Dark Is The Water & Other Wyrd Tales - paperback

This chilling collection of short stories invites readers into a world where the familiar becomes terrifyingly alien, and the boundaries between humanity and the unknown blur into nightmarish new realities.

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This pocketbook of horror holds thirteen short fictions.

"The Field" takes us to a seemingly idyllic village where an age-old festival holds dark secrets. As young Matilda navigates the pressures of finding a mate during the blue moon celebration, she uncovers the horrifying truth behind her community's traditions. With echoes of "The Wicker Man" and "Midsommar," this tale explores the depths of sacrifice and transformation in a society bound by ancient rituals.

In "Dark is the Water," we follow a lone patrolwoman as she guards a coastal town shrouded in mystery. After a bizarre encounter with a creature in a tidepool, she finds herself undergoing a gradual but terrifying metamorphosis. This Lovecraftian body horror story delves into themes of isolation, adaptation, and the inexorable pull of the sea.

The prose is as beautiful as it is unsettling, painting vivid pictures of quaint seaside towns and picturesque villages that harbor unimaginable horrors beneath their surface. The characters are achingly human, grappling with love, duty, and identity even as they face the incomprehensible.

These stories explore the thin line between tradition and monstrosity, the price of belonging, and the terrifying possibilities that lurk at the edges of our understanding. With masterful tension-building, everyday details ground these tales before plunging readers into surreal and horrifying situations that will linger long after the last page is turned.

Perfect for fans of folk horror, cosmic dread, and body horror, this collection offers a fresh and feminine perspective on classic horror tropes. 

Prepare to be unsettled, disturbed, and utterly captivated by these tales of transformation and terror. This shot horror collection isn't afraid to probe the darkest corners of the human psyche and the unknown terrors that lurk just beneath the surface of our reality.