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The First Sheaf

H.R. Wakefield

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H.R. Wakefield’s 1940 tale The First Sheaf, was first published in his collection, The Clock Strikes Twelve.

Old Porteous tells his friend about his strange experiences as a boy in Reedley End, an isolated parish plagued by drought and crop failure, whose denizens may have tried to reverse their fortunes by turning to "the old ways".

This is a folk horror story set in the backwaters of rural England. A new vicar goes to a rural parish that has suffered a terrible drought. The local folk shun him and want nothing of his God. He fears they have other gods of their own. Then a young girl goes missing, and the vicar's son must search out the mystery of the round field and pay a terrible price for the knowledge he gains. Think The Wicker Man meets John Barleycorn. Folk horror before they invented the term 'folk horror.

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The First Sheaf

H.R. Wakefield

3.39/5 (23 ratings)

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H.R. Wakefield’s 1940 tale The First Sheaf, was first published in his collection, The Clock Strikes Twelve.

Old Porteous tells his friend about his strange experiences as a boy in Reedley End, an isolated parish plagued by drought and crop failure, whose denizens may have tried to reverse their fortunes by turning to "the old ways".

This is a folk horror story set in the backwaters of rural England. A new vicar goes to a rural parish that has suffered a terrible drought. The local folk shun him and want nothing of his God. He fears they have other gods of their own. Then a young girl goes missing, and the vicar's son must search out the mystery of the round field and pay a terrible price for the knowledge he gains. Think The Wicker Man meets John Barleycorn. Folk horror before they invented the term 'folk horror.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:

ISBN13:

kindle Asin:: B0DV2KPGG9

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