Coined in the 1950s, Kitchen Sink described British films, plays and novels frequently set in the North of England, which showed working class life in a gritty, no-nonsense, “warts and all” style, sometimes referred to as social realism. It became popular after the playwright John Osborne wrote Look Back In Anger, simultaneously helping to create the Angry Young Men movement. Films included Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Entertainer, A Taste of Honey, The L-Shaped Room and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. TV dramas included Coronation Street and East Enders. In recent years TV dramas that could rightly be described as kitchen sink gothic include Being Human, with its cast of working class vampires, werewolves and ghosts, and the zombie drama In the Flesh, with its northern working class, down to earth setting. In this anthology you will find stories that cover a wide range of Kitchen Sink Gothic, from the darkly humorous to the weirdly strange and occasionally horrific.

Kitchen Sink Gothic

Literature & Fiction

Fry, Gary

Black, Charles

Farrell, Kate

Riley, David A.

Darlington, Andrew

Bacon, Stephen

Marsh, Franklin

Jones, Benedict J.

Genre Fiction

Parallel Universe Publications

In Practicing Psychotherapy in Constructed Reality: Ritual, Charisma, and Enhanced Client Outcomes, Stephen Bacon charts a radical and provocative new direction forward for psychotherapy. Based on the research finding that techniques have no inherent power, and the insights of constructionism, Bacon explores new ways of understanding therapeutic rituals, therapist charisma, and client-centered therapy. Special emphasis is given to an analysis of the work of master therapists, and all of the concepts are illustrated with numerous clinical examples. Finally, Bacon develops a geography of constructed reality which pragmatically supports deliberate practice and therapist mindfulness.

Practicing Psychotherapy in Constructed Reality: Ritual, Charisma, and Enhanced Client Outcomes

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Lexington Books

Twelve tales of dark fiction on the theme of crossing a border. Dare you cross the line?

Darkest Minds

HOOK, ANDREW

Krisch, Glen

Fahey, Tracy

Johnstone, Tom

Mammone, Robert

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Who are the toymaker, the child-killer, and the magician?When a young girl is kidnapped from her home, suspicion falls upon one of her neighbours, Leonard Miller, whom the police discover has a cloudy past. In an effort to clear his own name, Miller must investigate the girl's disappearance. It's a journey that will take him from the teeming crowded dosshouses of Blackfold to a crumbling mansion nestling in the remote foggy marshes.There he will encounter a house full of the horrifically insane and the terrible answers to the child's disappearance.

Laudanum Nights

Peel Back the Sky

Gray Friar Press

Since 2006, the +Horror Library+ series of anthologies has been internationally praised as a groundbreaking source of contemporary horror short fiction stories -- relevant to the moment and stunning in impact -- from leading authors of the macabre and darkly imaginative. Filled with Fears and Fantasy! Death and Dark Dreams! Monsters and Mayhem! Literary Vision and Wonder! Each volume of the +Horror Library+ series is packed with heart-pounding thrills and creepy contemplations as to what truly lurks among the shadows of the world(s) we live in. Containing 29 stories, read Volume 2 in this ongoing anthology series, and then continue with the other volumes. Included within Volume 2 are: * In "Immortal Remains," a military officer in Afghanistan finds himself captured by an enemy older and crueler than any he's come upon before. * In "A Chainsaw Execution," a mob execution has repercussions far beyond simple murder by a chainsaw. * In "Reins in the Night Season (Death of a Pistolero)," two Old West-outlaws travel to Mexico to fulfill a dead accomplice's pact. * . . . and more!

Horror Library, Volume 2

Lucas, Michael W.

RECTOR, JOHN

Pierce, Cameron

George, Stephen R.

Mantooth, John

Paoletti, Marc

Cavender, R.J.

VanAllen, Vincent

McGillvray, Ron

Dark Moon Books

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