The Farm

by Richard Haigh, Will Errickson (Introduction)

193 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 15, 2026

About the author

b. 1895

Reviews

[DH_reads_horror · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been a huge fan of animal attack books going back to my teenage years reading The Rats, Locusts, Night Of The Crabs, Slugs, and many others. I had never read The Farm though, so I was delighted when Valancourt Books got the rights to republish it. Does it live up to my very high expectations? Absolutely, yes! All of the previously mentioned books take place in towns, cities or in large areas of the countryside or coasts, and usually involve the government trying to find a way to eradicate whichever particular animal is on the attack. Richard Haigh (Laurence James writing under a pseudonym) concentrates the action in one small isolated location and it becomes a story of survival rather than a story about humanity fighting back. It's well written, gory in places, and bleak. Now, I'll need to find the sequel, The City...

[Scott Wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book until the last few chapters then I felt it was rushed. I might read part 2 - the city- should I ever find it.