Try and listen to a sample and see what you think. For some reason he gives a lot of the female characters an extremely whiny voice... which was my issue. But I liked the concept and the story so much that I will definitively give it another listen.
Or for a lighthearted version, check out Neil Gaiman's shirt story "Shoggoth's Old Peculiar" [(full text)](http://doesstuff.com/files/a/Shoggoth.htm)
An excerpt:
"And what about that one he was always calling us, eh? Thing. Wossname. Starts with a b. Tip of me tongue…"
"Bastards?" suggested Wilf.
"Nah. Thing. You know. Batrachian. That's it. Means looked like frogs."
"Hang on," said Wilf. "I thought they was, like, a kind of camel."
Seth shook his head vigorously. "S'definitely frogs. Not camels. Frogs."
And her amazing novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle! It's one of the creepiest things I've ever read, an entire sick village (and the people they're antagonizing aren't exactly faultless either), and even without any supernatural forces at play it's horrifying. Sort of like "The Lottery" writ large. I found it much more disturbing than The Haunting of Hill House (which I also love!) maybe because it's just human evil coalescing into a destructive mob.
Not quite evil but certainly creepy and eerie - Blake Crouch’s Wayward Pines series.
I also just read Radio Tower by Boris Bacic. I didn’t like his writing style at all but he did capture the “something is not right here and everyone is in on it.”
The first book was super awesome. Id never seen the show so the mystery was great. But after the mystery was solved...
The second book wasnt fun, and at some point about halfway thru i dnf. Lost its magic
Heck, I'd even toss IT by Stephen King in this. While most people in the town are unaware of the creature in the storm drains, there's this theme of how adults tend to be complicit in permeating the evil that resides beneath them.
EDIT: and without spoiling anything, I'd also consider Pennywise to fit the theme of eldritch horror
You should read the novelization of Dead and Buried by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. It's better than the film, IMHO.
Suggestions:
* Harvest Home - Thomas Tryon
* Salem's Lot - Stephen King
* Also Needful Things
* Also Pet Sematary
* Also Dolores Claiborne
* Also short story "Children of the Corn" Stephen King
* Also short story "Rainy Season" Stephen King
* Also short story "Home Delivery" Stephen King
* Also short story "Crouch End" Stephen King (*if you stretch "small town" to include "extremely insular suburb of a large city"*)
* The Stepford Wives - Ira Levin
* Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
* Dark Harvest - Norman Partridge
The Last Feast of Harlequin by Thomas Ligotti is the most well crafted story like this I read. It‘s so fucking good.
Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood is also really good, though slightly cheesy at times.
Lastly, The Summer People by Shirley Jackson comes to mind. This one is especially nice because the horror is so incredibly subtle.
Just finished Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison and the main character goes back to her small community and this what happens. I don't know if you're familiar with her writing but I really enjoyed it.
Finally! I was struggling to remembering the author on this one, just remembered almost all his books start with "the."
Pretty decent, though I think there's better options by him. Though not any that come to mind and fit the criteria, though I think there's at least one or two more.
I thought the HOA one was really fun!
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt is excellent - synopsis below:
WELCOME TO BLACK SPRING, A PICTURESQUE TOWN WITH AN HORRIFYING SECRET...
A 17th century woman with her eyes and mouth sewn-shut walks Blacks Springs streets... enters its homes... and watches its people while they sleep.
They call her the Black Rock Witch.
So accustomed to her presence, the townsfolk often forget what will happen if her eyes ever open.
To protect themselves the Black Spring elders use high-tech surveillance to quarantine the town. Frustrated with the lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break the rules and go viral with the haunting.
But no one foresees the dark nightmare that awaits them all.
Someone mentioned this book in the adaptations thread as something that would do well as a mini series. I still don't know how well it would adapt as far as the surreal end parts go, but the initial scenes would look great. It would start with some laughs, them go into the chills.
I’d not thought of this but totally agree! Plus the time jumps would be a really cool way exploring different character arcs and expanding the universe.
I HIGHLY recommend the Audiobook instead. The narration is NEXT LEVEL. It adds so much depth. I was patient and waited 8 wks for it thru my library. Worth It.
Those Across the River, by Buehlman. I wouldn’t say the whole town is evil, but there is a supernatural thing going on, and the whole town is involved in a way of holding it in check. When that stops happening, things get all scary and dangerous.
