Book cover love
In case you haven’t guessed, I have a lot of nerdy interests, and there’s one that brings them all together - book covers.
Yes. My strange history of doing 180s career wise, side quests with hobbies and a dollop of ADHD has met in this often overlooked art form.
Book covers are not just a marketing tool, but a chance to look at a snapshot of time. It shows trends (real or imagined) and what the average person actually consumed.
I may be a wuss but I love folk horror
Anyone who knows me would say how much of a wussy wuss pants I am. I hate gore, can’t stand tension, and still have nightmares. Things that have only gotten worse as I’ve aged. (Hands up if you too get stress induced nightmares? Fun, eh?)
Yet, I still love folk horror.
In fact, I only found out my likes - ominous forests, dark fairy tales, ancient rituals, witches and magic - were folk horror a few months ago. I don’t know if its because I’m Scottish and so much of our culture is dark, or if I truly am that delulu.