“The serpentine trails that twist and twine throughout Alexander James’ towering debut all lead to one destination: absolute terror.”
—Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Ghost Eaters
“The Woodkin by Alexander James is a brutal, nightmarish trip into the heart of darkness that grabs you by the throat on page one and refuses to let go. An unrelenting, unflinching story . . .”
—Matthew Lyons, author of A Black and Endless Sky and The Night Will Find Us
“The Woodkin is fabulously imaginative in just the right ways, a well-woven story that makes it quite clear what you’ll find in the woods whether you want to or not.”
—Margaret Killjoy, author of The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion
“Gruesome, exhilarating, and exceedingly lyrical, Alexander James’s debut novel, The Woodkin, is everything horror should be.”
—Jon Bassoff, author of Beneath Cruel Waters
“Pack your bags and strap on your boots and take a dark adventure through some deep woods folk horror, where the Children of the Corn meet Midsommar.” —Mark Matthews, author of The Hobgoblin of Little Minds
“With its sharp prose and terrifying premise, The Woodkin bites down hard from sentence one and doesn't let go. Alexander James might just be the American Adam Nevill.” —Andy Davidson, author of The Hollow Kind