The New York Times–dubbed “Martha Stewart for Macabre Homemakers,” Aurelio Voltaire, presents the definitive guide to revamping your sanctuary to match your eerie vibe.
Are you ready to embrace your dark side? In Gothic Life (Epic Life | August 13, 2024 | $24.99), Aurelio Voltaire shows you how to do just that, using the expertise honed as founder and host of the show Gothic Homemaking and years of stop-motion animation work to take you on a journey to goth-hood. From DIY design projects to helpful haunted hosting tips and tricks, with this step-by-step reference, you’ll transform your domain to capture your spooky essence with lessons on:
- The history and mindset of goths, including gothic icons from Vincent Price to Tim Burton to Wednesday Addams
- Enchanting home décor, making use of spooky color palettes (beyond black!) and all the bats and gargoyles your gothic heart could want
- A gothic dinner party menu featuring the likes of squid ink linguini and charcoal ice cream
- Holiday and party prep to celebrate Halloween and beyond
Whether you are looking for new ways to express your inner goth year-round or seeking brilliantly haunting ideas for your next Halloween bash, Gothic Life reveals the secrets to unleashing your inner goth and transforming the mundane to the macabre.
About the Author:
Born in Havana and raised in New Jersey, Aurelio Voltaire’s boyhood fascination with horror movies blossomed into a teenage taste for the moody music of British rock bands including Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, and the Cure. Aurelio worked for years in stop-motion animation, a career that led to gigs with MTV, Nickelodeon, and Syfy, and to becoming an instructor at the School of Visual Arts from 1996 to 2019. As a musician, he is a songwriter whose music can best be described as a collection of murder ballads, and tongue-in-cheek exercises in the macabre. He is the author of the books Paint It Black: A Guide to Gothic Homemaking and What is Goth: Music, Makeup, Attitude, Apparel, Dance, and General Skullduggery. Aurelio lives in the East Village, NY and regularly streams his YouTube show, Gothic Homemaking.
GOTHIC LIFE
By Aurelio Voltaire
ISBN: 9780760388327 · On-Sale Date: August 13, 2024 · $24.99 US · 194 pages · Hardcover
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