Southern grotesque

The Southern grotesque is a subgenre or feature of gothic fiction from the American South. It frequently, but not always, includes supernatural and macabre elements, often employed ironically. Characters are horrible, socially or in their fates, and in the sense of horror.

Well-known writers of southern grotesque / southern gothic fiction include:

• Flannery O'Connor
• Eudora Welty
• Carson McCullers
• Erskine Caldwell
• Truman Capote
• Katherine Anne Porter
• Erskine Caldwell
• Poppy Z. Brite

Further reading

• Southern Gothic, Wikipedia