folk horror
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This debut novel by Rosie Andrews is a slow burn for much of its first half—building atmosphere, hinting at shadows, but keeping its cards quite close to its chest—before diving (pardon the pun) into a more authentically horrific vision as it gains considerable, and welcome, momentum in the second half. In 17th century Norfolk, Thomas…
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So, I love this gentle series of contemporary rural fantasy, and the latest, penultimate, instalment is a continuation of all that’s great about it. It’s very personal, centring very closely on its protagonists, and it tells a story of inner threat as much of one about threat from enormous cosmic forces. Wise woman Judith is…
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BOOM! Studios continue to show me love, giving me this amazing collected volume to read ahead of its UK release in June of this year. It’s a blinder of a title and writer James Tynion IV and artist Werther Dell’Edera (and aren’t those a couple of names to conjure with?) are instant follows for me…
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Boom! Studios kindly let me see a copy of volume one of Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora’s Once & Future ahead of its release, and it’s absolutely brilliant. Duncan McGuire is a well-meaning innocent: he works in academia, he plays rugby in his spare time, he’s bad at dating and he loves his grandmother. His…
Damien Kelly 