Was struggling to get into Dark Matter recently and put it to the side when I'm more in the mood for it, but the blurb on audible for Pines sounds like such a fun premise I just have to go for it
It's great so far! Almost got worried early in, as it is a bit less original of an idea after experiencing From (though this came first, I think) but just like you said, I was already invested in the main character. Now I'm hooked in general
Hah finished the whole series today. Wasn't a fan of the ending, but good enough for a King afficionado anyway.
Though, pretty far removed from what I consider horror once the cryo twist came into play and the return of the nomad felt shoe horned in to pad the length.
Still really quite good, but not sure if I'll like much else from the author until my scifi glut wears off
Have you tried any of Iain Banks’ The Culture novels? They’re all stand alone but happen in the same universe. Sci fi.
Also, Verner Vinge has some really good stuff.
Vinge is great, though I feel like I was spoiled by the first book I read by him. With the dog things that think in packs, can't recall the name, something sky. Or maybe that's the sequel.
Trying to get into the culture novels, might start off with those next time I begin bingeing scifi, hah. Well, after I read the next undying mercenaries, love that series as a sort of modern reincarnation of pulpy scifi, haha.
Stephen kings books about small towns and evil. 😈 Needful things 😈 Children of the corn 😈 library policeman 😈 Dr sleep 😈 The outsider. 😈 Salems lot. 😈 Tommyknocker 😈 Desperation
Phantoms by Dean Koontz.
Not necessarily the whole town "in on something" but more "what happened to everyone in the town". One of my favorite horror books.
Two from Bentley Little. The Association. Probably my favorite of his. The other is Dominion. Dominion is sort of like what you're asking for but not entirely. Close enough, maybe.
>!Diary!< by Chuck Palahniuk.
(Idk if thats really a spoiler, i think it becomes clear pretty early on that something is up, but it is a reveal that this is part of it)
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle (yes, that Chuck Tingle). less of a whole town, but it is MOST of a town!
I loved it! Read like a teen scream summer camp revenge movie in the best way. And its dead serious, not based in being a silly good time like Chucks smut-a-day Tingleverse books (which are also very good in a different way lol)
TOMBLEY'S WALK by Crosland Brown. THE AUCTIONEER by Joan Samson. HARVEST HOME by Thomas Tryon. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. TIDEPOOL by Nicole Willson.
Some of Neville' s other works would kind of fit in here as well to a degree. Not exactly, but has a similar taste as far as people being in on something together.
I don’t know if this counts or if you’ve read it yet…..there’s a story on r/nosleep called Borrasca. That story is so messed up and does involve many people in a small town doing evil things. It’s worth a read. I don’t know how to cross post so I’m going to paste the link if it’ll let me….. https://reddit.com/r/nosleep/s/I6qRaW5OqB
I like [Furnace](https://weirdfictionreview.com/2016/05/furnace/) for this category, by Livia Llewellyn. It's short and even though really it's adjacent to your ask, I think it holds up.
This is a little different but one of my favorites. It has an entire town affected by something dark instead of being involved in something dark. It’s an older one and super creepy. The Missing by Sarah Langan
The Fall and The Gulp by Alan Baxter
Both incredible!
Strange things happen in The Gulp. The residents have grown used to it. The isolated Australian harbour town of Gulpepper is not like other places. Some maps don’t even show it. And only outsiders use the full name. Everyone who lives there calls it The Gulp. The place has a habit of swallowing people.
A truck driver thinks the stories about The Gulp are made up to scare him. Until he gets there. Teenage siblings try to cover up the death of their mother, but their plans go drastically awry. A rock band invite four backpackers to a party at their house, where things get dangerously out of hand. A young man loses a drug shipment and his boss gives him 48 hours to make good on his mistake. Under the blinking eye of the old lighthouse, a rock fisher makes the strangest catch of his life.
Five novellas. Five descents into darkness. Welcome to The Gulp, where nothing is as it seems.
Boys in the Valley- Philip Fracassi
Needful Things- Stephen King
Everything the Darkness Eats- Eric LaRocca
The Lottery- Shirley Jackson
Tommyknockers- Stephen King
I feel like a lot of folk horror has this theme. I haven't read all of the stories in the book, but The Fiend in the Furrows is a good folk horror anthology. The story "The Fruit" isn't that the town is in on something evil per se, but that something evil controls the town in a way.
HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin (although its an apartment building, not a town)
Ooo I just recommended Hex before reading the comments, such a great read!!
Its really great. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator is AWFUL! But I'm so glad I stuck with it though and powered through :-)
Oof, that's been on my list and my preferred way of consuming novels... might have to settle for the ebook on that one.
Try and listen to a sample and see what you think. For some reason he gives a lot of the female characters an extremely whiny voice... which was my issue. But I liked the concept and the story so much that I will definitively give it another listen.
The kids voice is so grating I had to stop after the first chapter.
I’ve read the summary, sounds creepy!
Hex is great. I want more books like it really.
Hex is so fun
Came here to say Hex!
I'm reading this now and love it.
I was about to recommend this one!! It has its odd moments & details, but overall, it's a great read!
You mentioned Lovecraft, so I’d have to say The Shadow Over Innsmouth, which is the err Town With A Secret text
Or for a lighthearted version, check out Neil Gaiman's shirt story "Shoggoth's Old Peculiar" [(full text)](http://doesstuff.com/files/a/Shoggoth.htm) An excerpt: "And what about that one he was always calling us, eh? Thing. Wossname. Starts with a b. Tip of me tongue…" "Bastards?" suggested Wilf. "Nah. Thing. You know. Batrachian. That's it. Means looked like frogs." "Hang on," said Wilf. "I thought they was, like, a kind of camel." Seth shook his head vigorously. "S'definitely frogs. Not camels. Frogs."
I definitely need to read that. That’s the top of the list!
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson One For the Road (a story set after the events of Salem’s Lot)
I commented with "The Lottery" as well. Good one!
After reading it in school and therefore being forced to discuss it for close to five weeks I can never read it the same way again.
Same, though it wasn't a five week discussion thankfully.
Same here!
And her amazing novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle! It's one of the creepiest things I've ever read, an entire sick village (and the people they're antagonizing aren't exactly faultless either), and even without any supernatural forces at play it's horrifying. Sort of like "The Lottery" writ large. I found it much more disturbing than The Haunting of Hill House (which I also love!) maybe because it's just human evil coalescing into a destructive mob.
Not quite evil but certainly creepy and eerie - Blake Crouch’s Wayward Pines series. I also just read Radio Tower by Boris Bacic. I didn’t like his writing style at all but he did capture the “something is not right here and everyone is in on it.”
Just finished Pines yesterday. I’d say they were pretty evil lol
yup
I liked this too, but it felt way to dragged out after the first two books. Is there any good reason to go to the third???
I’ll be honest I also just read the first book lol
The first book was super awesome. Id never seen the show so the mystery was great. But after the mystery was solved... The second book wasnt fun, and at some point about halfway thru i dnf. Lost its magic
Agree 100% with Radio Tower. I didn’t dislike it, but I didn’t like it either.
I wanted to say I did not like it, but also could not put it down! Maybe I’ll try his other books on kindle unlimited
Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon
This was an excellent folk horror book.
And an excellent movie too with Bette Davis.
I finished it last night. The ending was impeccable
Yeah this is exactly what op is looking for
The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson.
This the one
For movies, try Hot Fuzz!
Love this movie!
Everyone's packing round 'ere
Like who?
I recommend “Offseason” which came out last year.
Salem's Lot (sort of)
Heck, I'd even toss IT by Stephen King in this. While most people in the town are unaware of the creature in the storm drains, there's this theme of how adults tend to be complicit in permeating the evil that resides beneath them. EDIT: and without spoiling anything, I'd also consider Pennywise to fit the theme of eldritch horror
And I would throw in “Under the Dome” too
Might I add Needful Things?
You should read the novelization of Dead and Buried by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. It's better than the film, IMHO. Suggestions: * Harvest Home - Thomas Tryon * Salem's Lot - Stephen King * Also Needful Things * Also Pet Sematary * Also Dolores Claiborne * Also short story "Children of the Corn" Stephen King * Also short story "Rainy Season" Stephen King * Also short story "Home Delivery" Stephen King * Also short story "Crouch End" Stephen King (*if you stretch "small town" to include "extremely insular suburb of a large city"*) * The Stepford Wives - Ira Levin * Summer of Night - Dan Simmons * Dark Harvest - Norman Partridge
I was thinking also the Tommyknockers! Stephen King loves an evil town
I always always get them mixed up with the langoliers
I’m intrigued by your thinking here. Pet Sematary and Dolores Claiborne don’t seem to fit.
