Venture into the strange and unsettling landscapes of American folk horror with Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States, an independently published zine edited by Candice Bailey and Gavin Lees.
Exploring the intersections of folklore, popular culture, music, history, and the supernatural, Crossroads examines the stories and cultural anxieties that have shaped America's unique tradition of folk horror.
Issue #1: "The Long Decade"
80 pages of art and writing about '70s folk horror in the USA: Deliverance, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Race with the Devil, Ganja & Hess, Harvest Home, American witchcraft, folklore & legends, and the Satanic Panic.
Issue #2 (96 pages)
96 pages of art and writing about folk horror in American music: murder ballads, dungeon synth, The Decemberists, black metal, Ethel Cain, and hip-hop; as well as explorations of the importance of music in Sinners and the stories of Manly Wade Wellman.
