Southern Gothic

Heat, ghosts, and the sins of the South

Haunting stories of the American South: decaying plantations, eccentric families, buried histories, and grotesque beauty.

Styles: Novel · Cinematic · Literary · Pulp, or Random
Aisle: Horror

Begin with

Homecoming in Calvary Parish
You return to Louisiana for your grandmother's funeral. Everyone in the parish knows why she was buried facedown, except you.
Your role: A returning grandchild
The Revival
A traveling preacher's revival tent appears outside your dying town. Every person he heals is never quite the same person again.
Your role: A skeptical deputy
Swamp Records
As a county clerk, you discover a hundred years of land deeds signed by the same man, who should be long dead and still collects rent.
Your role: A county clerk

Start a premise as written, or make it yours with your own hero, style, tropes and intensity. Every scene after the first is written around your choices.

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