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Agatha Christie's work has been adapted extensively resulting in transformations that are both textual and cultural. While many adaptations are best known for being quaint murder mysteries, there are many adaptations of her work that draw on horror aesthetics. This book will look at how the growth of Agatha Christie adaptations have grown increasingly darker. Of key relevance to this study is the work of Sarah Phelps, whose 'Witness for the Prosecution', 'And Then There Were None', 'Ordeal by Innocence', 'The ABC Murders' and 'The Pale Horse' all are darker than their precedents. Born out of their contemporary screen contexts, they use entrenched literary and filmic codes of Gothic horror as central reference points for audiences. Drawing on adaptation scholarship, where adapters are interpreters as well as creators, this study will look at how Agatha Christie is closer to Gothic horror than what we realise.

Travel reporter Natalie Compton stayed overnight at a clown-themed motel in Tonopah, Nevada.

The first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular sub-genre helps us understand gay and lesbian history. It shows not only why the sub-genre should be taken more seriously by historians but also how it implicitly works to ameliorate divisions between Christianity and homosexuality.

This qualitative study examined narrative within haunted houses in theme park-based, horror-oriented Halloween festivals. The sample included 20 festivals within different types of theme parks and attractions from the United States and a few entries from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Data was collected on haunt maze source material, prominent themes, presence of a narrative or episodic nature, and choice of narrative presentation style. Results show haunted houses to be an interesting narrative form with immersive environments that appeal to guests in their desire to be scared. The study fills a gap in discussions of narrative, theme parks, festivals, and Halloween experiences. It provides insight for scholars and operators into the form and highlights the importance of storytelling in theme park Halloween festivals.

The fantastic genre is difficult to qualify because its characteristics are uncertain and it’s often defined in accordance to what is different from the others genres: fairy tales and science-fiction. This study, based on the fantasy and horror fiction, hinges around that very notion of boundary through a reflection on the limits existing between science-fiction and comedy, tackling the questions of the hierarchies of genres, the various degrees in the horror and the intention of the author.

In the 21st century horror television has spread across the digital TV landscape, garnering mainstream appeal. Located within a transmedia matrix, this book triangulates this boom across screen content, industry practices, and online participatory cultures.

[...]the titular story in your short-story collection Things We Lost in the Fire, in which a group of activist women start burning themselves as a dark protest against men who burn women. Perhaps because they live in a society that doesn't really give them any actual good options for a livable life, there's no moral path to take. [...]you go to their car and on the bumper sticker it says \"We don't support science\" or something like that. [...]when a story about the brutal murder of a local homeless kid makes the news, she's obsessed with it, in a way that really mirrors this true-crime obsession of the 2020s.

This introduction conceives of a thought experiment with respect to the history of the study of Native North American literatures in order to comment on the comparatively smaller impact Indigenous speculative fiction has had on the study of Indigenous literatures. It broadly surveys lesser-known and out-of-print works alongside canonical works and popular bestsellers to demonstrate the breadth of works published by Indigenous writers in English. The introduction concludes by briefly summarizing the essays published in the special issue.