Online Reference and Academic Studies

Monstropedia is the ultimate online encyclopedia of monsters in myth, magick and legend. With many contributors.

A decade by decade guide to the Horror movie genre, full of articles, essays and other resources.

The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies (ISSN 2009-0374) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, biannual electronic publication dedicated to the exploration of Horror and Gothic literature, film, new media and television.

The Literary Gothic is a Web guide to all things concerned with literary Gothicism, which includes ghost stories, "classic" Gothic novels and Gothic fiction (1764-1820), and related pre- and post-Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to the mid-C20.

J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A Database, compiled by Gary William Crawford. This website is an ongoing bibliography of works about famous Victorian writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) that supplements Crawford's book J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A Bio-Bibliography (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995).

A newsletter and online resource, dedicated to noted author, Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), who authored some of the greatest and most influential ghost stories in the English language.

Aunt Violet's Book Museum
(a home for decayed gentlewomen)

A Website About Collecting Antiquarian Supernatural, Fantasy & Mysterious Literatures Vintage Westerns, Swashbucklers, & Juveniles.

A Bibliography of Non-English European Resources on Vampires in Literature, Folklore, and Popular Culture.

On this site, you will find everything you have ever wanted to know about Mary Shelley. There are pages dealing with Mary's life, her family, her friends and her novels.

Elizabeth Miller's Dracula's Homepage. Elizabeth Miller is recognized internationally for her expertise on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula – its origins in folklore, literature and history, as well as its influence on the culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

All Things Dracula: A bibliography of Editions, Reprints, Adaptations and Translations of Dracula, is a joint project of the Transylvanian society of Dracula U.S. and Italian chapters.

A vast online resource for Horror readers and writers. Tons of free horror stories with a new one posted every night. There are special sections for ghost stories, vampires, monsters, the occult, werewolves, witches, and general horror.

by Lilia Melani of Brooklyn College.

The Gothic Imagination is based at the University of Stirling, Scotland and provides an interdisciplinary forum for lively discussion and critical debate concerning all manifestations of the Gothic mode.