Fletcher excels at infusing the mundane . . . with a slow-burning sense of unease * Guardian *
Unsettling, horribly gripping and touched with genius * Daily Mail *
An acutely unsettling folk horror with a superbly unreliable narrator * Metro *
Terrifying, slow-burning, exquisitely wrought * Lancashire Evening Post *
Fletcher has a
most distinctive voice, and convinces me that there may be some truth at last in those rumours about a
renaissance in British supernatural fiction. * Lisa Tuttle, The Times *
A story with
an air of menace throughout - and
I loved it! It's
dark, unsettling . . . I couldn't put it down. It really explores the human emotions of l
oss, of grief, of loneliness and of self-preservation, one of those
really unsettling reads. A
haunting, dark and twisty story * Books and Me *
Daniel's
traumatic back story makes it easy for the sceptic not just to accept but to
enjoy and admire the supernatural element as projections from a deeply troubled mind. This gives the novel
a political as well as a psychological edge, which I particularly appreciated. One of
this year's favourite reads * Anne Goodwin, author of Sugar and Snails *
A
remarkable horror story with
superb world-building. The scares doesn't just come from the supernatural. The book
weaves the horrors of war and climate change into the larger narrative,
merging fantasy and reality. It makes for a
haunting and poignant read.
Witch Bottle is an
intense and atmospheric folk horror that leaves an
arresting impression.
Recommended! * Read by Dusk *
I
absolutely loved it. This book is the
narrative equivalent of a Magic Eye painting - you know that there's more going on below the surface and try as you might to decipher exactly why it is, things keep shifting before your very eyes and the final picture eludes you right to the very end. And perhaps even afterwards . . . The
perfect balance of a
perfectly created fictional world and
a realistic portrayal of an unsettling atmosphere and a
wonderfully unreliable narrator.
Dark, intriguing and profoundly unsettling * On the Shelf *
Impressive . . . Tom Fletcher
pulls it off with aplomb.
Witch Bottle is both
a great and beguiling read. I love
atmospheric and
slow-burning horror novels which are top-heavy with an undiagnosed sense of the supernatural. I found
Witch Bottle tremendously entertaining and am very happy to
recommend it * Gingernuts of Horror *
The scenes where tangible manifestations impinge on the real world are
more disturbing but Fletcher's
articulate phrasing and rolling descriptions . . . never fails . . . when the
twist of the blade comes it is
sharp and buried suitably deep * Geek Chocolate *
Literary horror at its finest * Bookkaz *
Well written and
extremely atmospheric . . .
a very good read for the autumn/winter months. I
really recommend you give this book a try * Purple Bookish Frog *
Absolutely pitch-perfect literary horror,
gorgeously written and paced, and
blends its folk-horror and
supernatural elements with
an extremely fresh use of the cosmic * Sublime Horror *
Fletcher
expertly describes the creeping horror of the situation . . .
an excellent novel * SciFi Online *
An
impressive book, a
fusion of classic horror with a story of
modern life and broken relationships which left me feeling
deeply uneasy * Blue Book Balloon *
This book is
dark, gory and
unlike anything else I have ever read before. It's
brilliantly descriptive and
really well written * Karen and Her Books *
Fletcher's
imagination is
truly boundless * Avid Fantasy Reviews *
A staggeringly brilliant, witty, scary and confident debut
* Alan Kelly, 3 A.M. Magazine on The Leaping *
Fletcher's Ravenglass invokes an
overwhelming sense of claustrophobia . . . it's this
gloomy sense of atmosphere with
its overwhelming foreboding of something really, really nasty that's about to happen that makes
The Ravenglass Eye such a
compelling read * The Horror Hothouse *
In my opinion Tom Fletcher is the most exciting new horror writer in years.
* Mark Morris, author of The Winter Tree *
Fletcher's
fluid handling of his subject and the
atmosphere he's imbued it with is
magnificent.
Thoroughly recommended. * Speculative Assessments on Gleam *
Tom Fletcher is one of the
most original and perceptive writers producing fiction in Britain today * Bookstove.com on The Thing on the Shore *