Here’s a small selection of the horror and genre news that caught our eye during the last week …
Coming 24 March from author Vincent Endwell and Tenebrous Press, Olyoke
Welcome to Olyoke, Tennessee: home to a Dollywood-style theme park, generations of troubled families, mysterious plagues, and the prophecies of a dead architect turned cult leader who has foretold a fiery cataclysm.
As the time of the fire nears, inexplicable events compound:
Darcy, a Dolly Parton impersonator, finds strange worms in the swamp and feeds them to her dog, who begins to speak with the voice of Darcy’s dead mother; Recently divorced Lyle Knox is called through its dreams by a strange house, and soon discovers that Lyle Knox itself is not a person, but a structure; Maggie Warner organizes a theater production to stave off her gnawing misery and becomes convinced that only the people she sees in her dreams are real. Moreover, the Whistler—the man Maggie becomes when she sleeps—welcomes the town’s impending Judgment with open arms.
Many destinies will converge in Olyoke. None will escape unchanged. Available for pre-order now in eBook and paperback, you can guarantee your copy here.
The Darkness in the Fields Folk Horror Festival returns to Derby 21 March
As folk horror’s resurgence continues, Darkness in the Fields returns for its third film festival, gathering together an exciting array of features and short films within the genre. Expect rituals, cults, witchcraft, old beliefs, monsters and more with a loaded day of screenings – a must attend for the folk horror fan! Tickets are available now and can be bought, along with full information on the programme, here.
Gallagher’s life on the island should be idyllic. Yet his scenic, remote farm turns a meagre profit and provides little distraction from his vices.
When a strange noise infects the island’s inhabitants, Gallagher’s rural life is infiltrated by tension and unease. His neighbours become unpredictable and dangerous, threatening the fabric of island life beyond anything Gallagher has ever known.
As the community descends into fear and violence, Gallagher finds a way to silence the sound, but is this slice of peace worth the terrible cost? Available for pre-order now in eBook, with other editions to follow, you can guarantee yours here.
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KEV HARRISON