Two critically acclaimed Yorkshire writers discuss their latest folk horror novels.
David Barnett’s Scuttler’s Cove is an eerie tale with a sinister supernatural twist. A young woman returns to the quaint Cornish village where she grew up to find it taken over by second and holiday homes. But something old and terrible is awakening beneath the town, bringing a horror that the residents have fought for generations to keep a secret.
Michael Stewart’s Black Wood Women is a visceral tale set in 17th-century Yorkshire. After the murder of her parents, a young Catholic Irish girl flees to a forest, where she meets a coven of women who refuse to follow men’s rules. Having found acceptance at last, she is unaware that an outside threat means their days in the forest are numbered.
About the authors
David Barnett is an author, journalist and comic book writer based in West Yorkshire. He writes in a range of genres for various publishers, works for a wide variety of press outlets including the Guardian, Independent and BBC, and in comics has written for DC, 2000AD and more. His previous novels include Withered Hill, The Handover, Things Can Only Get Better and Calling Major Tom.
Michael Stewart is a multi-award-winning novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright. He is the author of four novels, including King Crow and Ill Will: The Untold Story of Heathcliff, a memoir Walking the Invisible, two short story collections, two poetry collections, and numerous plays for radio and theatre. He is also the creator of the Brontë Stones project. Michael is the Editor-in-Chief of Grist Books and the Director of the Brontë Writing Centre in Haworth.
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