Strangely, as a Goth, this is my first time reading about Carmilla. I’m drawn to hercharacter, beauty, and infatuation with Laura. I found the first UK version of the film recommended on the list and watched the entire movie. It differed from the story in manyrespects. In the film, Carmilla doesn’t have a mother who …

The attraction to gothic stories for me has always been their ability to transport me back into a world long gone, but some traces persist—the trendy “trad” or traditional wife with her nods to the 1950s prim-and-proper housewife. But there is something sinister behind that smile and the glint of her smart appliances; there’s a …