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The ghost story | The ghost story - supernatural encounters with spirits, usually of the dead - has been a popular fantasy motif in oral and written culture. The late 19th century saw a surge a women writers publishing supernatural fiction. In the late 20th century the ghost story is often given a horror spin. Ghost stories also crop up in magical realism, with ambiguity for the fantastic elements, or a seamless interface between the magical and the real. | ||
* [[Dorothy Allison]] "Demon Lover" | ==Novels== | ||
* [[Francesca Lia Block]] | * [[Dorothy Allison]] - "Demon Lover" in ''Trash'' (1988), a lesbian ghost story. | ||
* [[Jane Chambers]] | * [[Francesca Lia Block]] - ''Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books'' (1998), five short novels collected in one book. All the books are rather mysterious but ''Missing Angel Juan'' (1993) and, to a lesser extent, ''Baby Be-Bop'' (1995) have significant ghost presence. | ||
* [[Mary E. Wilkins Freeman]], 1852-1930 | * [[Jane Chambers]] - ''Burning'' (1978), two women are possessed by the spirits of two lesbians killed in the 18th century. | ||
* [[Shirley Jackson]] | * [[Pamela Dean]] - ''[[Tam Lin]]'' (1991), a retelling in novel form of a traditional fairy ballad. Now with added ghost. | ||
* [[Melissa Kwasny]] | * [[Mary E. Wilkins Freeman]], 1852-1930, - ''The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural'' (1903), ghost stories. | ||
* [[Paula Martinac]] | * [[Shirley Jackson]] - ''The Haunting of Hill House'' (1959) | ||
* [[Toni Morrison]] | * [[Melissa Kwasny]] - ''Modern Daughters and the Outlaw West'' (Spinsters Book, San Francisco, 1990), a small Wyoming town is infested with quirky lesbians, ghosts, and politics. | ||
* [[Sarah Waters]] | * [[Paula Martinac]] - ''Out of Time'' (1990) | ||
* [[Brenda Weathers]] | * [[Toni Morrison]] - ''Beloved'' (1987) | ||
* [[Brenda Weathers]] | * [[Sarah Waters]] - ''Affinity'' (1999, UK), a victorian women's prison, spirituality, and sublimated sapphism. | ||
* [[Brenda Weathers]] - ''The House at Pelham Falls'', a lesbian ghost story. | |||
* [[Brenda Weathers]] - ''Miss Pettibone and Miss McGraw'' (1995), a lesbian ghost story. | |||
==Anthologies== | ==Anthologies== | ||
* ''[[Restless Spirits (anthology)|Restless Spirits: Ghost Stories by American Women, 1872-1926]]'' Catherine A. Lundie | * ''[[Restless Spirits (anthology)|Restless Spirits: Ghost Stories by American Women, 1872-1926]]'', ed. Catherine A. Lundie (University of Massachusetts Press, 328 pp., $17.95, 1997?) | ||
* ''[[What Mrs. Darrington Saw (anthology)|What Mrs. Darrington Saw: An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction]]'' | * ''[[What Mrs. Darrington Saw (anthology)|What Mrs. Darrington Saw: An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction]]'' ed. [[Jessica Amanda Salmonson]] (1989) | ||
* ''The Ghost of Carmen Miranda and Other Spooky Gay and Lesbian Tales'' | * ''The Ghost of Carmen Miranda and Other Spooky Gay and Lesbian Tales'' ed. Julie K. Trevelyan and Scott Brassart (Alyson, 1998) | ||
[[Category:Genres]] | [[Category:Genres]] | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 4 March 2007
The ghost story - supernatural encounters with spirits, usually of the dead - has been a popular fantasy motif in oral and written culture. The late 19th century saw a surge a women writers publishing supernatural fiction. In the late 20th century the ghost story is often given a horror spin. Ghost stories also crop up in magical realism, with ambiguity for the fantastic elements, or a seamless interface between the magical and the real.
Novels
- Dorothy Allison - "Demon Lover" in Trash (1988), a lesbian ghost story.
- Francesca Lia Block - Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books (1998), five short novels collected in one book. All the books are rather mysterious but Missing Angel Juan (1993) and, to a lesser extent, Baby Be-Bop (1995) have significant ghost presence.
- Jane Chambers - Burning (1978), two women are possessed by the spirits of two lesbians killed in the 18th century.
- Pamela Dean - Tam Lin (1991), a retelling in novel form of a traditional fairy ballad. Now with added ghost.
- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, 1852-1930, - The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural (1903), ghost stories.
- Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House (1959)
- Melissa Kwasny - Modern Daughters and the Outlaw West (Spinsters Book, San Francisco, 1990), a small Wyoming town is infested with quirky lesbians, ghosts, and politics.
- Paula Martinac - Out of Time (1990)
- Toni Morrison - Beloved (1987)
- Sarah Waters - Affinity (1999, UK), a victorian women's prison, spirituality, and sublimated sapphism.
- Brenda Weathers - The House at Pelham Falls, a lesbian ghost story.
- Brenda Weathers - Miss Pettibone and Miss McGraw (1995), a lesbian ghost story.
Anthologies
- Restless Spirits: Ghost Stories by American Women, 1872-1926, ed. Catherine A. Lundie (University of Massachusetts Press, 328 pp., $17.95, 1997?)
- What Mrs. Darrington Saw: An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1989)
- The Ghost of Carmen Miranda and Other Spooky Gay and Lesbian Tales ed. Julie K. Trevelyan and Scott Brassart (Alyson, 1998)