9 11 gothic : decrypting ghosts and trauma in New York citys terrorism novels 9 11 Gothic explores ghostly presences in terrorism novels from New Yorkers Don DeLillo Jonathan Safran Foer Lynne Sharon Schwartz Griffin Hansbury and Patrick McGrath. Arguing how theories on trauma and Gothic combine to interpret ghosts Danel Olson discusses what supernatural meetings express about grief guilt mental instability and suicidal urges