Recs if you like Harvest Home...

Hauntology is the philosophical concept, as quoted by Mark Fisher from his article taking a deeper look into Derrida's philosophical work, that "the present is always haunted by the ghosts of the past and the unfulfilled promises of the future." From generational trauma to dark histories to dying Old World pagan traditions, these elements persist throughout the wide genre of folk horror. These books explore deeply into the hauntings of the past and the instability of the future.

the darker side of new england. crumbling colonial-era brick, run down coastal towns, abandoned factories, dilapidated mills, foggy orchards, cold dark waters, whispers of witchcraft, venerated institutions, secret societies, and uneasy echoes of the past.

An incomplete list of fiction that casually mentions darning, patching, or otherwise repairing clothing and textiles, or where characters explicitly wear mended garments. I'm gonna be real with you, the number of books I've discovered mending in is so large I can't remember them all, so expect this list to grow as I continue to read and re/discover.

Suggestions welcome!

Wanna mend your own clothes? Check out my nonfiction list Opting Out of Fast Fashion! 🙂

the green man, pagan rites, stone circles, sacrifice, jack of the woods

This list is an aesthetic. It’s waking up on a foggy morning and getting lost in the cornrows in the backyard; it’s going to a harvest festival and taking a hayride out to a secret, ritualistic sacrificial ceremony; and it’s worshiping old gods stuffed inside of a scarecrow or old gnarled tree.

We think of summer as the season of light, but shadows are longest when the sun is highest. It is the time of the year when the woods grow too thick to see through, the water grows too dark to see into, and the heat makes the mind play tricks. From the rotting porches of the South to the blood-stained cabins of the North... We call them the Summer Nightmares.

Books where cults are a big part of the story. Mostly fictional horror books 🤡

if you’re craving something that feels like the next martha’s vineyard (iykyk)! books that evoke the same feeling as the magnificent tv show ‘widows bay’

For when you want a horror novel that gets down and dirty with the land

There might be something sinister or odd going on in these small towns.

Books from Grady Hendrix’s Paperbacks from Hell chapter 4 which focuses on haunted house stories

No matter the genre, here's a list of witches and the magic brought to the page (whether you love them or love to be scared of them). I tried to broaden the list to be all encompassing since I absolutely just love witchy things.

A mix of fiction and nonfiction set in/about the 1970s. Books from the decade too.

Welcome to widows bay - or well, as close to it in book form!

Patricia welcomes you.

Ongoing list