Earth: Elemental Cycle Book One

Elemental Cycle

by S.O. Green (Editor), T.L. Beeding, Georgia Cook

Unearth horror. In tilled fields and echoing caverns, in fungal grottos and dank mineshafts, and in the heart of the forest, evil lurks. Can a group of campers escape from a cave that is more than just a cave? What lurks in the greenhouse of a leading botanist, recently found dead? Is there any hope for the man who follows the girl of his dreams into a nightmarish, subterranean nest? And what is Harrow? Eerie River Publishing presents the Element Book One, stories specially selected to terrify and torment.

250 pages, Paperback

First published August 20, 2020

About the author

Simone Oldman Green (they/them) is a genre-fluid writer and editor living in the Kingdom of Fife with husband, John. Author of the post-apocalyptic novelette, Sin Chaser, published by Eerie River Publishing, as well as over 70 works with imprints including Dragon Soul Press, Black Ink Fiction and Breaking Rules Europe. They won 3rd Place in the British Fantasy Society’s Short Story Contest 2018. Writer, vegan, martial artist, gamer, occasionally a terrible person (but only to fictional people).

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Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a solid collection of "earth"-themed horror short stories. From rocks and caves to fungi and houseplants, mysterious mud to nefarious holes in the ground, this book explores all the creepy earth-based places where nightmares dwell. The stories are varied enough that I ended up pretty much binge-reading this in one sitting. The first in a series of elemental-themed anthologies, this was a good read and I look forward to reading the next one!

[Shelby Suderman]

A grim collection of earth-based horror stories. My personal favourite was Becoming by Tim Latham.