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Andy Paciorek

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in Bishop Auckland, Durham, The United Kingdom

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Creator of Strange Lands, Human Chimaera, Black Earth, the Beautiful-Grotesque, Folk Horror Revival, Urban Wyrd Review & other peculiar things.

Drawn mainly to the worlds of myth, folklore, symbolism, decadence, curiosa, anomaly, dark romanticism and otherworldly experience, and fascinated both by the beautiful and the grotesque and the twilight threshold consciousness where these boundaries blur. The mist-gates, edges and liminal zones where nature borders supernature and daydreams and nightmares cross paths are of great inspiration.

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	Folk Horror Revival: Field Studies by Andy Paciorek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katherine Beem (Editor ), G.B. Jones (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.07 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folk Horror Revival: Corpse Roads by Andy Paciorek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katherine Beem (Editor), Dan Hunt (Techical Support) 4.38 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folk Horror Revival: Harvest Hymns. Volume I- Twisted Roots by Andy Paciorek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jim Peters (Editor), Grey Malkin (Sub-Editor) 4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Otherworldly: Folk Horror Revival at The British Museum 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folk Horror Revival: Harvest Hymns. Volume II - Sweet Fruits by Andy Paciorek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jim Peters (Editor), Richard Hing (Goodreads Author) (Sub-Editor) 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geometric Adult Coloring Journal: Stress-Relieving Designs and Activities 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folk Horror Revival: Urban Wyrd. 1: Spirits of Time by Andy Paciorek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Richard Hing (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Grey Malkin (Editor) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange Lands: A Field-Guide to the Celtic Otherworld 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folk Horror Revival: Urban Wyrd -2. Spirits of Place by Andy Paciorek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Grey Malkin (Editor), Richard Hing (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Art For Mindfulness: Geometrics 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I have always longed to be part of the outward life, to be out there at the edge of things, to let the human taint wash away in emptiness and silence as the fox sloughs his smell into the cold unworldliness of water; to return to town a stranger. Wandering flushes a glory that fades with arrival.”
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