I recently completed a twitter thread on 100 women. You can find it here, if you’re interested. It includes more gifs and pictures! But for ease, I’ve collated them all into one list. The entries are fairly brief but I’m happy to tackle any questions you have! Enjoy the list and if you feel like supporting me or chucking me a tip, there’s a ko-fi and a patreon
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1) Clara Reeve (1729-1807)
Reeve responded to Walpole’s genre starting Castle of Otranto with The Old English Baron (1778). It got rid of excessive supernaturalism and kept the medieval peril. It was originally published as ‘Champion of Virtue’ in reduced circles in 1777.
2) Sophia Lee (1750 – 1824)
Author and playwright, she and her sisters ran a school in Bath. Her Gothically claustrophobic text The Recess (1785) reimagined history, giving Mary, Queen of Scots, two daughters and telling…
C. M. Rosens is an author of Gothic Weird fiction, with a folk horror histfic (WW2) and a contemporary slasher-romance in progress. She hopes you enjoy being inside her head as much as she does. Buy THE CROWS now: the first novel set in the fictional town of Pagham-on-Sea.
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2 thoughts on “From Romancing the Gothic Blog: 100 Women Writers in Horror, the Gothic and Supernatural Fiction from the 18th Century to 2021”
Wow thanks for this! I’ve been wondering what to read next. This should keep me busy for a good while!
Definitely a good blog to follow, and they have a book group! The book group page posts a load of books ahead of time with links, so that’s a good place to go for recs as well!!
C. M. Rosens 
Wow thanks for this! I’ve been wondering what to read next. This should keep me busy for a good while!
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Definitely a good blog to follow, and they have a book group! The book group page posts a load of books ahead of time with links, so that’s a good place to go for recs as well!!
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