Dear GSFB is an advice col­umn for tormented, Gothic characters and their dreadful, eerie, bump-in-the-night dilemmas. Correspondent Erzsebet Carmean replies to questions submitted by fictitious people who have fictional problems. As author of Gothic characters, Erzsebet is abundantly qualified to dispense no-nonsense wisdom to those penned by others.

Gothic… science fiction? What does that mean? This post is an overview of the primary characteristics of Gothic sci-fiction.