Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Gothic in the Twenty-first Century, Maisha Wester and Xavier Aldana Reyes; PART 1. UPDATING THE TRADITION; 1. Postcolonial Gothic, Sarah Ilott; 2. Queer Gothic, Andrew J. Owens; 3. Postfeminist Gothic, Gina Wisker; 4. Neoliberal Gothic, Linnie Blake; 5. Gothic Digital Technologies, Joseph Crawford; PART 2. CONTEMPORARY MONSTERS; 6. Contemporary Zombies, Xavier Aldana Reyes; 7. Contemporary Vampires, Sorcha Ní Fhlainn; 8. Contemporary Serial Killers, Bernice M. Murphy; 9. Contemporary Ghosts, Murray Leeder; 10. Contemporary Werewolves, Kaja Franck and Sam George; PART 3. CONTEMPORARY SUBGENRES; 11. The New Weird, Carl H. Sederholm; 12. Ecogothic, Sharae Deckard; 13. Gothic Comedy, Catherine Spooner; 14. Steampunk, Claire Nally; 15. Posthuman Gothic, Anya Heise-von der Lippe; PART 4. ETHNOGOTHIC; 16. South African Gothic, Rebecca Duncan; 17. Asian Gothic, Katarzyna Ancuta; 18. Latin American Gothic, Enrique Ajuria Ibarra; 19. Aboriginal Gothic, Katrin Althans; 20. Black Diasporic Gothic, Maisha Wester; Notes on the Contributors; Index.