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A list of tropes found within the Gothic Horror 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.

Other genres that might employ heavy use of these tropes:

Cosmic Horror Story
Dark Fantasy
Gaslamp Fantasy
Fairy Tale
Gothic Punk
Mystery - depends on the subgenre
Punk Punk
Romance - depends on the subgenre
Steampunk - mostly the mad scientist tropes unless the author feels like leaning towards fantasy instead of scifi. If the latter is this case these tropes will be given priority over more stereotypical fantasy elements.
Supernatural Fiction
Urban Fantasy
Vampire Fiction
Weird West
Werewolf Works

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

Public Domain Characters

Characterization Tropes/Stock Characters

Cultural Tropes

Fictional Species

Location

Magic

Settings

Plot Elements

Soundtrack/Music

Themes

Time Period

The Cavalier Years - the first gothic horror story came out towards the end of this era
The Edwardian Era - the genre was on its death bed by then but there were still authors willing to write in it
The Gay Nineties
Middle Ages - used to be a popular setting for gothic fiction authors but nowadays is associated with "Tolkienesque" elements.
Regency England
The Spanish Inquisition
Victorian Britain
- Victorian London

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