penguin Teen, ‘10 YA Characters Who Will Mess with Your Mind‘: a list of novels with unreliable narrators or narrators who unsettle. I would add to this the … Continue reading →

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