The Balance

Every so often, I’ll download something to my Kindle I’m really excited about so I’ll read the first couple of pages to ‘see what happens’. I don’t mean what happens in the book--I mean, what happens to me; to my reader’s heart. Will the story urge me to go on past those first few pages? It’s an exc......more

The Balance epitomises everything that I love about folktale horror. It’s a story of balance, order, the coming full circle. There’s secrets at every corner, an unknown set of scales allowing harmony and control. What happens when humanity grasps for more control, more power? Will that balance tip a......more

The Balance, Kev Harrison's debut novella, is an engrossing mix of fairytale folk horror. The book creates a mystique around the legend of Baba Yaga, offering a particular viewpoint on the legend, but also leaving an air of mystery to the imagination of the readers. Focusing the narrative from the p......more

When I think of Folk horror, I Immediately imagine secluded little villages or settlements like those in Eggers ”The VVitch” or M. Night Shyamalan's ”The Village”, both providing overt ominous religious overtones, and The Balance is right alongside them. The dread that is prominent from start to fini......more