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Itch!: The Darkly Feminist Horror Novel Crawling Under Your Skin...

by Gemma Amor

Folklore, infestation, and a return to the woods

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Folklore, infestation, and a return to the woods

Set in an isolated hometown beside the Forest of Dean, Gemma Amor’s horror novel brings together a disturbing discovery, local folklore, and Josie’s attempt to rebuild after an abusive relationship. Finding a dead woman’s body in the woods draws her into questions about the victim and her own past, while black ants appear to invade both her surroundings and her body. The mystery widens around Ellwood’s ancient customs, an annual village festival, and a masked predator stalking the forest. The insects sit at the intersection of the novel’s bodily horror and its investigation of what may be happening in the village.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in folk horror grounded in village customs and ancient folklore.
  • For readers who want horror involving infestation, a forest setting, and a murder mystery.
  • For readers interested in stories about recovery from an abusive relationship and confronting the past.

Themes

Folk horror and local customsInfestation and bodily horrorAbuse and recoveryMystery and the past

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Book overview

Something moves on the forest floor . . .

Josie is at rock bottom. Burned out and heartbroken, she lives a haunted existence after returning to her isolated hometown on the edge of the Forest of Dean.

When she stumbles across a decaying, ant-infested body in the woods, Josie plummets into a downward spiral, facing uncomfortable truths about the victim and her own past - all whilst battling an infestation that seems to have burrowed into her mind . . . and her flesh.

Desperate for absolution, Josie scratches the surface of an age-old mystery - a masked predator stalks the forest around Ellwood, a place deeply gripped by folklore. So when the village prepares for its annual festival, and Josie gets closer and closer to unveiling a monster, she begins to ask herself:

Are these dark crawling insects leading her to uncover the truth?
. . . Or is she their next victim?
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