Gothic Utterance lives! I’m extremely pleased to see this all coming together and am looking forward to it arriving June 2021.

Thanks also to all at @HauntedLscapes – where I first began airing some of these ideas – and the gothic community at Birmingham for putting up with my works-in-progress study days!.

Phew. Almost of all this issue is open access, and I'm very happy to share the 2 pieces (Introduction and Commentary) that aren't if anyone is interested! Thanks again to all – and happy reading, I hope!.

In a final commentary, Kyle Turakhia offers a lovely reflection on the ghost story workshops run with the National Literacy Trust, with school and adult learners in the West Midlands – thinking about new ghosts that might be populating the region.

In the final research article, Rob Francis and Paul McDonald consider lost futures and the role of music and forms of cultural stasis in the Midlands writing of Catherine O'Flynn and Joel Lane.

Thomas Knowles offers a wonderful examination of queering and melancholy in Joel Lane's West Midlands & Black Country postindustrial fiction.

In my piece, I think about what the Midlands and its canal network can offer blue humanities scholarship, via case studies of Robert Aickman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and LTC Rolt.

Then, Scott Brewster examines the connections between Bram Stoker's Lair of the White Worm and the folk horror film Penda's Fen, via their shared interest in Mercia and questions of belonging, hybridity, and insiders/outsiders.

Next, Nicola Bowring explores the centrality of Nottinghamshire, especially Newstead Abbey, to the early gothic tradition: looking at Walpole, Radcliffe, Byron and Irving.

The first research article by Imogen Peck is on the ghosts of Britain's Civil Wars and their place in the Midlands as well as the gothic literature and spiritualism.

The Introduction to the special issue does some critical set-up around gothic regionalism and the Midlands, mostly via short close readings of 6 key authors –and the Commonwealth Games.

Midland History is a history journal, so I'm really grateful for the editorial board for allowing us this foray into literary and cultural studies!. They're keen for more in this vein, too! So, lit folks, do reach out to them – and I'm happy to chat about the experience, as well.

Hi everybody: I’m excited to be able to share a new special issue from the Midland History journal on the ‘Haunted Midlands’ – all articles open access! Thanks to all involved! Please share with anyone who might enjoy spooky Midlands!.

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