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Folklore

Review: Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart by GennaRose Nethercott

July 15, 2024 by Adam Bassett Leave a Comment

Cover art for Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart.

A collection of folklore-inspired familiar and unsettling stories. Nethercott also plays with format, such as in an encyclopedic section of spooky beasts.

Filed Under: Fear For All, Folk, Occult, Paranormal, Reviews, Supernatural, Witches Tagged With: Book Review, Folklore, folklore fantasy, Short Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story Collection

Review: Crota by Owl Goingback

May 28, 2024 by George Dunn 1 Comment

Synopsis: Sheriff Skip Harding is investigating a double murder that has shaken the quiet town of Logan, Missouri. A slaughter that seems too brutal for a human perpetrator. A bear, maybe? But there are no bears in the area…Bodies begin to pile up, and Skip soon discovers that bullets are useless against this foe. Only […]

Filed Under: Body Horror, Fear For All, Folk, Indigenous, Monsters, Reviews, Survivalist Tagged With: Creature feature, Crota, Folklore, Indigenous, Native Americans, Owl Goingback

Review: Whisperwood by Alex Woodroe

August 24, 2023 by Ed Crocker 2 Comments

If you go down to the woods today… you’re in for a fairly terminal surprise Synopsis When curious nomad Anna hears about Whisperwood, a town that’s not on any maps, that nobody goes to, and nobody comes from, she sees an opportunity to hide from her violent witch-hunting ex. But not everything is peaceful in […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Lovecraftian, Monsters, Occult, Reviews Tagged With: Fear for all, Folklore, Horror, Review

Review: Daughter of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles #1) by Ed McDonald

February 13, 2023 by chilcottharry Leave a Comment

Daughter of Redwinter is beauty and brutality personified, a perfect melding together of coming of age fiction and the pursuit of finding ones own identity in a world that doesn’t accept you, the exploration of mental health and a character study of one of the most interesting and well realised protagonists I’ve ever had the pleasure of being in the head of.

Filed Under: Coming of Age, Fantasy, Fiction, Low Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: 2022, character driven, Daughter of Redwinter, Ed McDonald, Fantasy, Fantasy Books, Folklore, Gollancz, The Redwinter Chronicles

SFF Addicts Ep. 27: Gods & Mythologies (with Chelsea Abdullah, Dyrk Ashton, Zamil Akhtar & Gabriela Houston)

September 20, 2022 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Chelsea Abdullah, Dyrk Ashton, Gabriela Houston and Zamil Akhtar as they delve into the ancient mysteries of gods, mythologies and folklore. During the panel they discuss mythology as a concept, how culture and curiosity brought mythology into their lives, incorporating gods, mythologies and folklore into their stories, the power of narratives and storytelling traditions, researching and respecting mythological traditions, weird creatures and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Chelsea Abdullah, Dyrk Ashton, Folklore, Gabriela Houston, Mythology, Podcast, SFF Addicts, Zamil Akhtar

Review: The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner

April 13, 2021 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Book Blog, Book Review, Fantasy Books, Folklore, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, jewish folklore, Orbit, Orbit Books, rena rossner, SFF, SFF Books, the light of the midnight stars

Review: Never Die by Rob J. Hayes

August 16, 2019 by David W Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Chinese Wuxia, Felix Ortiz, Folklore, Japanese Folklore, Mark Lawrence, Never Die, Rob Hayes, Rob J Hayes, Self Pub, Self Publishing, Yokai

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