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* GhostStory


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* FemmeFatale

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* AlwaysNight
* AncientTomb
* AStormIsComing

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[[AC: Settings]]
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* AlwaysNight
* AncientTomb
* AStormIsComing
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* {{Bizarrchitecture}}



* DancesAndBalls
* DramaticThunder

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* DancesAndBalls
* DramaticThunder
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* GhostlyChill



* MadScientistLaboratory
* MalevolentArchitecture
* MelancholyMoon
* OminousFog
* RedSkyTakeWarning

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* MadScientistLaboratory
* MalevolentArchitecture
* MelancholyMoon
* OminousFog
* RedSkyTakeWarning
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* BasedOnADream
* BloodBath
* PsychologicalHorror

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* BasedOnADream
AlwaysNight
* BloodBath
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* PsychologicalHorror {{Bizarrchitecture}}
* BloodBath
* DramaticThunder
* GhostlyChill
* MalevolentArchitecture
* MelancholyMoon
* OminousFog
* RedSkyTakeWarning
* PsychologicalHorror
* AStormIsComing
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* TheCavalierYears

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* TheCavalierYears - the first gothic horror story came out towards the end of this era
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+ DarkFantasy
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+ SteamPunk - mostly the mad scientist tropes unless the author feels like leaning towards fantasy instead of scifi

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+ SteamPunk - mostly the mad scientist tropes unless the author feels like leaning towards fantasy instead of scifiscifi. If the latter is this case these tropes will be given priority over more stereotypical fantasy elements.
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+ SteamPunk - mostly the mad scientist tropes unless the author feels like leaning towards fantasy instead of scifi. Lean too far though and it ceases to be steampunk

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+ SteamPunk - mostly the mad scientist tropes unless the author feels like leaning towards fantasy instead of scifi. Lean too far though and it ceases to be steampunkscifi
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+ SteamPunk

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+ SteamPunkSteamPunk - mostly the mad scientist tropes unless the author feels like leaning towards fantasy instead of scifi. Lean too far though and it ceases to be steampunk
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+ ClockPunk

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* MadwomanInTheAttic
* MadScientist

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* MadwomanInTheAttic
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* TorchesAndPitchforks


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* CreepyCathedral
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* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=0yc2xu9ajnkj7e3s600ly7lc Creepy Cemetery]]

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* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=0yc2xu9ajnkj7e3s600ly7lc Creepy Cemetery]] CreepyCemetery
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* UndeathlyPallor



* StrappedToAnOperatingTable

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* StrappedToAnOperatingTable
StrappedToAnOperatingTable
* WeirdMoon



* PsychologicalHorror
* UndeathlyPallor
* WeirdMoon

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* PsychologicalHorror
* UndeathlyPallor
* WeirdMoon
PsychologicalHorror

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* GhostlyChill



* GhostlyChill

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\n\n* VictorianNovelDisease





* BurnTheWitch

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* BurnTheWitch BurnTheWitch
* ChessWithDeath
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* TheGrimReaper

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* BrainFever



* BrainFever
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* {{UsefulNotes/Germany}}
* HolyRomanEmpire

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Other genres that might employ heavy use of these tropes:

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Other genres that might employ heavy use of these tropes: tropes:
+ ClockPunk

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[[AC: Location]]
* {{UsefulNotes/Europe}}
* {{Ruritania}}
* SouthernGothic
* {{Uberwald}}



* EldritchLocation
* {{UsefulNotes/Europe}}

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* EldritchLocation
* {{UsefulNotes/Europe}}
EldritchLocation



* RedSkyTakeWarning
* {{Ruritania}}
* SoulTrain
* SouthernGothic
* UberWald

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* RedSkyTakeWarning
RedSkyTakeWarning
* {{Ruritania}}
* SoulTrain
* SouthernGothic
* UberWald
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* ArrangedMarriage
* DeathByChildBirth
* GorgeousPeriodDress
* OfCorsetsSexy
* OperaGloves
* ParasolOfPrettiness
* ParentalMarriageVeto
* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment
* RoyaltyAndNobilityTropes





* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors
* TheCavalierYears

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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors
* TheCavalierYears
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* TheEdwardianEra - the genre was on its death bed by then but there were still authors willing to write in it



* EvilTowerOfOminousness
* TheGayNineties

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* EvilTowerOfOminousness
* TheGayNineties
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* MiddleAges - used to be a popular setting for gothic fiction authors but nowadays is associated with [[StandardFantasySetting tolkienesque]] [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy elements]].



* RegencyEngland
* {{Ruritania}}
* TheSpanishInquisition

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* RegencyEngland
* {{Ruritania}}
* TheSpanishInquisition
{{Ruritania}}



* VictorianBritain
** VictorianLondon



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* ArrangedMarriage
* DeathByChildBirth
* GorgeousPeriodDress
* OfCorsetsSexy
* OperaGloves
* ParasolOfPrettiness
* ParentalMarriageVeto
* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment
* RoyaltyAndNobilityTropes



* ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow

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* ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow
ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow

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* TheCavalierYears
* TheEdwardianEra - the genre was on its death bed by then but there were still authors willing to write in it
* TheGayNineties
* MiddleAges - used to be a popular setting for gothic fiction authors but nowadays is associated with [[StandardFantasySetting tolkienesque]] [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy elements]].
* RegencyEngland
* TheSpanishInquisition
* VictorianBritain
** VictorianLondon

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* {{Satan}}

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* {{Satan}} {{Satan}}
* {{Sweeney Todd}}
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A list of tropes found within the GothicHorror genre. While you don't need all of them to write a gothic horror novel the more you have the better. {{Horror}} has some things that are universal to all genres of horror but not everything on that page is used in gothic horror.

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A list of tropes found within the GothicHorror genre. While you don't need all of them to write a gothic horror novel novel, the more you have the better. {{Horror}} has some things that are universal to all genres of horror but not everything on that page is used in gothic horror.



Note:Zombies didn't start appearing until the 1920's but many older creatures were absorbed into the zombie mythos. So use caution when adding zombie examples.
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[[AC: Misc]] Miscellany]]




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+ SteamPunk - mostly when writers want to lean towards fantasy. Lean too far though and it ceases to be steampunk.

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+ SteamPunk - mostly when writers want to lean towards fantasy. Lean too far though and it ceases to be steampunk. SteamPunk
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