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ClareR (5916 KP) rated Barrowbeck in Books

Aug 5, 2025  
Barrowbeck
Barrowbeck
Andrew Michael Hurley | 2024 | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
If I could inject this story into my veins, I would. That, dear reader, is just how much I loved it.

Barrowbeck starts off as a cautionary folk tale (more the “everyone dies horribly” type, granted, but it still has a hint of the myth and legend about it), and then each story brings us closer to the modern day and beyond.

There is something in Barrowbeck that needs payment of some sort - a devil or a demon? We never see it, but we do see what it drives people to.

I don’t know if I could even describe what happens in this. It’s a series of interlinking short stories, and I didn’t know where I was being taken next, but I was happy to go! There were some seriously sinister stories in this gem of a book. The last story, although extreme, really didn’t feel all that far fetched. The extreme ramifications of Climate Change are only around the corner, after all.

This is a firm favourite - wonderful writing, and a really unnerving collection of stories. And if you haven’t read Starve Acre yet, get on it!