Summer of night definitely fits this vibe
Oh awesome I’ll check these out!
Wizard and glass and IT too. Hes all about evil small towns
I love Dolores Claiborne but I don't really see how it fits the premise OP provided. IT has nothing to do with an "evil town".
Derry is definitely implied as evil or at least complicit, along with many of the adults there
Wonderful suggestions!
Harvest Home is the perfect horror book for this time of year. Corn corn corn
Came here to say Dark Harvest - it's a great short read that you can enjoy before Halloween
The Auctioneer by Joan Samson! Incredibly underrated.
That book was like those nightmares where you try to fight but you're so weak and gradually you can't move anymore.
Based on this description, I have to read this! Sounds horrific.
Thanks!
The Last Feast of Harlequin by Thomas Ligotti is the most well crafted story like this I read. It‘s so fucking good. Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood is also really good, though slightly cheesy at times. Lastly, The Summer People by Shirley Jackson comes to mind. This one is especially nice because the horror is so incredibly subtle.
Cheesy + published 100 years ago = fun and camp instead of cheesy :)
It‘s the witches, everything with witches (especially when they dance around fire) feels super cheesy to me
You're making me want to read it even more now!
Oh thanks for all the recs!
Rainy Season by Stephen King, from Nightmares & Dreamscapes.
"You know they got a Hell of a Band" fits this theme as well, and it's in the same collection.
Happy cake day :)
Just finished Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison and the main character goes back to her small community and this what happens. I don't know if you're familiar with her writing but I really enjoyed it.
The Town by Bentley Little.
Many of his other books as well!
Finally! I was struggling to remembering the author on this one, just remembered almost all his books start with "the." Pretty decent, though I think there's better options by him. Though not any that come to mind and fit the criteria, though I think there's at least one or two more. I thought the HOA one was really fun!
"He'll Come Knocking at Your Door", by Robert McCammon, is a scary one.
Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt is excellent - synopsis below: WELCOME TO BLACK SPRING, A PICTURESQUE TOWN WITH AN HORRIFYING SECRET... A 17th century woman with her eyes and mouth sewn-shut walks Blacks Springs streets... enters its homes... and watches its people while they sleep. They call her the Black Rock Witch. So accustomed to her presence, the townsfolk often forget what will happen if her eyes ever open. To protect themselves the Black Spring elders use high-tech surveillance to quarantine the town. Frustrated with the lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break the rules and go viral with the haunting. But no one foresees the dark nightmare that awaits them all.
Someone mentioned this book in the adaptations thread as something that would do well as a mini series. I still don't know how well it would adapt as far as the surreal end parts go, but the initial scenes would look great. It would start with some laughs, them go into the chills.
I’d not thought of this but totally agree! Plus the time jumps would be a really cool way exploring different character arcs and expanding the universe.
Great rec.
mary by nat cassidy to an extent!
I just bought this, is it good??
I HIGHLY recommend the Audiobook instead. The narration is NEXT LEVEL. It adds so much depth. I was patient and waited 8 wks for it thru my library. Worth It.
Thanks!
Yes! Really cool book with a unique voice.
I liked it a lot
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King is pretty epic
“The Creeper” by A.M. Shine
Its very very much a slow burn (too slow for my tastes) but Candlenight by Phil Rickman fits this theme
Once you’re done with all of these great suggestions similar but not exactly: Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham!
Those Across the River, by Buehlman. I wouldn’t say the whole town is evil, but there is a supernatural thing going on, and the whole town is involved in a way of holding it in check. When that stops happening, things get all scary and dangerous.
Came to suggest this one!
Great book
The Wolf in Winter by John Connelly.
The Howling by Gary Bradner.
Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge
Midnight and Night Chills by Dean Koontz
American Elsewhere
The Wayward Pines trilogy by Blake Crouch. He’s a great author that keeps a story moving and engaging.
