Starving Grounds: Tales of Folk Horror

Starving Grounds: Tales of Folk Horror
A Short Story Collection from Jay Alexander, author of The Lunchling\nWelcome to Sorrow Helm...\nTo the woods and fens that surround it; to the creatures, cults and cruelties that hound it. Welcome to a collection of stories that bring folklore to life, that terrify and delight and that you should never, ever try to read at night.\nIn Starving Grounds, Jay Alexander collects seven tales of madness and horror inspired by the marshes, fens and folk stories of rural Britain. An antlered abomination tears nightmares from the trees and rends forests apart, aided and worshipped by strange, masked figures... a small community encourages tourists to visit The Bowls before they leave town - even if it means they never can... and on a fateful night in 1577, the Devil sends his dogs...\nAll this and more in a collection that gathers stories like "Elken", "Fen King (A Duet)" and "Black Dogs in the Dark". Welcome to Sorrow Helm. You'll wish you'd never come...\nEarly praise for Starving Grounds:\n"The seven stories that make up Jay Alexander's upcoming collection, Starving Grounds, are as haunting as they are unsettling, each offering something a little different - a little special - to a macabre, gore-splashed canvas of colour, character and unnerving beauty that's stooped in lore and dripping with atmosphere. Alexander paints a series of sinister pictures so vivid, so unique, fierce and palpable, yet undeniably mysterious, that any fan of folk horror (or horror fiction, period) will be hard-pushed not to come away from Sorrow Helm both thrilled and fulfilled." Jack Harding, author of Ripper Country and Dark Lines: Haunting Tales of Horror.\n"Jay knows how to tell a creepy tale to his audience and does so brilliantly. It'll stay with you for days after reading. If you love short stories, folk horror and stories with high attention to detail, you do not want to miss out on this collection!" Harriet Everend, author of Cursed Legacy and co-author of The Summoning.\n"Not only does [Alexander] branch out into a different sub-genre, he does it boldly and takes massive chances with story structure, narrative perspective, and elements that create break-neck pacing which kept me on the edge of my seat (and from breathing for unhealthy amounts of time! Ha! Good for horror!) and engaged the whole time!" Craig Randall, author of The Doom That Came to Astoria.