Tag: Southern Gothic Fiction

  • Soundtracking The Casquette Rose

    In a previous post, Soundtracking a Work in Progress, I introduced the soundtrack to my upcoming Louisiana Gothic novel, The Casquette Rose. Now that the novel is finished, I want to revisit this and talk about some more of the songs. Here’s the soundtrack: Vive la Rose – Nana Mouskouri Harvester of Eyes – Blue Oyster Cult…

  • Wolf in the Sanctuary Release

    BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, May 3, 2025, On 10 June, former folklore, rhetoric, and literature professor turned independent author and freelance editor Robin Schadel brings her home state into her passion for creating worlds and spinning tales where the fantastical and folkloric move side-by-side with the mundane world. “Stories have always been my life,” Schadel says…

  • Werewolves in MY Bayou?

    Hey, this is a multi-part update on a few projects. Wolf in the Sanctuary Update The first is on the Louisiana gothic horror novel I was working on earlier. That novel is both drafted and revised, and now it’s off to my editor. We’re looking at an early summer release of Wolf in the Sanctuary.…