A review by crowyhead
The Darkest Part of the Woods by Ramsey Campbell

5.0

A very dark, atmospheric fantasy. If you like Robert Holdstock's stuff, you may enjoy this -- it explores some of the same themes. Basically, there's this small English wood called Goodmanswood where strange, supernatural things have always happened. The protagonist's father apparently traced these "supernatural" happenings to a kind of hallucinogenic lichen, only to apparently fall prey to the madness it causes. Now Heather (the protagonist) is beginning to suspect that her son, sister, and mother may be falling prey to the same madness, and other people from the village have been "seeing things" as well. It's marvelous, and probably not something to read before you go camping.