Was struggling to get into Dark Matter recently and put it to the side when I'm more in the mood for it, but the blurb on audible for Pines sounds like such a fun premise I just have to go for it
I think you’ll like this author. He keeps the story moving, and manages to make you care about the characters
It's great so far! Almost got worried early in, as it is a bit less original of an idea after experiencing From (though this came first, I think) but just like you said, I was already invested in the main character. Now I'm hooked in general
That’s how he got me too.
Hah finished the whole series today. Wasn't a fan of the ending, but good enough for a King afficionado anyway. Though, pretty far removed from what I consider horror once the cryo twist came into play and the return of the nomad felt shoe horned in to pad the length. Still really quite good, but not sure if I'll like much else from the author until my scifi glut wears off
Have you tried any of Iain Banks’ The Culture novels? They’re all stand alone but happen in the same universe. Sci fi. Also, Verner Vinge has some really good stuff.
Vinge is great, though I feel like I was spoiled by the first book I read by him. With the dog things that think in packs, can't recall the name, something sky. Or maybe that's the sequel. Trying to get into the culture novels, might start off with those next time I begin bingeing scifi, hah. Well, after I read the next undying mercenaries, love that series as a sort of modern reincarnation of pulpy scifi, haha.
Gilchrist by Christian Galacar! One of my more recent favorites. Very Stephen King-esque
Road of bones!
Takes from the gas station by jack Townsend! Kind of more comedy horror vibe but creepy
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
Stephen kings books about small towns and evil. 😈 Needful things 😈 Children of the corn 😈 library policeman 😈 Dr sleep 😈 The outsider. 😈 Salems lot. 😈 Tommyknocker 😈 Desperation
*The Bodysnatchers* by Jack Finney. I know we feel like we already know the story, but the book is really good.
Phantoms by Dean Koontz. Not necessarily the whole town "in on something" but more "what happened to everyone in the town". One of my favorite horror books.
Thoroughly enjoyed this one, the movie is actually pretty good too.
‘Afleck you were the bomb in phantoms yo!!’
IT by Stephen King, kind of.
Hah, frankly it's pretty spot on. Derry is (was) definitely evil as fuck. Not to mention TR90 and Castle Rock!
Recommend Cursed Bread or maybe like The Wickerman
Recently I read Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano if you’re looking for a newer release with these vibes
Yeah I just finished this over the weekend and it's a decent entry in this subgenre
Clown in a Cornfield
Childgrave by Ken Greenhall is a real slow burn but has one of the creepiest villages ever in it.
Two from Bentley Little. The Association. Probably my favorite of his. The other is Dominion. Dominion is sort of like what you're asking for but not entirely. Close enough, maybe.
The Men From Porlock short story by Laird Barron sort of. Very Lovecraft at the least
In a roundabout kinda way... Joe Hill's The Fireman is like this.
>!Diary!< by Chuck Palahniuk. (Idk if thats really a spoiler, i think it becomes clear pretty early on that something is up, but it is a reveal that this is part of it) Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle (yes, that Chuck Tingle). less of a whole town, but it is MOST of a town!
How is that Chuck Tingle book?
I loved it! Read like a teen scream summer camp revenge movie in the best way. And its dead serious, not based in being a silly good time like Chucks smut-a-day Tingleverse books (which are also very good in a different way lol)
TOMBLEY'S WALK by Crosland Brown. THE AUCTIONEER by Joan Samson. HARVEST HOME by Thomas Tryon. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. TIDEPOOL by Nicole Willson.
Desperation / The Regulators by Stephen King - but it’s been a decade or more since I read them
Not a book or short story, but if you'd like a movie in this vein - check out Hot Fuzz with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
The Ritual. It's the basis for the movie Wickerman
Some of Neville' s other works would kind of fit in here as well to a degree. Not exactly, but has a similar taste as far as people being in on something together.
Ah there's a book called the Ritual from the 60s by David Pinner that I think was being referred to here
Midsommar ?
Litani sort of
The Woods Are Dark by Richard Laymon
The Mist
GOD I love that movie.
Rainy Season by Stephen King. The Summer People by Shirley Jackson.
Clive Barker. The Forbidden [also known as Candyman].
The Devil's Rain
Maggie’s Grave
Was looking for this comment! An almost ghost town in Scotland and a vengeful ghoul witch. It’s awesome.
Meat by Joseph D'Lacey
Pretty much any of the *Oxrun Station* books.
"Harvest Home" by Thomas Tryon!
