People love to pretend they know Mary Shelley. “Oh yes, Frankenstein, the monster, torches, pitchforks, misunderstood creature… etc. ”Cute. Wonderful. Now name one of her short gothic tales. Just one. Exactly. Mary Shelley didn’t just write the novel that altered science fiction forever. She also wrote a collection of short tales dripping with grief, dread, obsession, and emotional violence so elegant it almost feels rude.

These stories expose the side of Mary Shelley that academic summaries don’t bother to show: a woman dissecting grief, desire, terror, longing, morality, the absurdity of immortality, and the strange corners of identity long before psychology bothered to exist.

By Muna, Founder of Ink in Blood Press A YEAR WRAPPED IN VELVET AND SHADOW The first thing you notice about 2025 is not the technology, not the AI, not the endless wars of algorithms fighting for your attention. No, what you notice is the resurrection . Something old, perfumed with dust and candle smoke, is stirring again. Not politely, not academically, not in the safe little circles of people who read out of duty. No, no — the Gothic is coming back with fangs bared, embroid