Scott Hawkins returns with Blacktail, and in this interview for Ginger Nuts of Horror he explains why he still calls it dark fantasy rather than horror, alongside The Library at Mount Char. He talks through the craft lessons of three unpublished novels, the mechanics of building a villain worth hating, and what he wants a revenge story to leave behind.
Scott Hawkins ends an eleven year wait with Blacktail, a folk horror revenge novel told entirely by animals, in which a grieving half-breed wolf sets out to wake a sleeping Forest God and finish off the human race. Our review looks at the language of the Hunt, the squirrel death cult of Car, and why this eco-horror odyssey earns every one of its five stars.
