Journal for Spectral Visions Press
Editorial Board
Colin Younger
Colin Younger is head of English and Creative Writing at the University of Sunderland.
His publications include: Border Crossings: Narration, Nation and Imagination in Scots and Irish Literature and Culture; Spectral Visions: The Collection
Professor William Hughes
Professor William Hughes is a professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University, past President of the International Gothic Association and editor of Gothic Studies.
His publications include: The Victorian Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion; Beyond Dracula: Bram Stokers Fiction and Its Cultural Context; Fictions of Unease: The Gothic from Otranto to The XFiles
Dr Alison Younger
Dr Alison Younger is a senior lecturer at the University of Sunderland and the head of the MA English. She is Co-Director of the North East Irish Studies Network.
Her publications include: Doctors and Devils: Diagnosing Racial Degeneracy in Stevenson’s Gothic Fiction; A Parliament of Monsters: Commodity Spectacle in Nineteenth Century Popular Entertainment.
Dr Bill Hughes
Dr Bill Hughes is one of the lead researchers in the Open Graves, Open Minds project.
His publications include: Open Graves, Open Minds: Representations of Vampires and the Undead from the Enlightenment to the Present
Professor John Strachan
Professor John Strachan is Associate Dean and Professor of English at Bath Spa University. He is Co-Director of the North East Irish Studies Network.
His publications include: The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 7th edition; British Satire 1785-1840
Dr Fritz Wefelmeyer
Dr Fritz Wefelmeyer is the English Team Leader at the University of Sunderland.
His publications include: "Within Reason": Beckett, Ireland, and Company'; Die Sehnsucht nach Transzendenz: Zu iher Bedeutung im Werk von Botho Strauß.
Iain Rowan
Iain Rowan is Assistant Director of Academic Services at the University of Sunderland and a published author. He is the founder of the Holmeside Writers Group.
His publications include: One of Us; Nowhere to Go; Ice Age
Dr Barry Hall
Dr Barry Hall is an English lecturer at the University of Sunderland and a member of the North East Forum in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Studies.
His publications include: Conflict, Closure, Dilemma: Bunyan’s Grace Abounding
David Almond
David Almond is an award-winning author and Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
His publications include: Skellig; The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean; The Knife Sharpener
Steve Watts
Steve Watts is the Head of the Department of Culture at the University of Sunderland.
Dr Deirdre O'Byrne
Dr Deirdre O'Byrne is an English lecturer at Loughborough University and the current chair of the Nottingham Irish Studies Group.
Her publications include: Let Her Think Opinions are Accursed