Gathering Dark, The
An Anthology of Folk Horror
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A cemetery full of the restless dead. A town so wicked it has already burned twice, with the breath of the third fire looming. A rural, isolated bridge with a terrifying monster waiting for the completion of its summoning ritual. A lake that allows the drowned to return, though they have been changed by the claws of death. These are the shadowed, liminal spaces where the curses and monsters lurk, refusing to be forgotten.
Hauntings, and a variety of horrifying secrets, lurk in the places we once called home. Written by New York Times bestselling, and other critically acclaimed, authors these stories shed a harsh light on the scariest tales we grew up with.
Erica Waters
Erica Waters grew up in the pine woods of rural Florida, though she now resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with her spouse and two terrible dogs named Nutmeg and Luna. She has a Master’s degree in English and works as a college writing tutor. She is the author of the Bram Stoker Award winning novel The River Has Teeth, as well as Ghost Wood Song and The Restless Dark. You can visit her online at ericawaters.com.
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Courtney Gould
COURTNEY GOULD writes books about queer girls, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night. She graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and Publishing. She was born and raised in Salem, OR, where she continues to write love letters to haunted girls and rural, empty spaces. She is the author of The Dead and the Dark, Where Echoes Die, and What the Woods Took.
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Aden Polydoros
Aden Polydoros is the award-winning author of The City Beautiful, which won the Sydney Taylor Book Award and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the South Carolina Book Award, and the World Fantasy Award. Their other young adult novels include Bone Weaver, Wrath Becomes Her, and The City of Slaughter. Connect with them on Instagram, @adenpolydorosauthor.
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Alex Brown
Alex Brown is the International No. 1 bestselling author of twelve books including the hugely popular Carrington’s series, The Great Christmas Knit Off, The Great Village Show, The Secret of Orchard Cottage and A Postcard from Italy. Her uplifting books are published worldwide and have been translated into twenty languages. She lives by the sea in
South East England with her husband, daughter and two very glossy black Labradors.
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