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The silly and sleepless Mistress McCutchan, otherwise known in the real world simply as Laura, created Morbid Outlook in August of 1992, while still a gothling in high school.

She is a freelance web designer, but also makes time to also design and make all sorts of stuff, DJ, dance as one-half of Serpentina as well as direct her Toronto-based troupe, The Serpentina North Ensemble. She is vegan, but not one of the pushy ones. When not working like a maniac, she can be found becoming one with the couch, especially if Three’s Company is on.
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The Well-Read Goth
Mistress McCutchan
What does a cultured, awkward intellectual goth read? When we polled our readers for the top picks in their essential reading, we compiled a variety of choice titles for your reading pleasure. They were tough to categorize, but we found these to be fitting in to the tastes of Morbid Outlook crowd.
The Classics
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The classic Oscar Wilde novel, and, in my opinion, this read goes well with a steady listening of The Smiths.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
Without a shadow of a doubt, the grandfather to us all.
The Turn of the Screw
A perfectly crafted ghost story from Henry James.
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
Horror fiction and Cthulhu calling out to you.
Wuthering Heights
Classic, 19th century melodrama.
Anna Karenina
19th century love and adultery, Russian style; considered to be Tolstoy’s finest.
Two other obvious classics are Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, although a few readers who participated in this survey stated that the novel Dracula is highly overrated.
Cyberpunk
Neuromancer
The William Gibson novel that defines the cyberpunk genre.
Snow Crash
In the Metaverse, is Snow Crash a computer virus, a disease, or a drug?
Vurt
Blurring the lines between life and virtual reality; brings shades of A Clockwork Orange to mind, too.
Comics/Graphic Novels
Sandman Series
The classic tales of Death by Neil Gaiman.
The Love and Rockets Series
The awesome series of punk rock and Mexican wrestling from the Hernandez brothers.
Maruo jigoku
“Too dark to be called manga” one of our readers said of the eroto-grotesque work of Suehiro Maruo.
Kapilavastu (Buddha, Vol. 1)
The godfather of manga’s definitive version of the Buddha’s life. Who said comics can’t be enlightening?
Smut!
Storyville, New Orleans
An intriguing account of the historic red-light district.
Fetish
Photography book edited by Tony Mitchell.
As Dark As They Come
Hex Files
Mick Mercer’s brilliant scene-survey.
Amphigorey
The darkly delightful collection of Edward Gorey’s work.
Interview with the Vampire
This was my first Anne Rice book many years ago, and in my opinion, the best of her vampire novels.
Silk
The modern gothic horror debut from Caitlin Kiernan.
Stalking Tender Prey
One reader shared, “one of my favourite writers is Storm Constantine” and this dark fantasy from the Grigori Trilogy came highly recommended.
Exquisite Corpse
Poppy Z’s finest novel, chock full of murder, cannibalism, and love in New Orleans.
Delicate Dependency
One of the more interesting takes on the vampire mythos.
Tales of a Punk Rock Nothing
Growing up punk as told through zines, letters and journal entries.
Adulterers Anonymous
The first collection of work written by Lydia Lunch and Exene Cervenka, before their spoken word stuff.
And the Ass Saw the Angel
Nick Cave’s dark Southern dirge in the life of Euchrid Eucrow.
Other suggestions? Do tell!
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