Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales

Now in his seventies, Steve Rasnic Tem’s writings include more than 500 published short stories in a variety of genres, seventeen collections, eight novels, and miscellaneous poetry and plays. He has won the World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and International Horror Guild awards. In 2024 he received the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award.

“His work…will haunt your imagination and your heart in equal measure, and it both expands and defines the genre.” - Weird Fiction Review

“Steve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself.” – Joe R. Lansdale

“He’s one of the true masters.” – Ed Gorman

“A Tem story is like no other.” – Simon Strantzas

Scarecrows: Appalachian Tales collects the best of Tem’s writings about his native Appalachia, two poems and twenty-four short stories (including five never-before-published tales) concerning the farmers, miners, teachers, preachers, lawmen, itinerants, housewives, elders, children, and creatures who call these southern mountains home. The tales represent a range of genres: fantasy, horror, crime, humor, and realistic local color fiction of the region.