What Makes a Story Gothic? With Cynthia Gomez

Nox is joined by Cynthia Gómez, author of Muñeca, to talk about all things Gothic literature. What makes a novel Gothic? Is it an itemized list of 14 requirements? Do women always have to be victimized in it? How do we get around these Eurocentric conventions? Nox and Cynthia discuss all of this and more in today's episode. Books Mentioned: Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett V.C. Andrews - start with Flowers in the Attic Isabel Cañas - start with The Hacienda The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe Antifa Splatterpunk edited by Kathe Koja The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo Pour One for the Devil by Theodore Van Alst The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia Never Whistle At Night Part II: Back for Blood edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore Van Alst Support and follow our guest and host! Follow Nox: Instagram // Substack // Threads // TikTok // YouTube Follow Cynthia: Website ✨Join our community on Bindery Books!✨ This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by Amarissa