Bloom and Rot - A Rural Village Spring Folk-Horror

About this episode

Alyson presents a folk horror fiction story about Fiona's unexpected inheritance in a rural village.

Join Alyson for a work of folk horror fiction she wrote in honor of the new spring season. In this episode, we follow Fiona, who has gone to the village of Eldergrove after the death of her aunt, to claim her inheritance of Aunt Erin's cottage. However, this inheritance came with an obligation that Fiona never saw coming.

People in this episode

Host: Alyson Horrocks

Topics covered

• folk horror
• inheritance
• rural village
• spring season
• death
• family obligation

Keywords

• folk horror
• Eldergrove
• inheritance
• Aunt Erin
• Fiona
• spring
• death
• obligation

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Eldergrove

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