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Come Sing For The Harrowing – Dan Coxon
A very interesting and unsettling collection of short stories from this (new to me) author. I noticed this book has a foreword from the incredible Brian Evenson, and that absolutely tracks, because Coxon writes those kinds of weird, quietly horrific and eerie tales that go in the most unexpected directions and linger on in your hind brain long after it’s over. It’s a solid collection with nary a dud in the bunch.
Exceptional highlights for me were:
• Long Gone (Slight Return) – this one seemed like a definite homage/take on Manic Street Preachers and the real-life great mystery of Richey – it really hit for me, leaving me sad and nostalgic and brought up those 30-year-old memories
• A couple of excellent shorts with heavy cosmic and Lovecraftian overtones in The Wives of Tromisle and London Deep
• Bring Them All Into the Light, Our Sister of Blackthorn, and Come Sing For the Harrowing are folklore horror in the vein of Midsommar and the Wicker Man
• Tales of madness and disconcerting psychological horror in The Darkness Below and Gorphwysfa are the kind where you’re not sure if the characters are losing their minds or are truly haunted by entities, and are done so well you feel haunted yourself just from reading them
A really amazing collection of horror tales that has a little bit of everything and all well written. I need to go get some more Coxon books!
My thanks to NetGalley and CLASH Books for the ARC. I am leaving this review voluntarily; all opinions are my own.
Pub: 04-21-2026
Originally posted at www.instagram.com.
Come Sing For The Harrowing – Dan Coxon
A very interesting and unsettling collection of short stories from this (new to me) author. I noticed this book has a foreword from the incredible Brian Evenson, and that absolutely tracks, because Coxon writes those kinds of weird, quietly horrific and eerie tales that go in the most unexpected directions and linger on in your hind brain long after it’s over. It’s a solid collection with nary a dud in the bunch.
Exceptional highlights for me were:
• Long Gone (Slight Return) – this one seemed like a definite homage/take on Manic Street Preachers and the real-life great mystery of Richey – it really hit for me, leaving me sad and nostalgic and brought up those 30-year-old memories
• A couple of excellent shorts with heavy cosmic and Lovecraftian overtones in The Wives of Tromisle and London Deep
• Bring Them All Into the Light, Our Sister of Blackthorn, and Come Sing For the Harrowing are folklore horror in the vein of Midsommar and the Wicker Man
• Tales of madness and disconcerting psychological horror in The Darkness Below and Gorphwysfa are the kind where you’re not sure if the characters are losing their minds or are truly haunted by entities, and are done so well you feel haunted yourself just from reading them
A really amazing collection of horror tales that has a little bit of everything and all well written. I need to go get some more Coxon books!
My thanks to NetGalley and CLASH Books for the ARC. I am leaving this review voluntarily; all opinions are my own.
Pub: 04-21-2026
Originally posted at www.instagram.com.