# Bloom and Rot - A Rural Village Spring Folk-Horror

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Podcast: [The Strange and Unusual Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-and-unusual-podcast-879598)
Published: 2026-04-21T02:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://the-strange-and-unusual-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/bloom-and-rot-a-rural-village-spring-folk-horror-eaZyjIEu
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## Resource

Join Alyson for a work of folk horror fiction she wrote in honor of the new spring season. In this episode, we follow Fiona, who has gone to the village of Eldergrove after the death of her aunt, to claim her inheritance of Aunt Erin's cottage. However, this inheritance came with an obligation that Fiona never saw coming.

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