The Dark Between The Trees

“Blimey, this was creepy as hell!”—Claire North, author of Ithaca
“Haunting and heart-stopping. The Dark Between the Trees marks the arrival of a bold new voice in British horror.”—MR Carey, author of The Girl with All the Gifts
“Superbly tense.”—Adam Roberts, author of The This
“Fantastically written and darkly mesmerising.”—Marianne Gordon, author of The Gilded Crown
“An assured, masterful slice of folk-horror strangeness.”—Simon Bestwick, author of Black Mountain
“Surreal and haunting.”—Booklist
“An impressive debut.”—The FT
“Barnett’s grasp of ineffable oddness would make Algernon Blackwood proud.”—The Guardian
“The Dark Between the Trees is folk horror of the most classic kind, refreshed for the new century.”—Esquire
“An unsettling and compelling folk horror.”—SFX
“An ambitious exercise on timelines and genres.”—Aurealis
“This novel is uncomfortable, phantasmagorical”—The Fantasy Hive
“The perfect spooky and eerie read for anyone looking for a gothic folk story with incredible ambience.”—FanFiAddict
“A deeply enjoyable horror tale.”—Runalong the Shelves
“A memorable, spooky tale.”—The Guardian
“A head-rush horror novel for readers who relish things that go bump in the night.”—LoveReading

Fiona Barnett lives in Edinburgh, but grew up by the New Forest with stories of Roundheads and Cavaliers, and ancient secrets in the heart of the woods. She has podcasted on the British Civil Wars, and her short fiction has appeared in Haunted Voices: An Anthology of Scottish Gothic Storytelling.

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