Horror Aficionados discussion

Our theme for June is FOLK HORROR! Please check our previous group reads list before you make your nomination. Previous group reads are not eligible. Also, authors can not promote their own work. Nominations will close on 5/17/23

Previous group reads
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Group read Nomination Rules
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

i would like to nominate Dire Branches and Starve Acre if it fits. I'm kinda ify on it but maybe someone that has read it can say yay or nay.

I'd like to nominate They Drown Our Daughters by Katrina Monroe

Nominate The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror.

I don’t know if you have read it here before but Seed by Ania Ahlborn

The Auctioneer
The Only Good Indians
Wylding Hall

Cunning Folk

+1 for seed by Ania Ahlborn.

Nominate The Twisted Ones by Kingfisher

Jennifer wrote: "Nominate The Twisted Ones by Kingfisher"

The Twisted Ones was a previous group read, and is not eligible.
Please feel free to nominate something else. (The link to previous group reads is in the first paragraph, if you're unsure).

I'll nominate House of Hollow,
and +1 Wylding Hall .

I'll nominate The Ceremonies by T.E.D. Klein, The Corn Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates, and I'll throw in another vote for The Auctioneer.

How about The Vessel by Adam Nevill

Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon

Latasha wrote: "The Auctioneer isn’t eligible. Its a previous group read."

Sorry about that. I searched but it wasn't on the list.

Kindle only - Brian Hodge, I’ll Bring You the Birds from Out of the Sky

Harvest Home was a previous group read so it's not eligible. Feel free to nominate something else.

Marc wrote: "Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon"

Not eligible. Previous group read.

Latasha wrote: "i would like to nominate Dire Branches and Starve Acre if it fits. I'm kinda ify on it but maybe someone that has read it can say yay or nay."

Starve Acre is folk horror and it was excellent.

##### When nominating, please link to the book on Goodreads (use the "add book/author" link above the text box) by cover and/or link to make it easier for members and mods to access that book here. #####

Mark wrote: "Nominate The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror."

+1

Latasha wrote: "i would like to nominate Dire Branches and Starve Acre if it fits. I'm kinda ify on it but maybe someone that has read it can say yay or nay."

+1 Starve Acre

Kimberly wrote: "I'll nominate House of Hollow,
and +1 Wylding Hall ."

I love Wylding Hall.

Mark wrote: "Nominate The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror."

+1

I'll recommend: and .

"Evil Whispers" by Owl Goingback.

I'd like to nominate:

The Whisper Man by Alex North
Water Ghosts by Shawna Yang Ryan
Pine by Francine Toon
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy

+1 for

Love this theme so keen to see what the group decides on!

+1 The Changeling
+1 The Vessel
+1 Wylding Hall
+1 The Devil's Pocketbook

The Boatman’s Daughter by Andy Davidson

+1 Starve Acre
Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher as a nomination

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
For Nettle & Bone , T. Kingfisher

I LOVE folk horror.

+1 for Mammoth Book of Folk Horror

I nominate Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre.

Also, at the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, please use the add book/author function right above the comment box when you add a book. It easily creates a link directly to the book you are recommending. Thanks :)

I nominate Rules for Vanishing

+1 Wylding Hall

Great theme!

I nominate Revelator by Daryl Gregory

+1 for Water Ghosts
+1 for The Lottery

Krystal wrote: "Love this theme so keen to see what the group decides on!"

Me too!! One of my favorite horror themes.

I’d like to nominate The Street Between the Pines by J.J. Alo

When the Moon Shines

Scary Stories Complete Set: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3

The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror

Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A Topographical Guide to Folk Horror


Working on a folk horror myself, which is so far neither folk nor horror enough, so I'm looking forward to this.

I second Cunning Folk by Adam Nevill.

Folk horror...my FAVORITE horror!
I'll second

She walks These Hills, By Sharyn McCrumb...

What does folk horror mean?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

The Nesting by CJ Cooke :)

Alison wrote: "What does folk horror mean?"

While many of the themes of folk horror can be compared to supernatural horror, there are a few key differences. The landscape of folk horror almost becomes a character in itself—isolated villages, barren fields and claustrophobic woods all play host to folkloric creatures, sacrifices, rituals and superstition.

Folk horror often focuses on the darker side of human behaviour, with outsiders entering cults and close-knit communities, usually with very bad consequences.
Source: https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.or...

Justin wrote: "Latasha wrote: "The Auctioneer isn’t eligible. Its a previous group read."

Sorry about that. I searched but it wasn't on the list."

My apologies Justin, I think I got my groups mixed up. It’s eligible and agin I’m sorry.

WendyB wrote: " Cunning Folk"

Cunning Folk is excellent

Michelle wrote: "Folk horror...my FAVORITE horror!
I'll second "

I'll third it! :) Great story

Justin wrote: "The Auctioneer
The Only Good Indians
Wylding Hall"

Love Wylding Hall!

Justin wrote: "Latasha wrote: "The Auctioneer isn’t eligible. Its a previous group read."

Sorry about that. I searched but it wasn't on the list."

The Auctioneer IS eligible--it was mistaken for another title. :)