This is intended to be a decent primer on what's out there in Gothdom. It is by no means complete, and it's going out of date all the time, but ...it's got spunk. It means well. It'll get you started and hopefully find you some interesting new locations and give you some new ideas.

General Resources | Gothchicks | Gothbois
Clothes and Accessories | Boots | Musical Interests
Fun Little Diversions | Fonts | Other Communities | Web Rings

Clothing, Make-Up, Accoutrement

• A.G.F FAQ - The FAQ for alt.gothic.fashion: reviews of sites, resource guide, etc.
• Amphigory - Jewelry, make-up, magical supplies, etc.
• Anahysia's Tyme Portal - The site no longer exists, but here's a consumer complaint about it.
• Argy Bargy - "New Jersey's Subculture Connection" - Punk rawk don't stop! Old-school tees and accessories.
• Atrocities - "Gothickry to wear amongst the shadows of the night."
• Azrael's Accomplice - Romantigoth clothing, mostly for women, but a few outfits for men.
• Bone Church - Designer Jeannie Nitro's gothic clothing.
• Dark Garden Unique Corsetry - Corsets. What else?
• Divinity Designs - More traditional gothwear for the fashion-conscious 'chickie.
• Dye It Black FAQ - The total guide for dyeing your clothes a nice, deep black.
• Goodgoth.com - "A Curious Coming Together of Objects both Wonderful and Strange."
• Gypsy Moon - You can probably guess, but go check it out anyway.
• In2Skin.com - "Body Jewelry and Piercing Jewelry Sales Online."
• Ipso Facto Catalog - Goth, fetish, and club clothing, (women's) shoes and boots, vampiric accessories.
• Lip Service On-Line - Goth/fetish clothing, beautiful models, whole lotta attitude.
• Lulu Makeup - "Alternative, Punk Gothic, and Raver cosmetics!"
• Manic Panic - The official website for the original hair dye.
• marcuselectric - "Spiky rubber gothic jewellery constructed from shards of rubber, coloured beads, chain and nails." Gotta love it!
• Ophelia Unbound/Michelle Korn Collection - Home and body accoutrement.
• Phobe.com's coffin page - How to make your own little coffin purse.
• Red Haze - Goth! Punk! Metal! Glam! Indie! ...and stoner, apparently.
• Retail Slut Online - Gothpunk wardrobe, and a sense of humor about it.
• Sailor Jerry - "We produce a line of tattoo clothing and accessories inspired by the traditional flash of Sailor Jerry Collins."
• Shining Light Online - "Wholesale to the trade only - Wholesaler and Manufacturer of High Quality Body Jewelry and Accessories."
• Spider's Web - More cool gothchick outfits and stuff, plus community events.
• The Velvet Garden - Buy, sell, or trade new and vintage gothic clothing, music and accessories.
• Visabella - For the magickal New Ager in every gothchick (and a couple shirts for men).
• Vixens and Angels - Or, rather, Gothchicks and Skinheads, and their accessories/links.
• Void Alternative Clothing - Creepygoth/club clothing for men and women; U.K. prices, have conversion tables handy.

Absolute, Monster-Stomping Boot Sites

• Big Black Boots - Logger's, motorcycle, and lineman's boots.
• Classic Boots & Jackets - He isn't selling anything, but the man knows his boots!
• Dehner Company - Riding and patrol boots.
• Dr. Martens/Air Wair - If you don't know by now...
• Heavenly Soles - Mpls. shoe/boot store, provides excellent resource for other boot sites.
• Ipso Facto Catalog - Goth, fetish, and club clothing, (women's) shoes and boots, vampiric accessories.
• Pennangalan Dreams - (Women's) goth/fetish boots from the UK.
• Underground Shoes - The home of alternative street fashion.
• War Surplus - Military gear and (men's) boots.
• military surplus - Surplus military boots from around the world.

Mpls.-Local Bands, Radio Shows, etc.

• Astral Grey - Mpls. local goth/ambient band.
• Autonomy - Mpls. local goth/rock band.
• Autumn - Mpls. local goth band, ambient/trance, very emotional.
• Descent - Saturdays at 2pm, 770 Radio K, U of MN, Mpls.
• Dies Irae ! US - Mpls. local darkwave band.
• Glass - Mpls. local gothpunk band.
• Zurround - Mpls. local dark conceptual outfit.

