
Hammer Horror Nightgown Ranking
It’s easy to get lost in the aesthetic pleasures of Hammer’s smooching Draculas and bangin’ 1970s haircuts on 19th century characters; you might gloss over the more ethereal wardrobe choices.

KJ from Life After Magic
“There’s a bunch of different subcultures under the punk and goth umbrellas. Doesn’t always have to be about wearing black and being angry.”

Skyrim and Existential Angst Redux
Why can’t I marry Serana? I would like to take this up with Todd Howard personally.

Get Her What She Really Wants for Valentine’s Day and Avoid the Wrath of the Ancient Ones
A holiday gift guide that just might save your skin.

On Organizing My Skyrim Library and Living in a Human Body
Organizing books makes me not care that I’m a decaying meat-coated skeleton living by the light of a dying star. I love skeletons! I love stars! Who cares, just let me read!

Ruby Blue from Switchcraft
Ms. Blue’s aesthetics speak volumes: she wears librarian clichés – cardigans and tortoiseshell glasses – with bodycon animal prints, statement jewelry and long, blue nails.

The Mary Celeste
I watched the 1935 thriller The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (released in the U.S. as Phantom Ship). I took notes while watching, which include helpful annotations like “what is even happening” and “yikes this is racist.”

The Witch from Wytchwood
The main question I have while considering Wytchwood is, why isn’t this my life? Should I acquire a goat companion? Would the goat get along with my cat?

Joy Johnson-Johjima from Monster Camp
If I overheard someone talking about a bookish goth who listens to Rumours on repeat too much, I’d assume they were talking about me.

Belle
Deirdre played these Beauty and the Beast-inspired games so that you, dear reader, don’t have to.

Gerry from Graveyard Keeper
I mean, really now, who hasn’t wanted to be friends with a talking, alcoholic skull?

Iris From the Drawn Trilogy
The concept of turning artwork into reality—into an escape—has never been more tempting.

Rowan from Seers Isle
This spectral figure makes an impression as a great storyteller long before she’s ever introduced.

The Ad Salesman from Animal Restaurant
Animal Restaurant is a mobile game that does the impossible: It makes promoting in-game ads adorable.

Jesse Faden from Control
Deirdre desperately wants to be friends with Jesse Faden, someone similarly comfortable with the surreal and unexplainable.

Asra from The Arcana
Who doesn’t love obsessively pondering over fictional characters’ tarot readings?

Goth Stereotypes as Videogame Characters
If you’ve never dabbled in goth subculture, you may not realize how many gothic sub-subcultures exist.

Alice from American McGee’s Alice
American McGee’s series seemed like a natural extension of Deirdre’s lifelong Alice in Wonderland obsession.

Hoshi from How to Date a Magical Girl
Why bother trying to date in a dating sim when you can play with one very good dog!

Catboy the Cat, and Other Familiars
Deirdre lists some of the best cat (or cat-looking, at least) familiars in pop culture.

The Abominable Snow Monster from SkiFree
An adorable cryptid from Microsoft’s 1991 Entertainment Pack for Windows makes it onto Deidre’s friend’s list.

Drea
For someone who constantly jokes about dying, the chance to date a ghost carries its own morbid comfort.

Rochelle
If the outbreak happened outside my window, I’d be digging through drawers for my most metal band shirts and cursing my lack of foresight in not purchasing a black Violator babydoll.

Willow
Just like Willow from Don’t Starve, Deirdre can’t control what goes on in the world. But she can keep her sanity meter up in the meantime.

The Encarta MindMaze Witch
Hidden in Microsoft Encarta ’95 lies one of the foundational goths of Deirdre’s childhood.

Mira
Donut County‘s Mira is The Best because of a) her punk aesthetic and b) her refusal to take any shit even as her world literally falls around her.

Top Ten Characters I Hate
September 2018 is the first anniversary of This Mortal Coyle and, to celebrate, Deirdre Coyle lists ten characters that make her blood boil.