The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

With all due respect and many fond memories of Christopher Pike, R.L. Stone, and Lois Duncan, YA in general and especially YA horror today excels in both quality and quantity. That being said, something I would have killed to read when I was 15 is not always what I’m looking for at 50.

The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror felt like a bit of bait and switch to me.

I opened the book expecting some new stories in the vein of Shirley Jackson, Adam Nevill, etc., but what I got was a collection of mostly-capable teenage ghost stories, at least one borderline urban legend, and coming of age angst.

Which I like.

Sometimes.

And when I’m expecting it. 

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