Folk Horror Book Recommendations?

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I have just finished The Creeper by A M Shine. LOVED it. Also loved the earlier book, think it was called the watcher/watchers.

Can anyone recommend anything similar? I love folk horror/creepy tales.

Do enjoy a Laura Purcell but haven't found her latest offerings to be as good/creepy as The Silent Companions.

Was recently recommended Pine by Francine Toon. That's £2.99 I'll never get back! Found it dull and predictable and not remotely spooky.

Recommendations gratefully received 🙂

I don't know if these are quite horror enough for you, but they are definitely creepy and have that rural horror vibe -

Folk, by Zoe Gilbert (interconnected short stories)
Elmet, by Fiona Mozley
The Manningtree Witches, by AK Blakemore.

Agree re. Pine, it was quite hyped and I couldn't finish it.

Ooh The Manningtree Witches is actually on my wish list. I keep being put off by some of the not so favourable reviews. Might have to take the plunge!

Thanks :-)

I loved The Manningtree Witches! It takes a bit of getting into as the writing style is so unusual - dense and poetic and a bit weird. She has another one coming out soon which I'm looking forward to.

OK, you have convinced me, i've gone and bought it!

Dark Matter by Michelle Paver. I listened to the audio book and it was such a good performance, thoroughly recommended.

Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver?

Not quite folk horror but an amazing book,
The Dig by Cynan Jones.

Also try
The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley
The Yellow Wallpaper - oldie but goodie!!

That's also on my wish list! I have been waiting for the price to drop because I am tight-fisted 😂I feel like I have failed if I pay more than two quid for a 'book' that I can't even properly hold!

Thanks for the recommendation! I have just added that to my list.

I will have a look at those now. Thank you.

Yy to Dark Matter by Michelle Paver! I actually preferred it to Wakenhyrst - Dark Matter genuinely spooked me.

I wasn't blown away by Pine either.

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand is nicely spooky as well. I've forgotten all my favourites, this always happens when I come to make a recommendation!

I agree Dark Matter is a better book. Scarier and more haunting.

Lots of books I want to try on here now. The Yellow Wallpaper is on my shelf unread... I'm waiting until the nights draw in for extra creepiness.

Really enjoyed The Loney too.

Another vote for The Loney.

Lammy by Max Porter has a folky vibe, and it does have suspense, if not horror.

The Ritual by Adam Neville

Marking my spot to come back.

Water Shall Release Them by Lucie McKnight Hardie

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Magic Cottage by James Herbert

That should say 'Water Shall Refuse Them'

Ooh just my thread. I second Shirley Jackson, The Loney and The Yellow Wallpaper.

Will have a think of my own recommendations and also look up some of the others on the thread.

Following for creepy ideas!

Water Shall Refuse Them is So. Good.

Where I end by Sophie White. It just won the Shirley Jackson award for horror fiction. It's next in my list.

I enjoyed the Skendleby series by Nick Brown and latterly Wicker Dogs by D A Hollwill.

I loved Wakenhyrst. I borrowed the ebook from the library.