The "Snail Lady" is an evocative digital portrait that blends gothic elegance with surreal symbolism. This artwork features a woman adorned with giant snails, their glossy shells adding an earthy contrast to her pale complexion and dark, intricate clothing. Her piercing gaze and facial piercings suggest a mix of vulnerability and rebellion, while the radiant golden halo and red backdrop evoke religious iconography, transforming her into a saint-like figure of nature and mystique. The subtle details, such as her tattoo and the textures of the snails, create a mesmerizing interplay of beauty and strangeness, captivating the viewer with its modern gothic aesthetic.

Issue 30 of Black Spring Weekly is here — and she’s messy, moody, and full of ink.

This week, I dive into Gelli plate printing, charcoal experiments, print design woes, and finally finishing the underpainting for Temptation. There’s tarot, tunes, and a spotlight on the rebellious spirit of Japanese girl gangs — Sukeban.

The zine is completely FREE and packed with artist process notes, randomness, visual journals, works in progress, and unapologetic mess-making.

If you’re into behind-the-scenes grit, dreamy updates, and following an indie artist without the algorithm, this is for you.

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You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews is an extraordinary psychological thriller. I literally couldn’t put it down. Elodie is living a dream. Only twenty-two years old and the mother of six-year-old, she has met the perfect man who has whisked her away from the hovel she was living in in Australia, to an old Victorian home in Virginia. Bren, her new husband, adores her, but she has secrets that she…

When I was offered this book through Amazon First Reads, I jumped at it for several reasons. First, I love gothic fiction. Second, I write gothic fiction. And, third, I lived on an unconnected island off the coast of Maine for seven years and loved it. Thus, this novel appeared to be right in my wheelhouse. The story begins when Blake Bronson, who was given up at birth, arrives on Block Island…

THE MATEGUAS ISLAND SERIES

THE MATEGUAS ISLAND SERIES: Award-Winning Contemporary Gothic Fiction by Linda Watkins Execerpts from Chanticleer Book Reviews & Media: BOOK I: MATEGUAS ISLAND, A Novel of Terror & Suspense “…magical, edge-of-your-seat horror…an engrossing tale that will captivate readers from start to its climatic finish with remarkable character development and a thoroughly gripping plot.” BOOK II: RETURN…