DARK ART:

Creature Spot

"The spot for creature art, artists, and fans." Gorgeous and imaginative drawings, paintings, sculptures, and digital imaginings of creatures and monsters. This community site encompasses a blog as well as a forum and Facebook page.

http://www.creaturespot.com/

Creature Spot on Facebook

Creature Spot on Twitter

Enamorte

A digital artist from Australia. She creates beautiful gothic fantasy art. Take a peek at her Amethyst Eyes gallery. My favorite piece here is "The Alpha Crow."

http://enamorte.deviantart.com/

https://www.facebook.com/artbyenamorte

http://instagram.com/enamorte

http://enamorte.tumblr.com/

DARK LITERATURE:

Gothic Readers Book Club

"A gathering of like-minded souls who read Gothic literature." They just this week disbanded; but you can benefit from their past blog posts. They recommended books and introduced contemporary new gothic authors.

http://gothicreadersbookclub.blogspot.com/

Monster Librarian

"Read to survive." This is an extremely useful, helpful and important resource for horror books, dark librarians, and lovers of horror fiction. There are resources for librarians, book reviews, vampire fiction reviews, and info on upcoming horror fiction releases. I really enjoyed browsing this site tonight and got quite off track exploring their offerings.

http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/

Paranormal Book Club

A blog with paranormal book reviews (Mostly in the YA subgenre, as you can imagine) and author recommendations. They do a few giveaways, as well.

http://paranormal-bookclub.com/

DARK MUSIC:

Batzz in the Belfry

A gothic rock band based in San Francisco. They feature a violinist, and they're inspired by Siouxsie, Sisters of Mercy, and Bauhaus.

http://www.batzz.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/BATZZ-in-the-belfry/209396946799

Solemn Meant Walks

A post-punk goth band from Chicago. I love female vocalists!

https://www.facebook.com/SolemnMeantWalks

http://solemnmeantwalks.bandcamp.com/

Ultranoir

A band from Finland that describes their sound as "noir wave" and "death disco."

https://www.facebook.com/ultranoironline

http://www.last.fm/music/Ultranoir

http://ultranoir.bandcamp.com/

DARK SHOPS:

The Art of Reese

Reese Hilburn's dark art, based in Los Angeles. (By the way, the artist is also a tattoo artist!) This shop sells both prints and original oil paintings. My favorite painting here is "Mother of Orkhis."

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheArtOfReese

https://www.facebook.com/TheArtOfReese

Bubbles & Frown

Bubbles & Frown is a Los Angeles-based haberdashery shop. I love how distinctive and unique their creations are. They use a lot of feathers in their pieces. I'm getting a kick out of their "Ritzy von Ritzerson" mini top hat!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/BubblesAndFrown

https://www.facebook.com/BubblesAndFrown

Cryptocurium

A New Jersey-based maker of Lovecraftian curiosities - artifacts and specimens, mostly jewelry. Really cool stuff here!

http://www.cryptocurium.com/

https://www.facebook.com/cryptocurium

PARANORMAL:

The Haunted Librarian

"Researching, investigating, and writing about haunted locations." A busy and active blog. Recent posts include "Train Rules and Darwin," Ghost Radar: Legacy, "Sorry, I Almost Got You Killed," and "Faking It."

http://thehauntedlibrarian.com/

Seeks Ghosts

A paranormal blog with posts on historical ghost occurrences, including Mission San Juan Capistrano's ghosts and a haunted street in Scotland called Mary King's Close.

http://seeksghosts.blogspot.com/

DARK ZINES:

Aether NZ

You can download the first (premiere) issue of this Steampunk online magazine. Slick and interesting to read! It was published in October 2013.

http://www.aethernz.co.nz/

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