A Trick of the Light #[nn]

A moody, atmospheric cover sets the tone for this 2021 mystery from Khabs in the Khu Press — a young woman in a plaid miniskirt and sweater, bag over her shoulder, stands before a circle of ancient standing stones bathed in an eerie, glowing light, while her close-up portrait looms large in the foreground. The tagline "What is the dark secret of the standing stones?" promises exactly the kind of folk-horror unease the cover delivers so effectively. Aly Fell's painted artwork — here handling art, inking, and color all at once — gives the whole image a rich, textured warmth that makes the underlying strangeness feel all the more unsettling.