Home Sick
The most chilling horror debut of 2026
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
Published:14th Jul '26
Should be back in stock very soon
A troubled woman seeking a fresh start in the Scottish countryside believes her neighbour may be behind the strange disturbances in her home in this psychological horror debut for fans of The Lamb and We Used to Live Here
Tamsin escapes from Edinburgh to the Scottish countryside in desperate need of a fresh start and a new life away from the city. But when the cottage she thought she’d bought turns out to be a semi-detached house in the middle of nowhere – unnerving neighbour she never sees included – the place she hoped would be a sanctuary becomes a snare as she loses her grip on reality.
***A Buzz Books Choice for Summer 2026*** ***BFS Award-winning Author*** 'One of the best horror books you can pick up in 2026' - Johanna van Veen, author of Blood on Her Tongue 'Masterful' - Megan Bontrager, author of The Sea Hides Its Dead 'A love letter to female rage' - Ally Wilkes, author of All the White Spaces --_ 'The symmetry should have tipped me off.' After a violent incident at work, Tamsin goes looking for a fresh start in a remote cottage far away from her old life. Here she could make real friends, find a job she loves, become a whole new person, even. But the solitary cottage is actually a semi-detached, with only a thin wall separating her from a total stranger. Her neighbour is an enigma. Dowdy one moment, vivacious the next, but always wearing an unnerving smile. Tamsin can't shake the feeling that there's something wrong with her, especially when she starts experiencing disturbances in her own home. As the locals share strange stories about her house, and her barely contained paranoia spirals out of control, Tamsin begins to suspect that the past she was so desperate to escape might never let her go. 'A debut that understands female rage not as empowerment but as wreckage' - Ginger Nuts of Horror 'A chilling and gripping novel for readers who appreciate folk horror in everyday lives' - AureIt is beyond a shadow of a doubt one of the best horror books you can pick up in 2026 and beyond -- Johanna van Veen, author of BLOOD ON HER TONGUE
Darkly funny and viciously human, Home Sick turns shame and loneliness into a house you'll never want to leave -- Daphne Fama, author of HOUSE OF MONSTROUS WOMEN
A debut that understands female rage not as empowerment but as wreckage * Ginger Nuts of Horror *
A chilling and gripping novel for readers who appreciate folk horror in everyday lives * Aurealis *
Home Sick is psychological horror with a brilliant folkloric twist. Layered with menace and dark liminality, this exciting debut compellingly explores self-destructive anger and the hard road of coming home to yourself -- Lorraine Wilson, author of WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST and THE SALT ORACLE
A love letter to female rage with a thrilling subscript of dark folklore, Home Sick is about the unhomely which inhabits us all -- Ally Wilkes, author of ALL THE WHITE SPACES
Home Sick is so beautifully and immersively written that you can almost miss the sharp edges, until they've snuck right up and pierced you. Vivid and real, almost desperately relatable, and incredibly cathartic, this is a book I already know I will read again and again, and find more and more to it every time -- C.J. Dotson, author of THESE FAMILIAR WALLS
Home Sick is a liminal fever dream of a novel exploring isolation, anger, and what it means to find - and fight for - a home. Folkloric and warped, it throws us into a claustrophobic domestic horror of the nastiest order with an unreliable narrator you can't help but root for -- MK Hardy, author of THE NEEDFIRE
Rhiannon Grist shows what an award-winning novella writer can do with the breathing space a novel offers. Deeply creepy and gorgeously compelling, this folk gothic horror will keep you up at night; I'll be thinking about Home Sick for a long time to come -- Charlotte Cross, author of THE BRIDES
Compelling and chilling -- Anya Bergman, author of THE WITCHES OF VARDO
A feminist cottagecore Library at Mount Char. Buy it. Read it. Tell everyone about it -- Kameron Hurley, Hugo Award-winning author of THE GEEK FEMINIST REVOLUTION
ISBN: 9781837867639
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 24mm
Weight: 243g
352 pages
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