A review by zeecorster
The Fiends in the Furrows: An Anthology of Folk Horror by Christine M. Scott, David T. Neal

4.0

Folk horror is one of my favorite horror subgenres, so I couldn't resist picking this up as fall slowly works its way here. Keeping the collection to nine stories is wise, as there were resultingly no true duds in the bunch. Sure, some were less successful than others, as is the wont of any multi-author collection, but for every shrugsy story, there was S.T. Gibson's "Revival" or Eric J. Guinard's "The First Order of Whaleyville's Divine Basilisk Handlers." (Both revolve around snakes and Southern revival meetings, and both are worth your time.)

But my easy favorite was Lindsay King-Miller's "The Fruit." She knows just how much to explain and how much to leave to the reader's imagination here, and the inexorable descent toward the story's climax is chilling in its simplicity. It's a delightful slice of spookiness in a collection perfect for the harvest season.