Recs if you like Lies on the Serpent's Tongue (Bittersweet in the Hollow, #2)...
Southern Gothic Fiction
A selection of contemporary Southern Gothic titles exploring the decay, despair, and trauma of the reconstructed American South. Come for the palpably atmospheric settings and descriptions, stay for the literary commentary on the legacy of the South's oft-romanticized past.
As a note: I did not include the most well known writers in the genre, e.g. Truman Capote, Harper Lee, William Faulkner, etc. as the list is more focused on the resurgence of Southern Gothic in contemporary literature.
Setting as a character
Where the setting is cooler than the main character.
Book Releasing in January (maybe later)
Things I want to read in the new year
Sticky Southern Nights Spent with Arnold Palmer
The feeling of growing up two miles from a Dollar General and getting yea ma’am-ed at 12 years old. People love to use Southern slang and talk about Waffle House like it’s a reality TV show but refuse to do their actual research into the South. If I see one more person acting like only inbred white supremacists live in the south (and only in the south) to eat their raw okra and liver mash I’m gonna lose it.
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