Winterset Hollow : Like if Stephen King wrote Winnie the Pooh. A modern cult classic of folk horror - Jonathan Edward Durham

Winterset Hollow : Like if Stephen King wrote Winnie the Pooh. A modern cult classic of folk horror - Jonathan Edward Durham

Jonathan Edward Durham

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Published 6 October 2026

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  • Pages · 400 pages, A couple of full page illustrations
  • Publication Date · 06/10/2026
  • Genre · Horror & ghost stories
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DISCOVER THE BESTSELLING HORROR SENSATION THAT READERS HAVE LOST THEIR MINDS OVER'A symphonic masterpiece of literature''Literally one of the best books I have ever read''My entire being has exploded with the content of this book''The best story I have ever read''Five stars aren't enough, I give this book a solid TEN''A stellar and phenomenal debut''I don't think I've ever finished a book so quickly''A truly unique work of horror'Everyone wants their favourite book to be real, if only for a moment. Everyone wants to meet their favourite characters, if only for a day. But be careful what you wish for . . . Eamon and his two closest friends, Caroline and Mark, travel to Addington Isle, the place that inspired their cherished childhood book, Winterset Hollow - a timeless tale about a tribe of animals preparing for their annual end-of-summer festival. But when the trio break into the author's apparently abandoned estate, they discover that much of what they believed to be fantasy is real, and that the truth behind their beloved story is darker and more twisted than they could ever have imagined. In fact, making it through the final chapter might just cost them everything. It's Barley Day . . . and you're invited to the hunt. **NOW WITH NEVER BEFORE SEEN BONUS CONTENT**'Winterset Hollow is the rarest kind of masterpiece and one of the most original works of horror that I've ever read. It wears the skin of a children's classic, but its blood and bones are dark as hell'A.M. Shine, bestselling author of The Watchers'One of the most interesting books I've read in years . . . astonishingly powerful and multilayered!'Diana Gabaldon, Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Outlander'Beware! This story may start as sweetly as a children's nursery rhyme but it ends in a bloody battle royale. Jonathan Edward Durham tears back the veil on youthful innocence, revealing lies and savagery'Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger'Like Where the Wild Things Are on acid, Winterset Hollow is unlike anything I've read before: a whimsical, impressively written dark fantasy with razor-sharp teeth . . . nothing less than the major calling card of a massive talent'Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker award-winning author

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