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A review by wdianasheppard
The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror: Evil Lives on in the Land! by Stephen Jones
5.0
This book is indeed mammoth - a chonker over 500 pages - and runs the gamut from classic spooky tales from old masters to more recent offerings by modern authors. As with any anthology, I had my favorites, but I really can't stress enough the overall quality of this collection. I mean, is that shocking? Stephen Jones is a BEAST when it comes to the horror genre.
One thing that I particularly enjoyed about this collection is that it focused on stories that had connections to nature. Lots of themes here about man vs wild, settling the land, colonization... all from different perspectives and given the nature of this anthology (both older works and newer) it turns into a snake eating its own tail: how do humans effect the natural world around them? Where are our blind spots? What are we capable of?
Definitely pick this one up if you love cornfields, the mist between trees, and the echo of a songbird that suddenly stops short.
Thank you to the publisher for this ARC! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
One thing that I particularly enjoyed about this collection is that it focused on stories that had connections to nature. Lots of themes here about man vs wild, settling the land, colonization... all from different perspectives and given the nature of this anthology (both older works and newer) it turns into a snake eating its own tail: how do humans effect the natural world around them? Where are our blind spots? What are we capable of?
Definitely pick this one up if you love cornfields, the mist between trees, and the echo of a songbird that suddenly stops short.
Thank you to the publisher for this ARC! I thoroughly enjoyed it.