Nationwide Musical Miscellany

• 4AD - Recording label of alternative acts.
• :Bahntier - "Psycho noise industrial sound", from Italy!
• Closed Caskets for the Living Impaired - Radio program out of Irving, CA. Also hosts goth DJ webring and list of national radio shows.
• DarkSonus - Chicago-based musicians' forum covering industrial, goth, darkwave and EBM.
• Dark Nation Radio Online - A highly fascinating and relieving goth/industrial online radio program.
• Darkwings - Gothic/industrial Internet radio.
• Gemm - Intensive resource for obscure, out-of-print albums.
• Global Goth Radio Show - "Soft goth heaven since 1997."
• In Perpetual Motion - Indie/darkwave Internet radio.
• Long Shadows - Online magazine dedicated to Current 93.
• Luxt - Sacramento, CA industrial/electro/rock band.
• The Machine in the Garden - Official website for the Machine in the Garden.
• Metropolis Mail Order - Obviously, an online store for those of the dark alternative distraction.
• My Sixth Shadow - The "new wave of gothic metal" from Rome, Italy.
• The Narcissus Pool - Close to trad-goth, yet fresh and lovely according to their critics.
• Pale Rider - some kind of Brit goth band. Hold them accountable for this.
• Projekt - Record label for goth trance/ambient music.
• Saint Thomas Records - "The Patron Saint of the Music Underground."
• Shadowland - Norway's only specialist in the gothic, synthpop, ebm and industrial genres.
• Suture Seven - "Suture Seven are an amazing cross genre band from Pennsylvania. Their sounds range from industrial to electronica to doomy goth fringes and everything in between."
• Terminal Ready - "Terminal Ready kicks all ass. Especially yours, pigfucker."
• This Vale of Tears - A very energetic and impressive dark techno band in Belgium.
• Twilight - The ethereal music mailing list.

Fun Little Distractions of a Dark Bent

• Atlas Games - Makers of Lunch Money, the hugely successful card game of playground violence.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Website of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' info.
• Celebrity Morgue - For when you absolutely know they're dead.
• Corpses for Sale - You know, for when you need a corpse for something. Includes home manufacture instructions.
• Darkmuse E-Zine - Links, resources, Darkmuse Productions, e-zine, etc.
• Dead People Society - Check here to see if your favorite people have died yet.
• Death Clock - The date of your anticipated demise, and the dwindling seconds you have remaining.
• DeadLounge.com - The unholy combination of goth and lounge: drink up!
• Emily - A natural, unrealized gothchick.
• Goth Baby Names - Because I imagine some of you may get pregnant at some point.
• The Goth Filter - To make every website look nice and gothy.
• Goth Poetry - How to create your own!
• How To Be Goth - "So, you want to be a goth..."
• Memento Morty - Shows you how much time you have left to live. Add it to your website!
• Necrobabes - "Death fetish erotica", as long as you become a member.
• Red Meat - Lurid meatsploitation on the installment plan.
• Silverblue - Very talented Australian goth/anthropomorphic art.
• Skin & Bones - A literary showcase of the gothic/erotic/grotesque.
• Tina the Troubled Teen - The original surly 14y.o. gothchick. Add her to your website!
• White Wolf Games - Creators of the predominant gothpunk RPG series; my favorite is Wraith.

Gothic Communities Around the Globe

• Atlanta Gothic.net - All that's gothy in Atlanta, GA.
• Club listings - Travelling soon? This is a directory of clubs all over the world.
• Contempt - Goth event in NYC.
• Darklife and Portuguese Gothic News - Everything you ever wanted to know about being goth in Portugal.
• DarkSonus - Chicago-based musicians' forum covering industrial, goth, darkwave and EBM.
• Darkwave - Representing UK gothdom.
• Dead At Last - Goth in Japan.
• Goth In Asia - Vague, Asian-general-interest site with focus on area-specific local bands.
• Goth Japan - Another up-close-and-personal slice of the gothic interpretation in Japan. Fun and fascinating!
• Gothic Chicago - All that's gothy in Chicago.
• Hallowmas - Website resource for "a three-day festival of music, fun, tricks and treats" in Toronto, ON.
• Helix - The monthly digest of nightclubs and events in the UK Goth/Industrial scene.
• Necronomi.com - Online Grimoire of e-lists and... stuff. Just a bunch of New York stuff, I think.
• NetGoth UK - The impressive revised site with assloads of interesting galleries and information.
• NYGothic - Events list for NYC.
• Ohiogoth.org - What's there to do in Ohio?
• Pittsburgh Goth/Industrial Events - All that's gothy in Pittsburgh, PA.
• The Rose Noir Gothic Mailing List - Mailing list for the Houston, TX area.
• SFgoth - All that's gothy in the San Francisco bay area.
• Utah Gothics Page - Utah organization for community support; provides related humaninarian links.

Directory of Dark-Oriented Web Rings
(It should be noted that I do not belong to any of these - I list these for others' interest, and make no pretense toward affiliation with any of these groups.)

• Alt.Gothic Webring
• Blessed Darkness
• Canadian Gothic Webring
• The Dark Haven