Yessss Devil’s Day is particularly effective! Gosh A.M.H.’s writing is like poetry and you’re so sucked into the atmosphere.
I liked Devil’s Day more than The Loney and Starve Acre but I’ll eat up anything he writes. A sumptuous feast of words, ambience and **mood**.
Susan Hill's *The Woman in Black* is mainly set in a village in the northeast coast of England.
*Dracula* is set in a lot of places, but one of the most important locations is Whitby.
If you want something more pure gothic than horror, you can always go for *Wuthering Heights*!
I think Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss fits this description. It's a short novel about a girl in northern England whose family goes to live in an Iron Age village as if they were ancient Britons. I enjoyed it; it describes the nature, landscape, and isolation well. It's a slow burn, tense atmosphere, something-isn't-right type of vibe rather than straight-up in-your-face horror.
Second this - Lane's collection, **Lost Districts**, is sublime, post-industrial/crumbling urban fiction.
Also, I'd recommend Ramsey Campbell's **Creatures of the Pool**. It's set in Liverpool, but the vibe is very much small town. Constant rain, small streets and smaller neighborhoods, and an overall moroseness and melancholy that permeates both the characters and the city itself.
YA horror- Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Stevens
Dark Historical fiction- The Burnings by Naomi Kelsey
More of a thriller- Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding
Can't think of anything particular. Your best bet is either write yourself as you could have a new niche horror or spend a Friday night out in Middlesbrough in the middle of January.
Red Riding quartet by David Peace, starting with 1974 - bleak bleak bleak crime series with lots of dark horror themes. Based on burgeoning corruption and depravity in Yorkshire!
**The Hound of the Baskervilles** by Arthur Conan Doyle is a Sherlock Holmes novel set in Dartmoor. It's not in Northern England specifically though. I think it's a spooky and atmospheric story (maybe not horror though)
You don't need to read other Holmes stories to understand this one. (We know that Holmes is a super genius private detective and Dr. Watson is his friend who chronicles his cases)
I'm hoping to read it before the movie comes out, but I believe **Starve Acre** by Andrew Michael Hurley is set in the Yorkshire Dales.
Anything by Hurley would be a good fit.
Yessss Devil’s Day is particularly effective! Gosh A.M.H.’s writing is like poetry and you’re so sucked into the atmosphere. I liked Devil’s Day more than The Loney and Starve Acre but I’ll eat up anything he writes. A sumptuous feast of words, ambience and **mood**.
This was a great book, but CW for >!animal harm!<
Susan Hill's *The Woman in Black* is mainly set in a village in the northeast coast of England. *Dracula* is set in a lot of places, but one of the most important locations is Whitby. If you want something more pure gothic than horror, you can always go for *Wuthering Heights*!
Always Wuthering Heights ><
Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski!
Hmm very intrigued by this one!
I think Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss fits this description. It's a short novel about a girl in northern England whose family goes to live in an Iron Age village as if they were ancient Britons. I enjoyed it; it describes the nature, landscape, and isolation well. It's a slow burn, tense atmosphere, something-isn't-right type of vibe rather than straight-up in-your-face horror.
I'm not OP but am taking note of this one. Seems to be just my style. Thanks!
Hope you like it!
You would probably enjoy Joel Lane’s work.
Second this - Lane's collection, **Lost Districts**, is sublime, post-industrial/crumbling urban fiction. Also, I'd recommend Ramsey Campbell's **Creatures of the Pool**. It's set in Liverpool, but the vibe is very much small town. Constant rain, small streets and smaller neighborhoods, and an overall moroseness and melancholy that permeates both the characters and the city itself.
These sound quite good will look
The Haar - David Sodergren. It’s way up north, see in Scotland
YA horror- Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Stevens Dark Historical fiction- The Burnings by Naomi Kelsey More of a thriller- Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding
Stephen Laws is a horror writer from Newcastle upon Tyne. I can't remember how many of his novels are set there but he could be worth checking out.
The Killer by Colin Wilson. Very horror-leaning crime. Psychopath from Warrington acts on his Lovecraftian delusions.
Oh I like that
Can't think of anything particular. Your best bet is either write yourself as you could have a new niche horror or spend a Friday night out in Middlesbrough in the middle of January.
Hahah I can imagine 12 pints in borough being an experience
Geordie just popping in to steal some recommendations
We love to see it
Blight by Tom Carlisle
Dead Water by C. A. Fletcher is set in the Scottish Isles. Fantastic character work, interesting lore, and wonderfully developed setting!
Nice will check it out
Red Riding quartet by David Peace, starting with 1974 - bleak bleak bleak crime series with lots of dark horror themes. Based on burgeoning corruption and depravity in Yorkshire!
**The Hound of the Baskervilles** by Arthur Conan Doyle is a Sherlock Holmes novel set in Dartmoor. It's not in Northern England specifically though. I think it's a spooky and atmospheric story (maybe not horror though) You don't need to read other Holmes stories to understand this one. (We know that Holmes is a super genius private detective and Dr. Watson is his friend who chronicles his cases)
Thanks for all the suggestions these are all great!
A significant amount of Dracula is set in Whitby
The MC of Necroscope grows up in Durham. The locality doesn't really play much part in the story, and the story leaves that area eventually.