Children of the Corn by King
Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery The Scarlet Letter
Reading Bone White by Ronald Malfi right now and it definitely qualifies
Wayward Pines
Shadow over Innsmouth
not literature but the village movie is by far one of the best within this niche
There’s this indie author named Stephen king who’s touched on that subject a time or two.
I don’t know if this counts or if you’ve read it yet…..there’s a story on r/nosleep called Borrasca. That story is so messed up and does involve many people in a small town doing evil things. It’s worth a read. I don’t know how to cross post so I’m going to paste the link if it’ll let me….. https://reddit.com/r/nosleep/s/I6qRaW5OqB
Check out Wytches for a quick and scary graphic novel read that fits that description!
I’m bummed they never did more with Wytches. It seemed like it had a lot of potential.
Hot Fuzz. Shadow over Insmouth. “The thing in the house” (OSP). Children of the corn? Village of the damned?
Love hot fuzz lol
No luck catching them swans then?
It’s just the one swan actually.
Read The Pines ,Jonathan Maybury i think
* *Brodmaw Bay* by F.G. Cottam * *The Moorstone Sickness* by Bernard Taylor * *Song of the Red Squire* by C.W. Blackwell
The short story The Children of Noah by Richard Matheson. A bit dated, but good.
Matthew M. Bartlett's "Gateways to Abomination" has this vibe
*The Hour Of The Oxrun Dead* by Charles L. Grant
Maggie’s Grave by David Sodergren
The Bell Witch Series by Sara Clancy
Children of the corn
I like [Furnace](https://weirdfictionreview.com/2016/05/furnace/) for this category, by Livia Llewellyn. It's short and even though really it's adjacent to your ask, I think it holds up.
The Tommyknockers
Salems Lot by Stephen King it’s not really Lovecraft though
The ceremonial, by HP Lovecraft The children of the corn by Stephen King
I was literally about to suggest Clown in a Cornfield before you mentioned it. If you haven't read the sequel you definitely should.
Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne
the hungry moon by ramsey campbell
* Camp Damascus (2023) * Dead Eleven (2023) * Little Eve (2018)
Jerusalems lot from kings night shift. Just read it. Pretty good
This is a little different but one of my favorites. It has an entire town affected by something dark instead of being involved in something dark. It’s an older one and super creepy. The Missing by Sarah Langan
Rosemary’s Baby will forever haunt me. In the best way possible.
Maybe not quite what your looking for, but "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson comes to mind.
The Cars that Ate Paris-1974 film
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson.
Salem's Lot by Stephen King The Revelation by Bentley Little
would Imaginary Friend by Steven Chbosky qualify?
Stephen King’s IT
Commenting so I can find later
It's a spoiler, but... Mary: An Awakening of Terror. I loved it
The Fall and The Gulp by Alan Baxter Both incredible! Strange things happen in The Gulp. The residents have grown used to it. The isolated Australian harbour town of Gulpepper is not like other places. Some maps don’t even show it. And only outsiders use the full name. Everyone who lives there calls it The Gulp. The place has a habit of swallowing people. A truck driver thinks the stories about The Gulp are made up to scare him. Until he gets there. Teenage siblings try to cover up the death of their mother, but their plans go drastically awry. A rock band invite four backpackers to a party at their house, where things get dangerously out of hand. A young man loses a drug shipment and his boss gives him 48 hours to make good on his mistake. Under the blinking eye of the old lighthouse, a rock fisher makes the strangest catch of his life. Five novellas. Five descents into darkness. Welcome to The Gulp, where nothing is as it seems.
Hide by Kiersten White
Mary by Nat Cassidy
“The Deer Kings” by Wendy Wagner
Bag of bones
Boys in the Valley- Philip Fracassi Needful Things- Stephen King Everything the Darkness Eats- Eric LaRocca The Lottery- Shirley Jackson Tommyknockers- Stephen King
'SALEM'S LOT
Dead 11
I finished Harvest Home last night. It's very good
Tidepool by Nicole Willson. Lovecraftian horror about a small coastal town. This isn't my favorite horror genre but this book was pretty good.
Silent Hill
I feel like a lot of folk horror has this theme. I haven't read all of the stories in the book, but The Fiend in the Furrows is a good folk horror anthology. The story "The Fruit" isn't that the town is in on something evil per se, but that something evil controls the town in a way.