Horror Genre Challenge 2023 - hosted by autisaur

Folk Horror
"Folk horror is a subgenre of horror for film, books, comics or television which includes elements of folklore or urban legends as the inspiration of the main focus of horror for the story. Sometimes stated as “based on a true story” this subgenre loosely uses the phrase “true story” as many of these legends have little fact checking if any at all."
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Piñata by Leopoldo Gout

Piñata

Leopoldo Gout

293 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

Sisters of the Lost Nation

Nick Medina

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Handyman Method by Andrew F. Sullivan, Nick Cutter

The Handyman Method

Andrew F. Sullivan, Nick Cutter

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

The Salt Grows Heavy

Cassandra Khaw

106 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious fast-paced
Beast of Sorrows by James Watts

Beast of Sorrows

James Watts

missing page info • first pub 2021 (editions)

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
Witch by Iain Rob Wright

Witch

The Cursed Manuscripts #1

Iain Rob Wright

195 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

Patricia Wants to Cuddle

Samantha Allen

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror lgbtqia+ dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Into the Drowning Deep

Rolling in the Deep #1

Mira Grant

440 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Bad Cree

Jessica Johns

8 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary magical realism dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold by Imogen Hermes Gowar, Naomi Booth, Emma Glass, Irenosen Okojie, Daisy Johnson, Natasha Carthew, Eimear McBride, Liv Little, Mahsuda Snaith, Kirsty Logan

Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold

Imogen Hermes Gowar, Naomi Booth, Emma Glass, Irenosen Okojie, Daisy Johnson, Natasha Carthew, Eimear McBride, Liv Little, Mahsuda Snaith, Kirsty Logan

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism short stories dark informative medium-paced