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The Marginalia: Eroticism and Horror in Bram Stoker’s Dracula
A close reading of erotic dread in Dracula, with craft notes, adaptation reflections, and a WIP excerpt
Feb 18 • Coral Evermore
Progress Towards Restoration
An Analysis of Wilderness Dualism in Princess Mononoke
Feb 8 • Coral Evermore
Introducing The Marginalia
Notes on where this publication is going and how I'm shaping it going forward
Feb 3 • Coral Evermore
Reading Against Brain Rot
On Attention, Elitism, and Five Accessible Classics
Jan 19 • Coral Evermore
Gossamer Lies
A gothic poem of psychological disentanglement and reclamation
Dec 30, 2025 • Coral Evermore
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The Marginalia: Phantasmagoria, Poe, and the Gothic Imagination
Sep 22, 2025 • Coral Evermore
The Marginalia: Poe, Gothic Fantasy, and Miss Grimmsworth
Oct 21, 2025 • Coral Evermore
Birth of the Blood Moon
Aug 28, 2025 • Coral Evermore
The Marginalia: Reading Dracula While Writing Gothic Fiction
Nov 30, 2025 • Coral Evermore

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The Twilight Grimoire
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Tales From a Wilted Rose
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A space for essays, literary criticism, and gothic tales, engaging with classic literature and writing craft through darkness, sensitivity, and close reading
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