The Journal of Artistic Creation and Literary Research (JACLR) invites submissions for its forthcoming thematic issue, Lands of Fear: Gothic and Horror in Literature, Art, and Culture, scheduled for publication in Vol. 14.2.
From haunted architectures and spectral returns to ecological anxieties, monstrous bodies, uncanny technologies, and the terror of contemporary existence, Gothic and Horror Studies continue to provide fertile ground for exploring the cultural, political, psychological, and aesthetic fears that shape both past and present societies. The Gothic mode, in its many manifestations, remains uniquely positioned to interrogate liminality, trauma, desire, repression, otherness, memory, and the instability of the human subject in times of crisis and transformation.
This thematic issue seeks to explore the multiple forms, genealogies, and mutations of the Gothic and the Horrific across literary, artistic, audiovisual, and cultural productions. We welcome contributions engaging with canonical traditions as well as emerging perspectives and transnational approaches.
Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Gothic literature and culture
- Contemporary horror fiction
- Eco-Gothic and climate horror
- Folk horror and regional hauntings
- Queer Gothic
- Gender, sexuality, and the monstrous
- Gothic bodies and body horror
- Trauma, memory, and spectrality
- Haunted spaces and liminal architectures
- Digital, technological, and cyber Gothic
- Posthuman and nonhuman horror
- Vampires, ghosts, witches, demons, and monstrosity
- Southern Gothic, Arctic Gothic, Global Gothic, and transnational Gothic forms
- Gothic adaptations in film, television, comics, or video games
- Gothic aesthetics in visual arts and artistic creation
- Horror and the uncanny in contemporary media
- Colonial, postcolonial, and decolonial Gothic
- Gothic intersections with race, class, aging, disability, and identity studies
- Experimental or hybrid forms of Gothic expression
In addition to scholarly articles, JACLR also welcomes:
- artistic and creative pieces,
- interviews,
- book and film reviews,
- and other contributions related to the thematic focus of the issue.
Submissions should follow the journal’s guidelines and be sent through the journal platform:
Submission deadline31 October 2026 (Halloween)
Publication informationJACLR is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal indexed in EBSCOHost–MLA, Dialnet, DOAJ, DULCINEA, ERIH PLUS, Latindex, MIAR, REBIUN & ROAD.
We particularly encourage interdisciplinary, comparative, and innovative approaches that expand the possibilities of Gothic and Horror Studies across periods, cultures, and media.
For queries regarding the issue, please contact: jsegurasanmiguel@gmail.com