Roots of My Fears: Terrifying Stories of Ancestral Horror

British Fantasy and Bram Stoker-nominated author Gemma Amor brings together a unique line-up of 13 authors to explore heritage and horror, featuring stories from Gabino Iglesias, Erika T. Wurth and many more

It's a bedtime story, ancient family lore, a secret passed down from generation to generation. Stories that have deep dark roots, ever-growing, ever-creeping.

This anthology explores stories of heritage and horror. The tales we grew up on, hometown rumours and legends.

The things we pass down through our bloodlines.

Featuring stories from:
Erika Wurth
Ai Jiang
Usman T Malik
Adam Nevill
Nuzo Onoh
Premee Mohamed
Gabino Iglesias
Nadia El-Fassi
Ramsey Campbell
V Castro
Hailey Piper
Elena Sichrovsky
Caleb Weinhardt
Sarah Deacon

Author: Gemma Amor,Gabino Iglesias,Hailey Piper
Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
Published: 09/09/2025
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.04w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9781803369365
ISBN10: 1803369361
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
- Fiction | Horror | General
- Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

About the Author
A Bram Stoker Award nominated author, voice actor, illustrator and budding screenwriter based in Bristol. Co-creator of horror-comedy podcast Calling Darkness, starring Kate Siegel. Her stories feature many times on hugely popular horror anthology shows The NoSleep Podcast, Shadows at the Door, Creepy, and more. Appears in a number of print anthologies and numerous podcast appearances to date. Short film Hidden Mother now showing in festivals. Gemma illustrates her own works, hand-paints book covers and narrates audiobooks, including The Possession of Natalie Glasgow by Hailey Piper.