Exotic Gothic is an anthology series of short fiction and novel excerpts in the gothic, horror and fantasy genres, edited by Danel Olson, a professor of English at Lone Star College in Texas. Olson writes on Gothic novels and Horror film (The Exorcist, The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth, The Shining), and edited the reference guide 21st Century Gothic: Great Gothic Novels Since 2000. By design, the stories take place outside the traditional gothic setting of the United Kingdom.