Tag: Gothic Fiction
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The Threshold That Won’t Hold: On Irish Gothic and the Literature of What Returns
In Irish Gothic, the threshold between the known and the unknown is not a line a story crosses once. It is a condition the landscape lives inside. An essay on folklore, the Aos Sí, and the literature of what returns — and in what condition.
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The Woman Who Erased a Village
The ship sailed from Belfast and, as far as the historical record is concerned, sailed into nothing.
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On Being Read Carefully
R.A. Marno’s debut novel What the Fog Conceals is the slow-paced, entirely and explicitly unsentimental response to this event, not attempting to sensationalize, but to memorialize. I deeply respect that approach, and I think it works well.
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Tension, Silence, and the Work Beneath the Surface
R.A. Marno explores how silence, pressure, and restraint shape his writing. From film influence to folklore, this piece unpacks the emotional architecture behind What the Fog Conceals — a novel built on tension, omission, and the quiet truths beneath ordinary life.
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The Language of Silence
In this reflective essay, R.A. Marno explores how silence became both language and architecture in What the Fog Conceals. He examines the moral weight of what remains unspoken — and how restraint, atmosphere, and omission shaped the novel’s voice and emotional power.
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Behind the Book — The Silence That Started It
The true story that inspired What the Fog Conceals: the vanished village of Audley’s Town, erased from the Castle Ward estate in the 1850s. Historians still debate whether its people were resettled or silenced — and how Lady Bangor, known as “The Evictor,” became part of its haunting legacy.
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Salt Publishing Announces What the Fog Conceals for 2026 Release
Salt Publishing has announced the forthcoming release of What the Fog Conceals, the debut novel by Belfast-based author R.A. Marno. The novel will be published on 15th August 2026 and is now available for pre-order through Salt and major booksellers.